The girls in the ATA had been given a good splash of publicity in the papers and were expected to live up to certain standards of neatness. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I needed to find his military discharge papers, which would provide for me some benefits in the domain of college tuition. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had told Alma the night before on the phone that he would sign the papers and mail them to her attorney in Savannah. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I tracked down the owner of the abandoned house, and once the papers were all signed and it was mine, I arranged for Marcus to help me renovate. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Sell me! He doesn’t own me. Not even by the law here. He doesn’t have any papers saying he owns me.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We left without anything except the family books and the papers that would enable most of us to go to America. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Colonel Regan is the officer in charge. He could send you back to Rhode Island, maybe, help you find that lawyer and his papers.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reynie entered to find Mr. Benedict alone in the room, seated on the floor with his back against the desk, surrounded by books, papers, and a variety of colored pens. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you suppose the rest of these papers are?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had the two bull-fight papers, and I took their wrappers off. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Billy helped Trout deliver his papers, driving him from house to house in the Cadillac. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Found him and jailed him. Took his government work papers. They were going to send him to the Creek Nation in Oklahoma. State capital is Oklahoma City.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He grabbed a messy stack of papers on his desk until he found the yellow memo. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Virgin Mary is in some of our Sunday school papers, but never with a crown, never with a pincushion heart, never all by herself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about putting an end to this torture and signing the divorce papers. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I had brought all necessary papers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it is true, and I am not leaving, I will sign the papers,” announced Miss Grybas. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing in the papers about a circus.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see her curled up on the couch, her laptop, a mug of tea, and a bunch of papers spread over her lap. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He's only in the door three seconds before he starts spouting some theory about spectral analysis and the refractive indices of protein substances, and he's carrying a big box full of books and papers. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I realize that writing papers for Mr. Nolan is just another American system I need to game, as Pri would say. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Later.—Mina and I have worked all day, and we have put all the papers into order. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Get your papers in order, with the right signatures and record keeping, and the charges will be dropped, money released, whatever. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I tucked the papers into my satchel and went back to the front room. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, all right! If you’ll just follow me over here, we can sign those papers.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I bet Mrs. Odom was taping their school papers up on the wall and telling them how proud she was of them. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The new floor was streaked with water stain, and a clutter of old papers and darkened nail bags with their nails rusted to prickly balls filled the corner of the room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

With beautiful clean clothing and beautiful false papers, I limp toward a beautiful bus with a thin-as-a-pin dog painted on each side, a bus bound for Los Angeles, The Angels. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The third, fourth, and fifth folders contained only papers that were unreadable. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When an artist leaves behind no personal papers, when hundreds of years go by, who is to say that followers or forgers didn’t use his or her name to make some money? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you could drive me about in the car and I could toss the papers from the rear window.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After they had cleared the table and thrown out the wrapping papers, Stewart unfolded his map. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Books have been thrown down the stairwell, along with papers, cords, bottles, and what might be pieces of antique dollhouses. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I have followed his case with interest in the papers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My mom only ever set foot on campus to sign the papers for my registration. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

At noon Mr. Gonzalez looked over the stack of papers on which he was working and said, “I wonder where Miss Trixie can be.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d expected delays, a round of questioning at least, perhaps a check of our papers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a large wooden desk on the far side of the room, strewn with papers and more pictures in frames. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Disgusted with Cantor, Kronecker launched vitriolic attacks against Cantor’s work and made it extremely difficult for him to publish papers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Marina was such an international celebrity that her obituary and photograph even made front-page news in some American papers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“With some money down,” I replied, for an uneasy remembrance shot across me of that symmetrical bundle of papers at home—“with some money down, and perhaps some anticipation of my expectations.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Within weeks the end of the semester is upon them, and they are besieged by exams and papers and hundreds of pages of reading. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I fled in a hay wagon, disguised as a milkmaid. They never thought to look for me there, and I crossed the border with papers I forged myself in a woodcutter’s hut.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Altogether he produced some six hundred anatomical papers, a prodigious output. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She was carrying a thick stack of papers. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He was studying her closely now, as closely as he had studied his papers before. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Katherine listened carefully to everything the engineers said, strained for snippets of conversation, and devoured Aviation Week like a kid reading the funny papers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I had read about the Hazara massacre in Mazar-i-Sharif in the papers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

On Lyra’s other side Mrs. Coulter sat working through some papers, but she soon put them away and talked. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, papers across the nation ran the workout time, which was slow, and attributed it to Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the papers are still on the desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Found some newspaper and wrapped up the paper money and papers and thrust them in and whipped over the open end with her needle. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Okay, that should be enough time. Pass in your papers, please.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

There were a bunch more papers in the bag. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I hand him my papers and decide not to mention that the address is wrong. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He reached inside and removed a large stack of papers, which he set on the table. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

If your papers were revoked for any reason, you could be deported back to the homelands. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She looked nothing like either the glamorous mug shot from the papers or the unconscious helmeted casualty she had been when Maddie left her that Sunday past. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

We shuffled our papers hand to hand around the U until they made it to Ms. McCrea. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I reach in my book bag and pull out some papers. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Down near the bottom the papers became dirtier and dirtier. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Please put the papers on the table by the bed.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Baba sat at the other remaining table with all his papers out, on the phone with the insurance company. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“She’ll probably end up in the Department of Supernatural Licenses and Records filing papers.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Finally, there was the tale of the civilian teacher who allowed an eager inmate to help her grade papers and confided in him when her boyfriend dumped her. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I see your papers, comrade? What are you doing here? What time did you leave work? Is this your usual way home?”—and so on and so forth. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But by then nobody was in any condition to read the papers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The papers will go crazy! Where is he? Where did he go? Nobody knows. He leaves behind only a beautiful memory. How touching! How lovely!” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

At eight o’clock Doctor Copeland sat at his desk, studying a sheaf of papers by the bleak morning light from the window. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The kind of women who put papers on shelves and had little towels like that instinctively distrusted and disliked Mack and the boys. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ordered a whiskey and soda and lay on the bed and read the papers I had bought at the station. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

There were other papers on the table but the letter was in front of them. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dimming lifts the stack of test papers from his desk and holds them like a treasure. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Felicia helped me paste up fliers in the plaza, but people shouted at us and tore the papers in our faces. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the police arrive at the river, they ask Enrique for identification papers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And when Elizebeth started appearing in the papers, the top brass got agitated. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then he upended the box and shook it too and slowly replaced the papers and stood again, looking at the broken lock, with the box in his hands and his head bent. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

An elaborate wooden desk took up almost half the room, papers covering it like autumn leaves. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

For the next few hours, Deborah pulled papers off the pile for me to read and sort. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Each man was hedging his bets on the hereafter by preparing his private papers for posterity, the one place where they knew their prospects of immortality were assured. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Adding to his frustration was the fact that very few official papers had made their way to him at Mount Vernon. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. Mason called the class to order then, asking us to turn in our papers. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“And then the C.I.D. man figured out you might have some important secret papers hidden away inside it.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“What is the purpose of your visit to the United States?” she asked, never looking up from the papers before her. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Sierra was just some kid from around the way; why was a Columbia librarian wasting so much time to dig up papers on some vanished anthropologist for her? Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I stand there, papers trembling as if a breeze is blowing through the closed door. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

But she remained incensed by the NSA’s 1958 raid, and she continued to press for the government to return the books and papers it had taken then. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But the next month, before most of the boxes had even been opened, NSA agents went to the Marshall Library to trawl through the Friedmans’ papers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then below are periodicals, papers, and letters all jammed in together with drawings and rough sketches. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

HARRY: Going through papers, seeing if I’ve missed anything I shouldn’t have. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Now he was back on the boat with some papers and documents to show that the police in Haiti were after him. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Instead, she fussed with him about reading the papers in bed, soiling their sheets with those poorly printed, foreign tabloids. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

There were three papers and they were folded. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Uncle Lorne arranged with one of the Silsbees of Lexington to smuggle out the papers in his farm wagon when he came in every week to market. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But Mexico. We could slip in, no papers. Lay low. I’ve got a plan to get there, too. I’ll sign on as a porter. And I’m learning Spanish.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You haven’t cashed the check or returned the papers. I wanted to be nice about this, Rose. I can get someone to officially serve the papers, you know.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it was closer to the front I could take you to a first medical post. But back here you’ve got to have papers.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

That’s what the judge said after looking at papers on his desk and listening to the lawyers talk. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Sundays, he graded papers and watched football with Tommy while she went to T.J.Maxx and shopped for clothes. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mama looks so small sitting there with the papers spread around her. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I know it sounds stupid, but when I was leaving Miss Saunders’s classroom, I hugged them papers to my chest like they was some boy I’ve been wanting to press up against for weeks. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She resumed her seat behind James, who was pulling pencils, crumpled papers, and textbooks from his backpack and piling them onto his desk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We had to trade papers in English and ended up having a whole conversation. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Some of it’s already in the papers. You may as well tell the rest.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was shuffling a pile of papers in her hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Savannah and Lindy kept stopping by with papers to go over with Arnold and for me to give to my parents for signatures. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whoops,” Elizabeth says as papers tumble to the floor. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He rummaged through a stack of curling papers on a clipboard, then switched clipboards and searched another. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

After the first two weeks in her class, I, along with all the other excited students, read the San Francisco papers, Time magazine, Life and everything else available to me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our house was filled with stuff: papers, books, tools, lumber, paintings, art supplies, and statues of Venus de Milo painted all different colors. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They covered the secretary’s table, the reading desk, the stools—dreary papers of government, still bravely persevered in—of law, still to be codified—of commissariat and of armament and of orders for the day. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is it as refined as all of the papers would have us believe? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

"He had a fight with a top contender, an Italian kid, and lost. The next day, in the papers, the contender said he won because he sang along with opera." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured folded morning papers tossed from cars, landing in driveways all over Mica. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

In the decade after 1927, sixty-six papers were published in scientific journals based on research carried out at Tower House. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

While Jonas watched, the people began one by one to untie the ribbons on the packages, to unwrap the bright papers, open the boxes and reveal toys and clothing and books. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Booth searched the papers for the article he had written the day of the assassination. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swallows, glancing back down at the papers in her hand, the results of a test I already know the answer to. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

All the papers we received with the cub clearly stated that its name was Richard Parker, that the hunter’s first name was Thirsty and that his family name was None Given. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could finalize a plan we were at the front of the line with our papers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

On windy days, when papers blew before it, she went about picking up the debris and depositing it in the gutter before the house. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nuns would praise student papers for being neat—the handwritten letters easy for others to read; they promised that my writing style would improve as I read more and more. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The English papers did not tell the entire story. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The drafting table by the windows is all but hidden in the meticulously ordered chaos of papers and diagrams and blueprints. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“The papers, of course, all side with Jackson.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That three papers in the short span of three months in 1900 independently converged on Mendel’s work was a demonstration of the sustained myopia of biologists, who had ignored his work for nearly forty years. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

To get Keith’s counsel, you kind of had to sidestep your way into his cubicle to avoid the papers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Booth, overcome with despair, sets the papers aside. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Jews haven't been able to own businesses for months now, but his wife is a Christian and he transferred the papers to her name. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I try to work and rework the problem in my brain—never write anything down—until Mr. Stoker collects the papers. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

With due respect for the fine work of other papers, I’m confident the reporting represented in these pages takes the discussion of class in our country to a new level. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

When the front door slammed behind her father and Henry, she went to her father’s chair to tidy up the papers he had left on the floor beside it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The dean had a house and car, and had had a wife, until the papers finally came through. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t even let you in without papers,” I said. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

"Nothing happens to me. I walked alone all one night and nothing happened except a bicycle cop stopped me and asked to see my papers." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He shoved my papers and medicine back into the Kellner & Newton Messenger Bag. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Panicking, Hall clumsily swept the papers into his desk drawer as Koontz stepped in. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know they were his. I just thought they were some old papers.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

June scooted over all the papers, plowing through them like a boat through ocean waves, until she was right next to Ivy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My locker suddenly seems small and crowded with papers and notebooks. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The wheels screamed on the steel rails, and wind rushed through the narrow space, hurling dust and loose papers down the platform. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then, one sweltering Sunday that summer, Baba and I were at the flea market, sitting at our booth, fanning our faces with news­papers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I read and reread them until I know the words by heart, and then I fold up the papers and slide them back into the envelope. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The soldier and a superior were discussing my papers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The old gentleman scratched about with his great daws until he had turned up a dirty bundle of papers, one corner of which had been used for lighting something. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a robot, Finn bent and began gathering the pictures and papers. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I tore through the lessons, quietly keeping tabs on where I stood among my peers as we charted our progress from long division to pre-algebra, from writing single paragraphs to turning in full research papers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

That spring, the papers were full of war news. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He glanced up at me when I walked in, didn’t smile, then looked back down at his papers. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go to his desk and wipe my hands against the rough cloth of my dress, trying to leave no trace of sweat, trying to memorize the pattern of papers. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was also a marriage for papers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t that be awful! You'd be all over the papers, Ignatius. The disgrace! You musta done something while you was waiting for me, Ignatius. I know you, boy.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama dumps her papers on the table with a thump. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

So I watch as my parents exchange words with Suit #1, who hands them some papers. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He had some papers spread open on his knees, but he wasn’t really working. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Gold apologized, picked up the money and papers, and left. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shuffled her papers—mostly drawings of buildings and a bunch of handwritten notes. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“There you are, Arturo. Your father and I have been looking for you,” she said, and began organizing the papers spread all over the place. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have any papers, any money,” I replied. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“God, give me my papers. I want to be with my daughter,” she says. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I had been reading my speech, and at this point I placed my papers on the defense table, and turned to face the judge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cardboard boxes were stacked on top of wooden crates sitting on plastic bins stuffed with papers. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Burton whipped out a pen and signed the papers with a smirk. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I asked as I picked up the papers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My papers, my money and food—from the coyotes, but paid for with Toño’s hard-earned money—I keep on the window side of me so that nobody can just ease close and grab them. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The hallway opened to a large space filled with cubicles, the hum of computers, the rustle of papers, and a few low voices. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“There we are, Frau. Show them your papers,” he commanded. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

On top of his papers and framed photographs is Eduardo’s goldtone ballpoint pen, obviously a family gift, maybe from high school graduation, and here’s the little boy taking it, writing slowly in the air. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Uncle!” he said, scrambling to his feet, accidentally dropping his papers, scattering them across the ground. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Many of Gey’s colleagues pressured him to publish research papers so he could get credit for his work, but he always said he was too busy. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Barone pushed his glasses up again and leaned over the stack of papers on his desk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He rests his hand on a stack of papers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally she stashed papers under the pillow, then pulled them out when she decided it was okay for me to see them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But each rumor proved to be false and did nothing but add to the already intolerable anxiety and suspense my father and I were feeling as we read the papers and listened to the radio. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The air-conditioning was strong enough that papers on the desk flapped and curled. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pineville scowled, then busied himself sorting papers, but at last he got out his receipt book and scribbled out what Mr. Spencer had requested. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“The papers in the rucksack. Loads of ’em are in code. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Dr. Talc got up and began to look through piles of various antique term papers, reports, and examinations on the top of the bookcase. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The papers were singing of Riddle’s sportsmanship in starting War Admiral in the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

While San Franciscans were reading his obituary in several papers, the decidedly undead Neves rode like a man possessed, finishing second or third on all five of his mounts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he sneered and some more papers fluttered to the floor. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he asked me, “Did you see the papers this morning?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He burned a lot of papers too, documents, anything that might suggest he still had some connection with Japan. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

At six thirty, Ellsberg gathered his papers and raced back to his own office. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He gathered his papers and tapped them against the table. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A guard examined the driver’s papers, which were legitimate. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The one with the green beret had eyes that blazed red, and he shouted and shredded some papers on the table. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Only my Bledsoe-trustee inspired compulsion to read all papers that touched my hands prevented me from throwing the envelope aside. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My papers and my presence were at last approved, and by Fourth Hour I got my first meal since early breakfast—supper: kadik-porridge and cold sliced breadapple. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor and my mom talked for a while and he gave her some papers to read and sign. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The answer could have been there, among the other papers that I, in my eagerness, had overlooked. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The pretty heroine would have to get on piece work in the factory; her sensitive brother would have to go out peddling papers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people he tried to put in stories from the papers always seemed like strangers. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was also in the food court, alone, sitting in a corner where she thought I couldn’t see her, eating a cheesesteak sandwich and reading through some papers. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you have to have papers and stuff?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Catherine went along the lake to the little hotel to see Ferguson and I sat in the bar and read the papers. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Moodily he glanced at one of the papers labeled ‘The T.W.O.C. Is Your Best Friend.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The floor was littered with books and papers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered that from the deep furrows that appeared on Father’s forehead when he read the papers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The driver came out of the door with the papers for the wounded in the car. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

After Willie was gone, Me Chatham looked down at the papers spread out on the table in front of him like he was hoping to find something he’d forgotten or overlooked. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Helmuth decides to return the book later, at lunch, perhaps, or when he's sent on another errand to file papers. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He frowns slightly when he sees me, but he sets the test papers on his desk and greets us all. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Max’s papers say “Jude” in big black letters right over his picture. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ivy and June whispered and giggled all the way back to the gym, papers crinkling between them. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Look, I always get As on my papers. I can take a look at yours, if you want.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She put the papers in her suitcase and decided she’d waited long enough. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Sunday papers in Seattle the next morning, though, were full of excited talk of Berlin. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When an informal examination proved that she had memorized the orders, she was given the Oklahoma papers to read. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But he told me he had seen your papers, that you're a courier for Koch, and that Koch appointed me as your nurse!” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Jake watched his wife slowly stack her papers at the reservations desk. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spread her papers and books out on her desk and took notes and typed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He found the safe open and papers scattered all over the floor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man set down the stack of papers and lowered his gaze to James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

These papers, in fact—along with the others Mrs. Heine has described, the ones her husband and his ‘buyer’ held—were entered, as you may recall, as state’s evidence in this trial. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then I dove on those papers like Sherlock Holmes on a cappuccino binge. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed to a stack of green papers on the counter. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Various glowing advertisements of it had appeared in the papers. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He had some papers rolled up under his arm. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Master squatted beside him and began to search through the charred paper, muttering, “My research papers are all here, nekene nke, this is the one on my rank tests for signal detection....” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was poorly attended, but it made some of the English papers, and the reports of what had been said were ugly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“He brought her over already stretched out in the hearse, and I looked her over and signed the papers and I would say that right about now she is about to go up in smoke.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He flipped through the identity papers, examining our photos against our faces. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I didn't want it to be in the papers and draw a sightseeing crowd so I'd been calling up a few people myself. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t me. She had all her papers. She was supposed to be here. They were supposed to let her in.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Rather, if that had occurred Linus would have written two papers, the first describing his new theory, the second showing how it was used to solve the DNA structure. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, I’m having to file papers on dead folk, both black and white.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

So many whites killed the papers would not print the number. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her articles were a hit, reprinted in other papers, making a name for Ida as “Princess of the Press.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Our shared room resembled an ideological battlefield, with Suzanne presiding over a wrecked landscape of tossed clothing and strewn papers on her side and me perched on my bed, surrounded by fastidious order. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Bast made a crumpling motion with his hands and tossed imaginary papers away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Within days of Badenhorst’s appointment, our cells were raided and searched; books and papers were confiscated; meals were suspended without warning; and men were jostled on the way to the quarry. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jamison set the papers on the table and picked up a heavy volume bound in green leather. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was stuffed full of papers and pictures. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And then all the papers were gone except one. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Nixon, the headmaster, hushed everything up so it didn't get in the papers or anything. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Gold was never to attend Communist meetings, never to read Communist papers, never to express even the slightest interest in the Soviet Union. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly he signed the papers and ran back toward his room. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He must have lived a very primitive life with his bottles and papers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, meaning the papers in her hand. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom pulls open the drawer on the nightstand and begins to sort papers into different stacks. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She believed that Gene Johnson, her collaborator, had difficulty writing papers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled the tissues out of a nearly full tissue box, crammed Hall’s secret papers into the bottom of the box, replaced the tissues, grabbed her already-packed suitcase, and left. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a way of speaking. The papers are only to record Hari’s death.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And so he asked me for my papers.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

For a long time I got a headache reading papers in semantics that analyzed the two meanings of some. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He sat in the outer room and read the papers, and the Editor and Publisher and I worked hard for two hours. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Alex asks, pushing the pile of papers on his bed out of her way. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She knew the name—had heard it somewhere, or seen it in Holmes’s papers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

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

Despite his pain and exhaustion, the actor was eager to read about his deed in the papers. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tidies up a pile of papers on his desk, takes a seat, and starts class. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

What happened was she hid some secret papers in the trunk of a car she borrowed, and she ran out of gas on the highway. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the far end a woman carrying a bunch of papers appeared and disappeared through a door. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The room was cut in half by a long counter, cluttered with wire baskets full of papers and brightly colored flyers taped to its front. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then I took those papers home and studied them. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held one of the papers up to the light, saw how it shone through with a milky glow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She looks up from the papers she’s shuffling on her desk and smiles. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s a shame Henry here was too busy signing papers with Auntie Pezza all week to learn some sheet music or we could have fired our pianist.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When the papers printed that Sputnik was going to fly over southern West Virginia, I decided I had to see it for myself. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have all day. Show me your papers.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The Governor sat at the center of a long table, a neat stack of papers near his elbow. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Another rumor had it that the white officer had been a Southerner and had deliberately falsified Grandpa’s papers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then I remembered papers that were overdue; I had missed a lot of classes. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The lobby was very small and contained only a desk at which a female Attendant sat working on some papers. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tallmadge escaped unharmed but lost a saddlebag full of secret papers. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A stagnant bilge along the lower bulkhead filled with wet papers and trash. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The task of sorting through Codman’s accumulated papers and of taking over the exposition work now seemed beyond him. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The pile of papers on a nearby desk shifts and shuffles until a single business card finds its way to the surface and sails across the room. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He read it, a few follow-ups, and comments from many other papers. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jule gave them some papers printed out from the missing computer. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I sent for the porter and when he came I told him in Italian to get me a bottle of Cinzano at the wine shop, a fiasco of chianti and the evening papers. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Papa read the papers and studied the changeless peaks, while all around us other families were moving out, forcing our name ever higher on the list. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I was really listening as he went on and on, recounting what was in the papers. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn back to the stack of papers. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She has a present wrapped in funny papers in one hand and a juice jar filled with lemonade in the other. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took my exams on my hospital bed while Mother Lucy, who brought the papers herself, waited on a chair next to Mama. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There we were asked endless questions and given papers to sign. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“But I went to the clinic, mei makulu baas,” my mother said, “and they refused to give me the papers until I bring them papers from here first.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In town, once, I heard a man brag how he and his friends had caught a free black, tore up his papers, and sold him to a trader.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The girl offers me a sheaf of papers—the Commandant’s specs for Teluman. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Fredericksburg had been undertaken with little probability of success, the papers claimed; nothing could have been expected under the shabby plans—if, indeed, they were plans—other than appalling slaughter. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

A substantial down payment changed hands, false papers were drawn up for state inspection. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Several of his papers found their way into learned publications such as Transfiguration Today, Challenges in Charming, and The Practical Potioneer. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“No papers,” I said, in a tired voice. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In his hands was a sheaf of papers and Obinze could see a photocopy of his passport page. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I, oh...I threw out the filter papers.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Gay slapped some of the Moss papers on the floor, where she had been rummaging through their box. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

However, so many people were crowding the newspaper boy that day that I couldn’t get near enough to have a look at the papers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the twenty-ninth day, Liyana’s papers had proper headings, and her navy blue uniform had lost its bright gleam, its sharp pleat. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I cut out an advertisement for Kruschen Salts and stuck it in an old notebook where I put things from the papers that interest me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Jermaine had got tired of trying to read his papers by candlelight for the past week after all the power in our apartment went out. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I dropped some papers and looked straight at the floor as I gathered them. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The papers were so long; it was unbelievable how much news there was every day. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

There were sheets of unlined paper and old magazines Dad had given me, an uncapped purple glue stick, and a folder so fat with clip art that papers spilled out of the opening. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

For a month he had worked on these papers, scribbling them during working hours, typing and making carbons on the typewriter at the New York Café, distributing them by hand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He smiled, but his face looked weary and pale, the way it did when he’d been up all night grading Latin papers. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

We walked to Abuelita’s house and she drove us back, but when we realized we didn’t have our papers with us, we swam back across. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We don’t give out the bloody morning papers at night, do we? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She appeared to be grading papers, but her pen hadn’t moved since I’d walked into class. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But oil geologists didn’t write academic papers; they just found oil. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

On my way to the bus rank I encountered hostile stares: the papers had carried stories of my decision to enter the tournament, and black people thought me a traitor. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of their deaths was recognized in the papers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He spends the short time rifling through papers, asking simple questions, but not taking any notes. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. McDowell slid a packet of papers in front of each boy. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Until the court papers were finalized, there had been a chance that the tides would reverse, the world would stop spinning, and I would be my mother’s Sunshine again. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He took some papers from his pocket and handed them to the cop. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

It also smelled musty, like old papers, old books, old newspapers with pale brown edges and little bugs crawling everywhere. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

In fields, dells, and hollows, families terrified by what they read in the papers each day about the collapsing national economy nonetheless now began to think about Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I did my homework, Daddy graded papers, Mother did the dishes and none of us said a word. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calder followed him onto the front walk, noticing with interest all the papers that had collected under the dead plants in their yard. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Those papers must be recent. There hasn’t been time to get translations made.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Teddy asked, writing a note on his papers. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chief guardian glanced down at his own stack of papers. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I get the children’s adoption papers and passports from my office?” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask him if he thought the guys in the NBA really got as many chicks as they say in the papers but then Mr. Parrish called me over. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Discharge papers are already signed. Our daughter comes home today.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Then, without uncovering it again, he dropped the photograph into the memory hole, along with some other waste papers. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Did you write papers? Sing songs? How was he accustomed to determining your final grade?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He washed out of the air corps, signed papers that he didn’t bother to read, and got a job as a movie extra. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I drew the papers against my chest, my hands trembling. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It nonetheless satisfied everybody, except the few of us who knew his recent papers backward and forward. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She reached into the muddle of papers on her desk and found a scrap on which someone had written with a green pen. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reynie began to flip through his papers, some of which bore faint smears of peanut butter. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The ambassadors then swept in, wearing capes edged with fur and bearing maps and many papers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Emma Jean was valedictorian of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s class of 1946, working her way through school serving meals in the dining hall and grading papers for professors. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She spent many hours helping to get their papers and books in order, and her devotion to William’s memory impressed the community there. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Later that afternoon, Emily went to the U-Haul to grab her Book Scavenger notebook, but the empty cab reminded her that she’d already taken in her stack of books and papers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“How would he like me to go through his papers?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

After Mama burned him, Papi said a captain in the merchant marines took pity on him and doctored his papers so they’d say he was injured during an explosion on board. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The table was littered with disordered papers; rain was beating on the windows. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then he selected a folder from among his papers and returned to the witness stand. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He shoved his papers aside, took up a pipe, and filled the bowl of it with tobacco from an earthenware jar. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Two ballot papers would only confuse a majority of voters, most of whom would be voting for the first time in their lives. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, with his forehead resting on the papers and his eyes closed; the King was trying not to realize. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I found one drawer in the dresser bureau that had a lot of papers in it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then he turns and looks at the papers and the cell phone on my desk, and he says, "What the!..." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that number 642 was not on my discharge or on the papers of other code talkers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was covered in papers, and her silver laptop was still running. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Champe “stole” some official papers from Lee as part of his cover, hopped on a horse, and headed for New York. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is mosquito netting. This is a bottle of vermouth. You like vermouth? These are English papers.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

His desktop is buried with piles of papers and used books. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Then we are still waiting for one, no, two more," the lawyer said, fumbling with his papers, his hands shaking under the strict scrutiny of the judge. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Johnny decided to sponge on neither—not until he had a job, and something a lot better than delivering papers for Uncle Lome. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sorted through an assortment of papers scattered across the desk. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I walk into the kitchen, my notebook and papers under my arm. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

People sometimes just don’t get around to publishing papers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I acted like I was reaching for papers and released the buttons. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And the ordinary people who read about it in the papers said why should the fellow get off, he murdered his wife, didn’t he? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When yellow fever returned to Philadelphia the next summer, Washington wasted no time in removing Martha, himself, and the rest of his household—along with his official papers!—to that safe location again. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

For New York City’s millions of readers of the downtown papers, it was, at that time, another one of the periodic “Racial Unrest in Harlem” stories. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made papers for the girl to post. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You sure it’s okay if I take a couple papers? Something to read while I’m here?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Okay. See these papers here? They say we can buy eighty acres that Mr. Blake has next to the McKenzie property we bought.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they approached, a man dressed much like the other one came out holding a piece of bread and butter in one hand, and without a word looked at their papers and nodded. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Heinz had his papers, the address in Berlin. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

As I sort through the papers, another flutters out. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I thumbed through a stack of papers and chose the only two I found from 1917. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

At first I join other people from other places who do not have the right papers for real work either. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Van Park stood at the podium, shuffling papers, as the fifth-period students began pouring in. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She found Father Joseph in a small office, sitting behind a wooden desk correcting papers. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the Black Panther newspaper cost a quarter, I told myself Fd only skim the front and back pages as I stacked the papers. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sean raised a brow at the piles of papers and photographs and said, “Art project?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kinkade sat at his desk, which was piled with folders and papers. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the skill of public writing was gradually developed by the many classroom papers I had to compose. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the papers caught the principal’s eye and he turned to my mother and asked, “Is your husband a Shangaan, Mrs. Mathabane?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

O. J. returned to Rael’s around eight, the papers safely distributed; the town quieted down. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanging with Char and them in the bathroom is more fun than stapling papers in the school office. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

All Papa and Dadi do is read the papers, discuss things in whispers, and drink cup after cup of watery tea. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Miss Katherine usually stayed in the schoolhouse, grading papers and such, while Sam worked on the roof. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Rich looked at the mess of papers and sighed. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day he reads the papers that come, to see whether it is raining in his little corner of Oldenburg. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Magdalys had read stories about Haiti in the papers: a free black state. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Neil and Susan carried the bags to a local copy shop and handed the papers to a man behind the counter. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Marco’s eyes travel over the papers and blueprints strewn on the floor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Sir, my sass brought me here to sign some papers to say I was a widow and to get a pension.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Officer Khan puts the papers down on the counter. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The authorities looked at my papers and stamped me in. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that moment, when the papers pass from his hands to mine, our eyes meet and I know. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Big Ma and Mr. Lucas returned with their courthouse papers, only to find Vonetta and Fern practicing their walk down a make-believe church aisle in the living room. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Who stayed by Dad’s side for weeks, who went through the papers, talked to the mourners, wrote the thank-you notes?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Tony Russo, only half jokingly, suggested they hire a helicopter and shower the papers on Capitol Hill. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I keep telling myself to write all these passwords down in one place,” he says, scattering papers everywhere. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I stuff the stapled sheets deeper inside my book bag, wincing as the papers crumple. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A breeze rustled the folded papers, but none blew off. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the process of being discharged from the Union Army, he had gone to a white officer to seek help in filling out his papers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Customers in the laundromat talk about "green cards" and "papers" that give them permission to stay in the United States. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They wanted to prepare a “Declaration of Sentiments” similar to those they had read at other reform movement meetings they had attended, so they began by reviewing papers from other meetings. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But even if it was just walls and a roof with papers inside, it had bewitched him, and drawn him in, and given him everything he needed to become himself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“The Mexican government denied their immigration papers and reversed their land grant. It was just another dream that went nowhere.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph dug through his old papers, sneezing as he explored one box after another; somehow they’d grown dusty in the move. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ink bottle overturned and poured across the table and papers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldiers have settled their disagreement over Ollie's papers, and now the three of them are walking purposefully toward the first woman with the carriage. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He told Mary that he and Robert were going to run inside to pick up some papers, but that she should wait in the car. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was sweltering hot, especially in the large classroom where they did their written papers. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Hans wasn’t home, and so Sophie waited, leafing through his books and papers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I swallow, my eyes focusing on a bulletin board just past his head, filled with papers and notices and—a hygiene notice. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The man introducing my brother says he needs no introduction, then goes on to list the papers he has written, the awards he has won, the contributions he has made. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped a dime into the slot and took one of the papers, wondering if the story was inside somewhere. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sloped on one side with Frank’s papers left on top. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They were under orders to grab important papers from German labs and capture top German physicists. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This afternoon. We found some papers of your uncle’s. We need to talk to you...about your own position.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I eat my burned toast and Daddy gathers up some papers and folds them into his jacket. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

"I've seen a million articles about you in the papers. The new favorite. Your name is everywhere." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When she turned back to the papers in her hands, it was clear that she had decided against any confrontation. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The papers said there was some mystery about Owen. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Mother was down on her hands and knees mopping up the water and Margot was fishing my papers off the floor. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Mom sat still, pen poised in hand, eyes fixed on her papers. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the papers are delivered we unload the magazines at the office and go home to breakfast for fifty minutes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Page through her papers, and you can see signs of the episode’s impact on her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I liked that we were going to write research papers for Mrs. Turton’s class and that we could choose any subject we wanted as long as it related to science. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When I was back in my cell I recorded everything I could remember from my papers, even though most of it was so dis-couraging. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I follow Amber in the papers to feel closer to her, but the stories are confounding. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He shoved the papers into an envelope and drove to the liquor store. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this place, he was probably better protection for me than free papers would have been, but I didn’t want him here. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A little after six thirty that evening, a copyboy walked in with a stack of papers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The chauffeur had to go in and fill out some papers about the car and we got out and went over to the stream to see if there were any trout. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The papers are fake, I know, but the money is real. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I recognize him from the last party, and of course his picture is always in the papers. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said it warmly, and then—he couldn’t help himself—his eyes flickered toward the papers in his hand. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The Fjerdan guards were gesturing over their papers, trying to make the numbers and identities of the prisoners match up to the group before them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A confidante in the Griffin Building had forged these papers for them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He went back to his cubicle, sat down, threw the fragment of paper casually among the other papers on the desk, put on his spectacles and hitched the speakwrite toward him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They wouldn't be after me to read books and write long papers on the twins in James Joyce. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Since 1990, when Dr. Strayer had begun digging into the issue of driving and attention/distraction, he’d studied the subject from numerous angles, amassing a host of papers on various nuances. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“When you are asked for papers, you are to provide all of your papers.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I would rush to a bedroom with papers and books. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The papers and a pen were there on the desk next to Tom. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a Senate office and an apartment in a shabby building on Capitol Hill, a little one-bedroom that was already cluttered with books and papers, his Hole away from home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He walked downstairs and shuffled past Hollis Wells, who was too distracted by all the papers around her and the blaring Home Shopping Network to notice him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

After all, we were the league champs, the papers loved us, and college scouts were sending me letters like crazy. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was like someone who for twelve years had had an inseparable, beautiful marriage— and then suddenly one morning at breakfast the marriage partner had thrust across the table some divorce papers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The papers on the floor are pages from an old day-by- day calendar, the days scattered through the room, all of them yellowing and mouse-bit. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

To get papers, he said, I would need a photo I could not afford and a birth registration that did not exist. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“After all that, when it was time to sign the final papers, I just couldn’t imagine not being Soojin anymore. Kind of like you said.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He was a thin man who could have been any age, dressed in a drab and tattered business suit, and he was holding a pencil and a sheaf of papers held together with a clip. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The result was that the animals, like us, got their working papers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I guessed that was why Afua was not on Fern’s birth certificate or school papers. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Today’s papers, fresh from the presses!” he announced in German, thrusting a paper at me expectantly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I practically dropped the papers at her feet,” James said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“He was a North Vietnamese regular, from one of their big units, the 324th. They found his papers on him.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, he knows his name has been in the papers—he must be alert to the possibility of people trying to get stories on him or information from him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The files had papers and photographs affixed to them. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Evan offered to carry my suitcase and led me out to the street, a noisy place with crowds backed up waiting to cross the intersection, cars jammed together, and papers blowing every which way. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A few hours later, when Day went to Hopkins with a cousin to see Henrietta’s body and sign some papers, the doctors asked again about the autopsy. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The local papers would have a field day reporting that while I was running a principals’ conference in Las Vegas, my trusted eighth grade president was emptying my treasury. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the courthouse papers from her trip into town with Mr. Lucas. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I have a brother in Chicago. We’ll get married and stay with him until I can get a job and Claudia can get her papers so she can look for work also.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She walked her stack of papers to the front of the class and handed them to Mr. Quisling. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Marco jumps from his desk, spilling a bottle of ink across his papers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He took a handful of papers from a pigeonhole—bills and receipts; next hole, insurance; next, a small book with records of every girl. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The hallway opened to a large space filled with cubicles, the hum of computers, the rustle of papers, and a few low voices. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I brought out the stack of papers and placed them on the kitchen table. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Would you care to see the clippings from the papers? I’ve got them all in my room.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I live right close. Wait til I get my papers and lock the door, and I’ll take you home and fix it.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought Catherine would come by but she did not come, so I hung the papers back on the rack, paid for my beer and went up the street to look for her. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He held the flat of his hand over her papers, trapping them there, trapping her there. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to raise suspicions, so I fish through my papers and read the name inside. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I also had a drawing pad and colored pencils, a manila envelope with important prison and parole papers, and my copy of The Brothers Karamazov. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Old packaging and papers and the eternal ash. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“You’ve given us all something to consider, especially as we think about our next paper topics. After all, our next papers have to be about the economy.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She buys fake identification papers and quickly lands a restaurant job making biscuits. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The next day’s papers carried the news: eighteen men in the fire-engine house with Brown, ten of them were killed, including two of Brown’s sons. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to read the papers, but Papa and Dadi don’t let us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to sell those papers now?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Do you have the papers from the health clinic to prove it? Is he registered?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how bad he does, he buries his face in his papers, cranks up Rabbi Gold on his phone, and gives it another try. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Past a bombed library snowing ash and burning papers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was on the corner, a newsstand chain: papers, candy, cigarettes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Americans went through the pockets of the dead Vietnamese, searching for papers, photographs, maps: anything that might provide information to military intelligence. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I most certainly am not all right,” Celia says, and the bottle of ink shatters, raining ink over the papers and splattering Marco’s white shirtsleeves, falling into invisibility on his black vest. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We stand in line to fill out papers. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

If I wanted to persuade you of continental drift, for example, I would point you to the classic papers on paleomagnetism and we could then go and make our measurements in the field. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Their personal papers were even harder to collate. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Fred got the papers as far as the back door when his lumbago set in. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nicodemus followed them, pulling some papers and a small reading glass from the satchel at his side as he walked to the front of the room. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He put one of the papers in front of the glass and made five dots. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The local papers don’t run any information about Boy21 except the number of points he scored in the game, and his assists and rebounds. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The desk tipped to the side like a boat about to capsize, and a pile of books and papers tumbled to the floor. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lockton dumped a folio of papers on his desk and rooted through the mess. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have no such papers. I have burned all secret documents. I was ordered to do so.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, you are one of the orphans...Of course. Very well, quickly now. All of his papers are in this cabinet ’ere.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Since there were piles of papers all over, and since he was very small himself, the cricket found lots of good hiding places. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You could be a famed courtier. Only having to worry about dresses and gossip and landing in the scopes and papers." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was an old cigar box that had been pasted over with colorful papers, and then shellacked with varnish: a just-because present. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I think I turned away so I didn’t have to look at her or at the papers over the desk. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left early in the morning for school and came home with papers to correct. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

And while hammers pounded and sawdust filled the air, Milton acquainted himself with the papers and deeds Lefty had haphazardly kept in a cigar box beneath the register. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The others resume talking, about the ration-card bottleneck and fake identification papers. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I hoped to look through the latest papers on the fission of uranium,” he said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever papers Booth read, they all condemned him for his heinous act. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of him was covered with all sorts of other boxes all strung together and painted black and covered with pasted-on ads out of papers and magazines. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was merely an office with a desk, a couple of filing cabinets, shelves full of papers and books. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

"The papers speak of your legendary feats," she says with curiosity. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They were not eminent people, and there are few records concerning them except for the usual papers on birth, marriage, land ownership, and death. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the inside pocket of his dress jacket, I found a packet of papers and pulled them out. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white head bent down over the papers. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lottie Freeman, who work at the governor’s mansion where they get all the big papers, told me she saw it in the Living section a the New York Times. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Word had it that our neighbourhood, because of the increasing presence of people whose papers were not in order, had been designated a “hot spot,” which meant that it had to be raided constantly. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hah!” said Mr. Jaggers at last, as he moved towards the papers on the table. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

We would distract the warders’ attention, pluck the papers out of the garbage, and slide them into our shirts. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s always: two rocks, two papers, two scissors. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

At the end of the task, every number in the stack of papers she produced matched the computer’s output; the computer’s wit matched hers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

There were papers neatly arranged and ink bottles, pens, sand for blotting the ink, and a stack of maps. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waited while the bus guard gave the man some papers to sign. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He pulled out the boxes and spent several nights going through the papers, looking for “Top Secret” stamps he’d missed the first time through. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The guardians were straightening their papers and collecting their books and belongings. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The papers were falling out everywhere, ripped and torn. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He watches Luna rip open the packet and dump the candy out onto his papers. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A Talmud lay open on top of the papers. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, the officer pushed some papers across his desk. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The professor remained in front of the room, collecting his papers and books. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buckley stood up; the other white man rose and held out the papers for him to sign. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She separated a smaller file of papers from the rest. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Sivaji tells me there is a profit to be made. The landlord has completed the deal, papers have been signed. We must leave.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that afternoon, Emily went to the U-Haul to grab her Book Scavenger notebook, but the empty cab reminded her that she’d already taken in her stack of books and papers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Frodo was sitting at a table with a lot of papers in front of him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“What proof? You have no valid papers,” he said breathlessly. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The day was hot, like the sun was breathing on us, but the windows of the school were open and a light breeze ruffled the papers on our desks. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She had dropped her papers on the floor again when the others had entered, and Justin, to her intense confusion and visible delight, had helped her pick them up. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But now that he had thrown it out, thrown it at those who made him live as they wanted, the papers were printing it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you to listen. Do you read the papers?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She was on the line with me. She had all her papers. They gave her a visa.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When I reached the village, I made my way to the office where we had been given the papers that brought my pension. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up from his papers after some seconds. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

You had to play by his rules and, like him, steal by signing the right papers. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Whoever he was, he almost certainly had an office somewhere in here, and in that office would be his personal papers. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They would take their papers and walk off. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I got my own ice, my own papers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout his writing career, he stayed abreast of new ideas and discoveries by corresponding with researchers and reading scientific papers. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that one. He stole his father’s exam papers and sold them to his father’s students.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Arnold got the report on the capture of Anderson and the “suspicious papers” before Washington arrived. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My school papers were filled with red marks. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Van Hopper sitting about in the garden of that house on Long Island, with novels, and magazines, and papers on her lap. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Feels nasty... but Tormund Thunderfist had better things to do than learn to make papers talk at him. They never have any good to say, now do they?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn't a code, and had nothing to do with people receiving false papers containing names different from the ones they were born with. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I handed him some of my research papers and short stories, which I’d printed out at the library. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There have been times I’ve rushed away from my papers to answer the phone; gladly gotten up from my chair, hearing the mailman outside. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have no papers, no permission to be in Turkey. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he has seen his own face in the papers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The rebels know. I’ve sent for a cart. We must burn my papers.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had insisted on bringing these papers for this purpose. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was the empty sheet of white cardboard, propped up on the easel, the table-top clear of papers. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Built in 1939, it’s open twenty-four hours a day, so there’ll be no excuse to not get those papers in on time.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The girl who was with him got into the papers too because her arm was broken--she was one of the chambermaids in the Santa Barbara Hotel. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He reached in the window of his car and pulled out a folder, started looking through some papers in there, peeking up at us every couple seconds. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

However, she read the papers, and it wasn’t hard for an intelligent person to see what was going on in the politics of her country. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In November of that year the President made a speech at Gettysburg; papers all over the country printed it, but they were not agreed upon its quality. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Manchester he became something of an intellectual whirlwind, producing books and papers on subjects ranging from meteorology to grammar. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was his denim-covered binder stuffed with falling-out papers, a paperback, and the cheese sandwich he hadn’t eaten at lunch, soaking through its paper and smelling like pickles. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“A problem with my papers. I can fix it. But I can’t miss the appointment.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You have to wait in the holding area. Go farther along the road to the left and give these papers to the official at the gate.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The top of the desk was completely empty except for a shallow box filled with papers in one corner and a desktop computer in the other. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The daily papers were full of news about the Brown v. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

East German guards kept watch over random checkpoints, demanding identity papers for anyone wishing to pass through. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He let the younger man settle him behind his books and papers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Soon, however, I abandoned thinking at the molecular level and turned to the much easier job of reading biochemical papers on the interrelations of DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The refugee workers have Meng fill out many papers before sending us off to the camp’s church, where we are given clean clothes, bedsheets, and food. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, to the surprise of a lot of people, he became Poe’s literary executor, which meant he had access to all of Poe’s papers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She gave it to me and I signed the papers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the aisle from Rahel a woman with chapped cheeks and a mustache coughed up phlegm and wrapped it in twists of newspaper that she tore off the pile of Sunday papers on her lap. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It started when she said we couldn’t live like this with the torn books and papers and records all over the floor and the place in such a mess. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The papers were always talking about the debt owed to society. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She would spread out her books and papers on the bookshelf to her right, and she would tack her plastic pencil case on the bulletin board to her left. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I memorize the collector’s name and put the papers back where I found them. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Lawrence, unmoved, pointed out that Alvarez himself had produced an impressive number of research papers during the very period he claimed that scientific research had been hobbled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Four wore the coats, breeches, powdered wigs, and hats of merchants; one had papers tucked under his arm. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he heard it again, rising from a pile of waste papers and soot that had blown against the concrete wall. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Barris straightens a pile of papers on his desk while he considers his response. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The back seat was covered with papers and books. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I went to her chambers she had all the papers strewn over her tables, the ink scattering and reassembling, hollering their scandalous headlines. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Broodingly, he leaned down, gathered together on the car floor his crumpled papers, including the info on Luba Luft. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Silently, she pulled out a bunch of papers and set them between us. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He looked back at us all skeptical, then picked up his folder and started riffling through his papers again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I perch on my knees now, hovering over the spread of papers and tattlers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We had no armbands, no identification papers, no records, nothing. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

After the preacher helped with reading the papers, he showed Papa where to put his X. Our little farm had gotten bigger. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sharp-eyed Inspector would have been suspicious of those battered papers, but there were few sharp eyes here. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And this sailor, tall, dark and crowlike, marked his ship's papers with a circle that night and was on deck at dawn when the ship sailed out of the harbor in the morning mist. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Headmaster threw a scowl at Neel, who averted his eyes and went back to gathering papers. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“John wants to bring it himself, but the papers might take it the wrong way if they found out, you know what I mean?” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes my papers, looks them over, then says, “Doing the odds seems reasonable.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I walk into the room where the Doctorita is lying on the sofa, grading papers, and Nino Carlitos is reclined in his chair, reading his textbook, scribbling on a notepad. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sighs heavily, hands me a thick folder of papers. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Fine. Give me them papers,” the woman growls. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Saunders picks up the papers and starts reading some out loud. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had been correcting social studies papers and had just finished reading Noah Gershom's essay on the First Amendment when the thought flew into her head. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Your Baconian cipher would have been broken anyway,” Emily said as James held the stack of papers behind him, hovering over his wide-open backpack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Please don’t put it in the papers either, as I am concerned for my privacy. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Watras, who usually grades papers while a student conducts us through practice, stopped what he was doing to watch me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I was just about to take the papers out of the coupon drawer when I remembered the house. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each person had an assigned task, the putting away of chalk, erasers, papers, books, pencils, note paper, paints, and demonstration material. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

June 15—Our escape hit the papers yesterday, and the tabloids had a field day. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I thought how we might have wandered in the valley before lunch, and then sat out afterwards under the chestnut tree with books and papers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

On July 1, 1858, Darwin’s and Wallace’s papers were read back to back and discussed publicly in London. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

That year, a number of papers ran articles about her, billing her as “Clever Mrs. Elizabeth Friedman...Govt. Cipher Expert.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

My homework papers came back all marked up by Mrs. Willibey in red pencil, with notes like “See me” and “Try again.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And then, to the surprise of a lot of people, he became Poe’s literary executor, which meant he had access to all of Poe’s papers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Leaving the papers on the floor, Chandresh returns to the desk, to the neat pile of notebooks next to the abandoned brandy bottle. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Room 40 was where she and James had social studies with Mr. Quisling, so she shouldn’t have been surprised when she stepped inside to see him there, grading papers, but she was. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A scene has just passed of such uncommon interest that, although it is highly probable that these papers may never reach you, yet I cannot forbear recording it. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look around and catch sight of the papers from the cooking club last night, lying on the kitchen counter with a bunch of unopened mail. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Only Joshua took any enjoyment from the rabbinical complexity shrouding his recent papers. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I push all the books and papers and to-do lists off my desk, everything clattering loudly to the ground. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Your Baconian cipher would have been broken anyway,” Emily said as James held the stack of papers behind him, hovering over his wide-open backpack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"Good ser, it is gold I crave, not words on papers." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was a typical student apartment: prints of modern French paintings tacked onto the walls and books and papers piled on tables and chairs. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Durham papers deemed the firebombing of Housing Authority offices front-page news. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He got the last of his papers into the envelope and sealed it with the brass clasp. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“But you sell your papers for money,” I said with logic. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ted pulled out the divorce papers and stared at them. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would lie, but there's no point now that we all carry mandatory identification papers. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She walked her stack of papers to the front of the class and handed them to Mr. Quisling. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I could ask around about Lawyer Cornell’s papers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph continued to polish the candelabra as Albert organized papers on a desk. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I was a surgeon’s assistant in Insterburg. There’s a recommendation among my papers.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Laia—wait—” But I shove the papers in his hands, dart to the door, and unlock it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He emptied cupboards and drawers, he unmade his bed, he grabbed homework papers and ran away, laughing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The papers were in English, which my uncle could not read, so the man read them to him and translated them into Krio as I waited quietly and listened carefully. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held up one of the sheaf of English papers. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

There’s been a lot of stuff about Tom in the papers. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went over there afternoons and afterward stopped at the cafe and had a drink and read the papers. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The girl-rat, her alarm apparently subsiding, began picking up her scattered papers. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But in late summer with the word of Federal reverses pouring in, many papers shouted that he stood no chance for reelection, and to Jethro it seemed that most men were agreed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked the pistol away from the soldier and quickly fleeced him of his ammunition, food, papers, and canteen. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

At night they take the papers to bed with them and hide them under their mattresses or have Rashid Uncle put them outside. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

That Roman bell would be lucky to get work cleaning up after a French bell's dog—and even then he'd need papers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

After dinner, as I’m clearing dishes and the Doctorita is grading papers at the table, I say, “Doctorita, I want to go to school.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He forced himself to arrange his papers and try to study a little before the evening meal. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

As everyone gathers papers and scribbles their names hurriedly, I push the print button on my Medi-Talker. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“You could take the road,” the old woman continued, “but the border patrol would ask you for identity papers. Do you have any?” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But over the summer there was little he could do to police the boys’ reading, and there had been much in both papers to catch their eyes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mom picked up her bag, started sorting through papers. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I guess the same, with the Latvian’s papers.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

That meant that even if some of William’s papers were later reclassified, the collection could be kept together. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The scuffed and dirty papers went in one pile. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drops to a crouch, papers littering the floor all around her, and I think, She’s crying, but I’m not sure why, since I don’t see her shoulders shake. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

His math papers from school were always covered in X's. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

But we lived in the land of the toads and needed toad papers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The papers on the desk ripple as Marco raises his voice and he stops, taking a step away from the desk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He gathered the papers he had been working on and tamped the bottom of the pile on his desk to neaten it, and then laid the stack down on the right side of the desk. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Where are your papers? We’ll have to show them to the driver.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was the best idea they had to work with, so they went back to the bar where the manager shuffled papers behind the counter. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He had a clipboard and some papers in his hand. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He scored the papers while we watched a movie about the pyramids in Egypt. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But she provides her with grade cards, childhood drawings, school papers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He fussed with some papers on his desk. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Bring any of the papers of the time that I was gone,” the old man said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"These papers will become part of your permanent record," he says. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

J**\\e t Alex watched his sisters leave for Holy Angels, then went to his parents’ bedroom to search for the papers Bri would need. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Larkin had been working Jinx pretty hard, making him weed her garden and clean out closets of her husband’s old papers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I do. But I’m fourteen now and I can get my working papers easy.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One stack of papers was a copyedited manuscript—basically a printout from a computer file that had been marked up in colored pencil with a bunch of edit marks. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She said, “Not much,” and started to look at my papers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I read the papers every day, brother—two hundred of ’em.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Give them five lire apiece and five lire for yourself. My papers are in the other pocket. You may give them to the nurse.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And then he applauded as fast as he could and a great cascade of papers filled the air. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jones led the way to his office, and Ellsberg opened his briefcases and stacked the papers on the desk. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She holds up a stapled set of papers that look like a formerly classified, now somewhat declassified CIA document. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He pulled his glasses down to where they belonged and shuffled through the papers again. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mapper said, rolling up his papers and hopping down from the table. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I took off my coat, took my wallet with my papers and my money all wet in it out of the inside pocket and then wrung the coat out. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Hollis was seated on the couch, a pile of papers in her lap. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

In New York, of course, the papers stated that society had never been so gay; that the sale of jewels and fine fabrics and sundry baubles of high fashion had never been so great. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her bed would be littered with the separated sheets of the daily papers folded anyhow, while French novels with curling edges and the covers torn kept company with American magazines. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at Bud, then reached over, picked up the pen, and signed both copies of the trademark papers and three copies of the contract. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number of papers together made it impossible to read with interest. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

We’ve both slid from sitting positions and are slumped against pillows in a sea of papers. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I have papers they need. I have to stay until the van gets here.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Inej kept her eyes averted, shuffling a stack of papers into a pile on the desk as Kaz stripped out of his vest and shirt. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There have been a few articles about the bank robbery in the local papers. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The apartment was cluttered with tables and chairs piled high with books and papers. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

But the papers she had absentmindedly thrust in there three days before had disappeared. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tunnel came to an end at a fancy, balustraded staircase that was free of ice but awash in loose papers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The voice paused, and Moss heard papers rustling in the background. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The stack of adoption papers on the desk is only 4 sheets tall. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall looked down and began shuffling papers on her desk. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Joseph sat in front of the stack of papers. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There was a little stove there with a few coals glowing and a desk piled high with papers and a carpet on the floor, and some chests of drawers. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to another committee member near him at the table and nodded to the papers in front of her, directing her to look up the information. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I say and ease the booklet back into my papers. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A photograph of Clifton was sent to the Negro papers and published. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He arranged the cushions, straightened the sofa, tidied the books and papers on the table. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

File folders are scattered across his desk, the floor covered in loose papers. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The papers were full of Seabiscuit, proclaimed on that coast to be the best horse in America. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her glue gun dripped a glob of hot stuff onto her papers. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Miss Saunders is collecting papers before I even got three sentences down on my paper. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Birds don’t make the local papers very often.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Take Francie out of school and let her get working papers.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We probably would have ended up with one of our aunts with papers, like some of the kids at school, or we would have gone back to Mexico with our parents. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ms. Gievers arranged her papers and then placed a bottle of Crystal hot sauce on the table as a silent reminder of why we were there. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Each contained papers from our respective offices, which we were meant to read overnight. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We piled into my two-door Corolla, which was stacked with papers, trial transcripts, and court records. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was in the papers this morning: Police have opened an investigation into the death of a child after they found human remains buried in the garden of a house near Holkham, north Norfolk. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Godwin thinks it’s best if I don’t assign papers for this story. He thinks it’s best to just move on to the next unit.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The lawyer collected the papers and put them in a folder. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingers rifled through the loose papers on my desk. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mr Cardinal said eagerly, looking up from his papers. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

A large ragged sheepskin was tossed across the papers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The out-of-town reporters—one each from Bellingham, Anacortes, and Victoria and three from the Seattle papers—exhibited no trace of the solemnity evident among the respectful citizens in the gallery. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

My papers always came back looking as though she had poured red ink on them. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Have your papers and passes ready for inspection, please.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There are no dust bunnies, no clutter, no papers, clothes, or junk. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The President opened a drawer and handed the young priest a folded packet of papers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The papers were full of stories and cartoons about the prospect of the match. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The papers were full of questions about Pollard’s ability and fitness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the trunk of his car, put the papers in a large black metal case of the kind carried by payroll guards, and closed the trunk. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Smuggled out by certain friendly spirits, they miraculously escaped the infamous pyre in which so many other family papers perished. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The desk guard slowly put down the papers he was shuffling through and gazed at Yuni with cold eyes. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The woman is a magician with clothing, the papers say. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I walked to the front of my classroom with a stack of papers and several sheets of poster board. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

After Roan’s murder, Hale had visited Roan’s widow several times to try to get her to sign various papers regarding claims against Roan’s estate. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“It was in Tennessee, but it was in all the papers.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She directed Gilly to sit down, and then went up and settled herself at the large teacher’s desk to glance through the handful of papers Mr. Evans had given her. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

There was a little of everything: suitcases, briefcases, bags, knives, dishes, banknotes, papers, faded portraits. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t say anything, only glance at the Doctorita, who is shuffling through school papers at the table. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He disappeared behind the desk, again followed closely by Rhonda, who stood watchfully as he shuffled among some papers. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We all sign the papers, receive complimentary star charts, and then get back into the car. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet Alice had wanted him to haul out the papers so she could turn the room into a ladies’ toilet. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Kyril Montana said, “So—?” Bookman leaned back with his hands clasped behind his head: “So we almost served him with papers to show cause that he has water rights on that piece of land.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monica nods at me, keeps my charts, leaves me to review the papers, and goes into the hall. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The papers must have been his stat charts for the week, but I found it hard to believe he’d forgotten them. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I went to Captain Root’s office, collected papers and information and the like.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That night, I searched through all the papers and books he had brought, looking for a card or paper heart, but I didn’t find one. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Curtains flap and papers rustle and the two adults have a standoff in the study. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was a pile of rubbish in one corner of the room: cardboard boxes filled with mildewed papers and decaying curtains in a heap beside them. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Newsies have filled their papers, tattlers, and scandal sheets with Alfred's exploits—gambling losses and several marriages and expensive tastes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We found no papers, or any sign of use in the house; and in the old chapel the great boxes looked just as we had seen them last. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

A fire burned at the edge of the street, heaped with books and scads of papers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But Donay, if they stole us away to work, they know we cannot have papers.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mail has come, and almost every man has a few letters and papers. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back when Pa came home with his homestead papers, saying we’d be moving to Nebraska come spring, Ma’d let her anger out in short hot bursts only Pa could hear. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was worried about the reaction when the papers were printed, as well. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead there is a nice Polish secretary who brings me the right papers to fill out for Tatarska 3. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“So now all my papers are sticky. Can I please have a new ‘Pirate Medley’?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed away a pile of papers and very carefully laid the protected sheet on his desk. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

So my dad would go back, start his new life, and mail the papers secretly to the clinic. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I put an arm around Charlie and moved her behind me as Tucker, Miles, and I moved to search through the papers on the desk. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

All filed papers in Iceland, and were waiting for the court to sort out their respective petitions. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Before I can look more closely at the other papers, Ollie puts his hand on my shoulder, and I look up in relief. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A manila folder is tucked inside the box, along with loose papers, envelopes with broken seals, postcards with bright illustrations. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wiped the ashtrays with a wet rag and straightened the papers. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Stop that,” she says, laughing, and hands me the papers. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He paused to feed more papers to the fire. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I practically dropped the papers at her feet,” James said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t touch them,” Ollie snaps as one reaches for his papers. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

This time, though, the students were given an answer key and, under minimal supervision, told to grade their own papers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drawers I open reveal nothing remarkable: rolling papers, some loose tobacco, a few bullets. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The man took from his pocket a folder filled with papers of every color. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the Marshall Library, her papers are held in twenty-two gray archival boxes. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He sat behind a big desk, papers neatly piled on one side. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I know that Walter is the man who oversees the theater, who helps falsify papers for the children in the crèche. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They were black people and they were buying papers to read about how the white folks were trying to track him to earth. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

At any rate, he studied the papers even harder than I did. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Fuchs handed Gold the papers he had prepared, then Fuchs drove Gold to the bus station. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little pink, green, and blue papers were so clever that they always divulged the exact secret wishes of the customers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the lining of her jacket I found her identification papers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Sah? There are papers I am seeing on the ground in the study?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But there was that thrill, even so—perhaps she’d come home early for some reason: perhaps she’d be feeling ill or have forgotten some vital papers. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her name was going to end up in the papers again, linked to Chinese codes. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I had seen photographs in the papers every day and motion pictures on the television screen. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the director invited us into a small room where he gave my uncle some papers to sign. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at some papers she was holding. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“My sister and me has read considerable about it in the papers.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Henry, look at this, would you,” said Charles hastily, rustling through the papers again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Which is why I spent all weekend clearing piles of clothes and papers out of the living room, piling everything into my closet in one giant, precarious stack. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I may be a non-taster, but when Mr. Landau hands out those chemical papers and tells us to put them in our mouths, I can run for water like everyone else. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The part of taking it was over but then the next day, or whenever Mr. Greene marked the papers, was the rest of it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He could help them with any fake identification papers. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Called "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies," it is one of the most extraordinary scientific papers ever published, as much for how it was presented as for what it said. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He cleared books and papers off the top bunk, and James climbed up onto it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They got in, took photos of files and papers, and placed bugs in the office. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He immediately became paralysed with shyness, and sat blushing at his papers, unable to begin. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn't even an American citizen, although he had passed all the examinations, paid the fees, and just needed to sign the final papers and be sworn in. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid he’s already filed the papers. I probably shouldn’t have told you, but you all are señoritas now. I think you can handle it,” Abuelita Remedies said. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

At the first checkpoint, a guard asked for his papers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Ushers often came to the Treaty Room a few times over the course of an evening to deliver more folders, containing more papers, freshly generated by staffers who were working late in the offices downstairs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I suppose I’ll be watching the papers to see how Pittsburgh is doing in baseball.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The papers had printed that the jibes and jeers were cruel and sometimes obscene, and so they were, but this was not the big show. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

This young recruit has papers signed by Koch himself, indicating he is a courier carrying a valuable treasure for the Reich. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Johnny could deliver the Boston papers in a morning—instead of taking all day. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She kneels with me and places her hand on mine to make me drop the papers. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s an honor to meet you both. I’ve been following all your work in the papers, and...Well, it’s truly an honor.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The marked papers were collected and brought to the printer who had a hand press containing an adjustable date apparatus, and racks of slugs before her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I approached the soldier with an air of superiority and thrust out my papers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gitney — that is, 03-01 — reading of her arrival in the papers, went to the dock to greet her, and being impressed with her bearing and mental acuity, offered her a place in his home. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a small room, crowded with tottering piles of papers and books, and the whiteboards on the walls were covered in figures and equations. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made notes in places where she didn’t understand what he was saying, as she often did on his papers. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry made to follow him, but found his path blocked as Percy Weasley strode into the lift, his nose buried in some papers he was reading. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“A party for homosexuals and criminals,” the papers accused. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man told Cullen that he didn't have any papers of identification or a fishing permit. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She glances up at me, giving me a quick look, before her eyes swing back down to the papers in her hands. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I found her in her classroom at lunch, grading papers. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Casually, I tick through the papers in my satchel. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“What do you want with him?” she asked, not lifting her head, her eyes glued to the papers in her hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had shaken the Chief Elder’s hand, smiled politely at the audience, taken her official Assignment papers, and gone back to her seat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Patricia carried stacks of papers to all-night copy shops near Harvard, different shops on different nights, always glancing nervously over her shoulder before entering. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

For the nth time, four different people checked over the ration books and parachutes and papers. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy had read about it in the Austin papers and had bought it from an estate sale, the bird having outlived its previous owner. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Instead she discovered she was pregnant with me and shipped him divorce papers. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When we dutifully arrived with the papers, she would pore over them carefully, searching—“Okay... okay... here it is!”—grabbing the little form and filling it out. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A campaign began in the papers to cancel the concordat with the Vatican. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stayed there for three weeks, until they could process her papers and determine whether she was a War Bride, a Displaced Person, a Student, or the wife of a Chinese-American citizen. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so secret that our real “occupational specialty” was not even mentioned on our discharge papers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, though, when the demons called me for questioning, I found they already had a big bunch of papers on my father. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shoves a pile of papers to the floor to make space for Axel’s laptop. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He screamed something without words and flung the papers and paints into the dirty brown water. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The station agent wouldn't have been allowed to sell a ticket to someone whose papers were marked Jood. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Magic, the papers asserted, was worthy of study. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The space was cluttered with piles of papers and stacks of magazines. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have a permit allowing us to be in Alexandra,” I said, “and our other papers are not in order, so how can the authorities give me a pass?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mister Kamkwamba, I have something from my garden,” he’d say, opening a bundle of papers to reveal some nice tomato plants. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The rabbi texts him audio clips, and Link follows along on papers with the Hebrew blessings spelled out phonetically. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The papers had much to say of the operation around Vicksburg. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled a set of folded papers out from inside his jacket pocket. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I looked at her; she was still intent upon the papers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She strode briskly to the front of the room, carrying a tall stack of papers and a jar of pickles. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

However, I will say that the brittle and yellowing papers in the files constitute a fire hazard. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He fussed with his pipe and then with the papers on the pipe stand next to his chair. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“It does if you can prove it. I’m sorry, do you have any papers or anyone who can support you?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The two cards, one a familiar playing card and the other a tarot card emblazoned with an angel, are amongst the papers on the desk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Why, there had been nothing else in the papers lately! And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“I know someone with that ability. If she was carrying a huge stack of papers and tripped, they’d all land exactly like she had them before.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Gates stopped and held up some papers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mitchell claimed it was because these papers had not printed classified material—obviously untrue, since the entire McNamara report was classified. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

These small papers I stuff into the pockets of my pants, along with my pesitos. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

And so I put the papers and the check away, in a drawer where I kept store coupons which I never threw away and which I never used either. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This kind of trash is the only thing selling papers these days. Her best bet is to stop running. The story dies when the mark comes forward and sits for an interview.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Most of the papers were just drawings, but the journal was what interested Ivy the most. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I know I shouldn’t snoop, but curiosity quickly overrides my conscience as it often does—snoop-control issues—and I’m bending down and randomly perusing some of the papers on the floor: mostly old letters. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The group then advertised in the local papers for volunteers, men who would agree to participate in the experiment. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sipped his drink and remembered the incident of Mr. Reilly’s dumping all of those examination papers on the heads of that freshman demonstration beneath the windows of the faculty office building. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to spend all my time fetching and carrying. I came to this Fair to enjoy myself, not to deliver papers.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Ryan sat down and began to shuffle books and papers while Miss K talked about numbers. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The plan is to go sign the papers and get the keys. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I ran up the steps and grabbed the folded papers. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I asked him to get me papers and magazines. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Practise hard,” she said, “for one day I want to read about you in the papers, as our next Arthur Ashe.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chauffeur came out, folding up the papers and putting them in the inside pocket of his coat. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I mutter, leaning down to pick up the papers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

"Who cares, Amber. Both of us gave the crowd a show, and gave the newsies something to fill their papers with. That was the point," Edel snaps. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

As they got closer to the slide, she saw that the lump was Calder’s sweatshirt on top of a flurry of newspapers, the papers he’d carried when they’d run from Delia Dell. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up a sheaf of papers and began reading. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He went over her papers and marked them up—too much for her liking, sometimes—and read her papers aloud so she could hear what was wrong with them. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lewin gave a laborious sigh, gathering his papers into a pile. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After days in which the Democratic nomination filled the papers, there came suddenly the thunderbolt of General McClellan’s response to his nomination. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must know I’m Irish from the papers Mr. Schatzman filled out when he brought me in to the Children’s Aid several weeks ago—or perhaps it is my accent, still as thick as peat. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

As their leader, Dasch explained that his important business was to take care of "the correctness and sufficiency" of their forged identification papers. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Everybody else in the family cheers and claps when she goes up front to receive her official papers and handshake. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Charles shuffled his papers together, stood up again; Camilla stood beside him and this time she offered me her hand, too. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The commanding officer then reached behind his desk and produced a sheaf of papers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hameed adjusts the blue fabric of her hijab and pulls papers out of a binder. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“It was scheduled earlier this week. The people in the warden’s office have the papers.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“But the papers—” “I won’t look at the papers. Papers are no match at all for my faith in my father.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He must have delighted in reading the details of the assassination as reported in the papers, as though reading the reviews of a performance. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a bitter winter, ice everywhere, and I never know when the bike will go out from under me and send me flying into the street or onto the pavement, magazines and papers scattered. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Bud pointed at the papers on his desk. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people even rented out their papers, for a dollar a day; one copy sold for an astounding forty dollars. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Jonas went to his own desk and began to sort through his school papers for the evening’s assignment. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The official smiled wryly and stamped the papers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The receptionist called me to her desk and shuffled a bundle of papers to me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody passed him as he continued through a Plexiglas walkway into Block B. There were computer screens everywhere, glowing in cramped offices piled high with papers and printouts. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“But tell me, who told you to sell these papers?” he asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It paused at intervals and shot papers over the walls. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she picks up a folder of papers and walks out of the room. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me then that the Commandant’s office door is probably still open, her papers strewn about, visible to anyone with the courage to look. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was almost at the man's side before he looked up from his papers. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Presently, with an excuse, he left me, asking me to put all my papers together. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was New Year’s, which is a two-week holiday, and nobody could get the papers to leave the country. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I had been considerably rolled about in the streets of Shelt before someone had me carted off to the hospital, where I had arrived without papers, belongings, coat, shoes, or cash. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

There I showed the papers that I had reforged again while waiting in Turuf. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I never said I was the expert. I just said I read the papers.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m escorted down to the lobby of the studio, where I sign some more papers before heading out to where my car is waiting. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Look in her files, and you’ll find only a few papers, a slim diary, and a handful of old photos from that time. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“They cut up our papers! Isn’t that illegal or something?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

All I had with me were the clothes I wore, a few photographs, my official immigration papers, and fourteen cassette tapes. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jordan’s lawyer, a thin man with dirty fingernails, shuffled his papers and checked his watch frequently. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So strange an accident has happened to us that I cannot forbear recording it, although it is very probable that you will see me before these papers can come into your possession. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quentin and I carried the sheath of papers and drawings to her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The papers unfold and flutter back to the surface of the table. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The older children turned in their papers within ten minutes. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think it was going to happen, but I finally get papers in the mail about joining the army. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mario mopped the floor of the newsstand while Mama spread out papers to dry. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She feared she would spend her life all alone, chained to jobs she hated, marking papers and marking time. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“If New Jersey is still in the United States, then we can go get her. We can explain everything and show them that her papers are good,” I say. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There was his denim-covered binder stuffed with falling-out papers, a paperback, and the cheese sandwich he hadn’t eaten at lunch, soaking through its paper and smelling like pickles. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The Syrian army doesn’t check papers like the Protection Units. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The accused is the orphan girl Kira.”The man glanced at the papers but didn’t seem to be reading anything. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rolled his papers and banged them on the table. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She carries a sleek black folder of papers and a cell phone in her hand, clicking away with her thumbs. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The oscillating fan on the wall made the papers on the employee bulletin board flutter. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Then he gave Gold a packet of papers, “a report,” Fuchs later said, “summarizing the whole problem of making an atomic bomb.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The alley was littered with crumpled papers and dented hubcaps, with old rubber tires and empty pop cans, and Sairy quickened her pace, feeling uneasy in this unfamiliar place. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes followed his back as he went to his desk and shuffled papers around. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

For most of the hour, he sketches portraits of the panelists, who sit hunched over their papers along a rectangular table. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t trust everything you read in the demons’ papers,” Uncle observed loftily. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

You remember how her face was all over the papers and everybody said it was such a sad thing?” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered his papers and tapped them against the table. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Early on Wednesday morning, I built a fire in the metal trash barrel in the backyard, fueled by my school papers. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed the papers and ran, rubbing her arm on her jeans hard enough to start a fire. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

My school papers would not be taped on the wall and Mama would not kiss me on the top of my head. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And then the kids said Mrs. Granger didn’t even look at their punishment papers anymore. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both Rosy’s and Maurice’s papers covered roughly the same ground and in each case interpreted their results in terms of the base pairs. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I’d never seen a newspaper back home say such things about people possibly involved in crimes who hadn’t been arrested, but Mexican papers were quick to report speculations. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“What a mess,” said Tucker Mouse, looking at the soggy, smoldering piles of papers and magazines. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

You might want to ask why so long with this news, well its been out for years in and out of video’s papers, books, magazines, radio, tv, all over the world. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Montsisi and I went back to the Department of the Interior, armed with the visa and other papers from the embassy. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had the divorce papers in the pocket of my windbreaker. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chairs that didn't match were piled with papers and clothes; her grandchildren's toys were scattered on the floor. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I snapped my papers out of his hand. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“The guards on the bridge will assume we passed through the embassy gate and had our papers scrutinized there.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A chance to get her papers comes from someone Lourdes trusts. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Ugwu looked inside the study and saw him sitting on the only chair left, with a broken-off leg, so that he propped it against the wall for balance, hunched over half-burned papers and files. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I must be carrying a modest fortune in illegal papers. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was then given more papers to take with me to the main post office on Albert Street, a run-down section of Johannesburg. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned down and pulled a sheaf of papers out from under the couch. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She has cleared some piles of papers and books from her desk, though the photos in their frames are still in their line. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The man had so many papers and none of them made much of any sense at all! Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The local papers announced it to the world. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They sit at a table with his books and papers and laptop pushed to one side. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes one of them would spend ten minutes looking through a family’s papers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

By the end of August, she was reading more papers and marking more items than any other reader in the Bureau. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She removed it from her papers and handed it to me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“How ’bout I just keep yelling and we see which of the papers show up first!” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Here was a dashing, fighting, confident man, the papers had said, the kind of general the North so desperately needed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of their special information, besides what they read in the papers, came from Mrs. Ross by way of Melanie. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As wizards and witches attempted to consult the papers before them, sundry pixies and fairies whirled around their heads, giggling and jabbering. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Free blacks had papers to prove they were free.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The papers sent special correspondents to shadow the pilots as they served in the skies over Europe, each dispatch from the European front producing shivers of delight. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Instead there was that same look of desertion he’d become accustomed to: no people, but boxes filled with papers covering the furniture and the floor. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I said you could have a rest,” her father says when Celia refuses, not even looking up from the pile of papers he has spread across the dining table. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I want to scatter devil papers,” Lee said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up, a mess of papers in hand, just as Pollard opened his mouth. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I never read the papers for myself to know for sure. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had my pencils, razor-sharp, lined up on my desk with a red pencil for my mother to use for marking papers. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After digging through what looked like hundreds of papers, he came back to the living room. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the whole class was very worried about the possibility of someone without papers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Speedily more join the heap, papers, magazines, letters. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told Granny that I planned to make some money by selling papers and she agreed, thinking that at last I was becoming a serious, right-thinking boy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When policemen or soldiers stopped Papa, he spent so long showing them all his car papers, letting them search his car, anything but bribe them to let him pass. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He invited researchers from around the world to present scientific papers on cancer in minorities, and he petitioned the city of Atlanta to name October 11, the date of the conference, Henrietta Lacks Day. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They spent several sleepless nights making the copies, sorting the papers into boxes, and stashing them with friends all over Boston. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“But why does that mean they have to fire you? What are they going to do? Get rid of everyone they already have and hire people without papers now?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Boston papers published false or exaggerated propaganda stories about attacks on citizens by Redcoats. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are a million papers shuffling across a million desks under a million upturned noses. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get those papers made for you and let you off the leash a bit while you wait for the next flight out.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

June gathered up all her loose papers into a neat little stack and tucked them inside the journal while Ivy watched. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She cooks for herself and sorts through the papers left behind, looking for clues. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was carrying a pencil and some papers and looking at the papers as she walked, so that she did not see Mrs. Frisby at first. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It cost so much money to come to America, especially to pay everyone for the proper papers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mum was at the dining room table surrounded by bank papers when I got back from school. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I never liked writing concluding paragraphs to papers—where you just repeat what you’ve already said with phrases like In summation, and To conclude. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

On the wood bleacher, Coach is reading papers, filling out forms for fencing meets. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“But there’s nothing in there except papers you can barely read and old props and junk.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

With my other hand, I tried to wriggle the papers from his coat pocket. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In the classroom there was a shuffling of feet and papers. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

When I came downstairs, he was at the kitchen table with a pile of papers spread out in front of him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The woman laid a stack of papers on the table. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

At the dances, Dad would sit by himself against a wall, as far away from the orchestra as possible, and work on papers he had brought along in a brief case. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pharmacist always made Doctor Copeland sole judge of the papers and the winner was announced at the Christmas party. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I read about the campaigns in the papers. Did you go on those?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The remaining papers had to be “grouped, described, labeled, indexed, and reverently dispatched to their sealed tombs in the government vaults.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Emma helped him with all his papers and books, and this one was the most important. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was barely time between the end of a shift and the beginning of a class to get back to the dormitory to collect papers and textbooks. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She had always burned the books I had brought into the house, branding them as worldly; but she would have to tolerate these papers if she was to keep her promise to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went over in his mind all that had appeared in the papers about Soldier Island. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

That I had false information on my papers. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She ended by saying that she signed the papers because her attorney believed that would give you and Luke a better life. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Through the open door I could see the man who had given us the papers to sign, but his very dark suit and very white shirt frightened me away. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The papers the migrants were shown were filled-out applications, nothing more. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The next year, Bridge, Tab, and Emily were the set of fifth graders who drew creatures on their homework papers, and they drew the same things they had drawn before: bird, snake, and Martian. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

We walk up behind him while he is organizing his papers into piles. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They scoured the property, dug up the fields, and found the buried boxes full of their incriminating cargo as well as an old box of papers. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Hobbes remarked of his friend, ‘Roberval has this peculiarity: whenever people publish any remarkable theorem they have discovered, he immediately announces, in papers which he distributes, that he discovered it first.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

On his desk, there are three stacks of papers. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He’d hand over his stash of stolen documents, then hang around a coffee shop while the papers were copied. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There's a moneylender from Braavos, holding fancy papers and the like, requests to see the king about payment on some loan." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They managed to shove all the potentially incriminating papers into an enormous suitcase. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He gestured to the guard on his right, who pulled out a sheaf of papers and held it high. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

All the poor lady’s papers were in order; explicit directions regarding the place of burial were given. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They went and signed the papers and that was it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

No. He searched through his papers until he pulled out one that he handed to Lockton. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last Sunday she had been reading the funny papers on the front steps. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Like the old men on Tenth Street, now he bought the morning and evening papers, and once every two weeks the black newspaper, and read nervously, looking for reports of murders that appeared suspicious, pointless. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all over the papers the next day. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The table is strewn with books and papers. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“And maps and papers all in a jumble. It’s a wonder he can find anything.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody in our family had ever been written up in the Atlanta papers. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Mantell continued to try to do original research but Owen used his influence at the Royal Society to ensure that most of his papers were rejected. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry you haven’t finished, children, but the test is over. Please pass your papers to the front of the room, and remain seated while the tests are graded. Don’t worry, it won’t take long.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The police searched the entire farm and confiscated hundreds of documents and papers, though they found no weapons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please have a seat and I will be with you in a moment,” he said in English, and he shuffled through some papers, picked up a phone, and dialed a number. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

There were photos of our family, and papers attached to the folder. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He stacks his books, lines up his pencils, shuffles his papers in order. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Stick riffled through papers at his desk, then tiptoed to the dresser and eased open a drawer. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was strewn with papers now, and my father was working intently over his old Underwood typewriter. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

In high school I had been able to handwrite ten- and twenty-page papers in little more than an hour—and I never revised what I wrote. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came at the same age to the same section of New York City, without legal papers or more than a few words of English. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“The reason he doesn’t have the clinic papers is that he was home-delivered.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground was littered with papers and broken bottles and trampled hamburgers. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He signed a piece of paper—one of those three-in-one papers—and a guy in dusty blue overalls ripped the pink one from the bottom and gave it to Mr. Charles. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We landed and entered a terminal where officials took us into a room to issue us special papers. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The man with the papers under his arm had removed his hat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The father of the boy who had urged me to sell the papers also found out their propagandistic nature and forbade his son to sell them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, a month after Lona Cohen arrived in New Mexico, Hall spent a quiet Sunday morning in his office, preparing the promised papers. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have midterms and papers due and dirty clothes I never picked up from my bedroom floor, and I have friends, lots of friends.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

A strong hand knocked my books and papers to the floor as three or four football-player types squeezed me into a dark corner beneath the overhang of the auditorium balcony. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the couch, Tamika faced a stack of papers alongside a tower of envelopes on the living room table. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

When he asked scientists for updates, they’d hand him fifteen- or twenty- page technical papers, dense with formulas and calculations. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s crouched down and appears to be helping a freshman sort through an array of scattered papers. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Noelle pops out of her room at 7:50, just as breakfast is rolling in and my parents are stepping out of the nurses’ office where they were signing papers. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I searched through the sea of papers on the table until I found a chart of the tides. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had some papers to grade, and he started off reluctantly one morning, looking very unhappy about the way of life he had chosen. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stories reported in the papers condemned Booth by name in the most unforgiving, vicious language. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The homeroom teacher is saying that if everyone gets things cleaned up quickly, we can have a paper airplane contest with some of these papers. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I gathered up my papers, which the cop had scattered all over the car and onto the sidewalk. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A desk lamp, brass probably, an inkwell, and various papers were placed around him. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That general the papers had us believe was so fine—brilliant, they called him—what does he plan? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

You think I’m exaggerating, that I should qualify my statement: I waited yes, but I also took a job, read books, spent days in air-raid shelters, filled out rationing papers, wrote letters, stayed alive. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of Hotel Barba was in a constant state of waiting for papers to come in. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Not surprising; pictures from Chiefs parties were always splattered in the weekend papers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I hated the way she folded the wax paper from her lunch; she did not wad her brown paper bag and her school papers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like many of the aimless, unemployed young men who hang out in such places, and no one asked him for papers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, almost everyone liked the Journal of Researches and many loved it—his expert friends and reviewers in journals and papers. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting over at the Iruña reading the papers when I saw Robert Cohn coming across the square. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I heard them shuffling the papers and talking. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He laid the papers in a clutter in an old courtyard and set them afire. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

On these occasions, Wemmick took his books and papers into Mr. Jaggers’s room, and one of the upstairs clerks came down into the outer office. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote back to tell them that the nature of my defense would become clear to them when I filed my papers — and not until then. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He insisted upon looking over Lucy’s papers himself. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Noting his assignment in his private papers, Girard added, “I shall accordingly be very busy for a few days.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Darwin was fortunate that the regular reviewer for the London Times passed off the book to Huxley to review, which meant The Origin got a rave review in that most important of papers. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to class, got good grades, wrote papers, talked to Mom after lunch, ate dinner, watched television, read. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“And why don’t you go through those books and papers? Perhaps there’s some information that could be of use.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The man set down the stack of papers and lowered his gaze to James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

More than once, I had heard him rave about the Chicago Daily Journal and the Chicago Times, English-language papers where he saw the future. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A street crime has a victim, who typically reports the crime to the police, who generate data, which in turn generate thousands of academic papers by criminologists, sociologists, and economists. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He tried to gather up some papers and scraps of wood, as if there were traces of his mismatched life that he hadn’t wanted me to see. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The papers, he said, “included a statement on the special difficulties that would have to be overcome in making a plutonium bomb.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jaimito called us over to where he was sitting at the dining room table, reading the papers he’d bought in the capital. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, punctuating his sentence with a gathering up of the papers on his desk, he asked exactly what my problem was. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I hunt through the papers on her desk. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dimming taps the stack of papers for a moment, clears his throat, and addresses Catherine. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

In the office, Marco gathers up fallen notebooks and papers with trembling hands. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I find my mom and dad in the family room, my dad listening to music on his headphones, my mom grading papers. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“To serve, my lord,” he answered, his voice as brittle as the papers in his hands. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He said there wasn’t anything worth reading in the current papers anyway. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

June popped up to her knees and started grabbing at all the papers, collecting them in her arms in a haphazard bundle. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It whirled bits of dirty papers along the gutters. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyone suspicious goes over there. Put her with them, and we’ll take her back to the checkpoint to have her papers reviewed.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The rally made the front pages of all the New York papers the next day. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“What do you have there?” he asked, pointing to the papers in my hands. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

By then I had added to the warnings of my teachers what I’d learned about PG County through reporting and reading the papers. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I also saw something shocking — right in front of me, at the kitchen table, my dad was slumped over a pile of papers with his head cradled in his hands. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk head down, scanning the sidewalk, the gutters, for silver cigarette papers, although I no longer collect them as I did long ago. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Buddy rummaged among his papers in a businesslike way. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Each time he’d put the paper aside, turn to Mama and say, “Funny things in the papers nowadays. Take this case,” Francie would almost cry. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Automobile horns honked in the street and the newsboys hollered out the headlines in the papers. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Books were stacked on every available surface; the tables were cluttered with papers, ashtrays, bottles of whiskey, boxes of chocolates; umbrellas and galoshes made passage difficult in the narrow hall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Connor moved the papers off it and dragged the table to the bookshelf. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And then Tab and Emily showed Bridge how they drew little animals on their homework, in the upper left-hand comers of their papers, underneath their names. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It had been exactly one hundred days since Fred Gray had filed papers to start this lawsuit, and they had been one hundred hard days of walking and doing without and praying. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Sure,” I said, tucking the papers inside a book. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The left side was pristine and organized, no scattered papers or clutter to be seen. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I got all my papers into a mostly straight pile and sandwiched them between my econ and geometry books. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Buried in textbooks and scientific papers, these insights would be ignored by powerful political forces that would soon embark on the most perverse forms of human genetic manipulations. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

On the corner of his desk were two stacks of papers that he still had to transcribe into his border control notebook before he could leave for the evening. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Can I see one of the other papers, Papa?” she asked, licking her hands free of jelly, glancing at the Rutherford County News and the Forest City Courier. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“So give me some opinions. How is The Landry News different from the other papers you’ve been looking at—and how is it the same?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“No it won’t,” Deborah said, climbing on all fours across the pile of papers, and sitting cross-legged in the center of the bed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Booth was not the only conspirator shocked at what he read in the papers. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Enrique, a Central American without papers, it is treacherous ground. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Kaisa seemed surprised to see her, and she put down the papers she had been reading and stood up. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a table beside the telescope were stacks of photos and papers relevant to his pursuits, and he showed me some of them now. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

While Mr. D was returning the test papers, he gave the class a few minutes of free time to sharpen pencils or stretch or talk. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

They were biting all the stuff they read in the papers about wearing colors and flashing signs and whatnot. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as day after day went by with nothing new in the papers, there seemed little hope of that. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the papers Jethro read claimed that “the cheek of every American must tingle with shame at the silly, flat, dish-watery utterances.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put all of her papers neatly in the pigeonholes of her desk, and when Joe brought the tea tray she had him put it beside her bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The story must have been reported in the Florida papers, but in Key West I was "too busy" to read one and didn't hear about the situation until after I arrived. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Her identification papers, shot through and now also rust-colored, and a letter, which must have been in her side pocket because the paper is clean and white. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It came with the discharge papers when I moved in six months ago. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

While Brother Gerald was explaining how he couldn’t sign the warrant papers seeing as how Rosaleen was nearly deaf, I started for the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One stack of papers was a copyedited manuscript—basically a printout from a computer file that had been marked up in colored pencil with a bunch of edit marks. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She bent her head to write something on the papers in front of her, and attorneys up front started whispering because I guess Digger wasn’t supposed to go on like that. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But whatever Father said to me, his meeting with the demon made him look doubly hard through the demons’ papers for signs of the true magic. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A people pushed to the extremities that existed in the South could not possibly hold on, the papers claimed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man handing out the papers says my arms are that skinny I’d be lucky to carry two stamps but Uncle Pat sticks eight papers under each arm. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Harding finished grading a few papers, then came over to my desk. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, I just opened my locker, put all my old papers and things in my backpack, and walked over the debris of books and papers and notes in the hallway to the parking lot outside. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He saw, through a gauzelike curtain of snow, a boy standing under an awning selling papers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Have you found any old letters or papers that belonged to my family?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Smith won so much that he started to make the papers almost daily. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spoony dug in his bag and pulled out a stack of papers. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Soon after she was given the New York state papers, and now had three states to read. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held his hand out for Nina’s papers and scrutinized them with cold blue eyes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A doctor looks at their papers, then at the boy. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

More than 1000 technical papers have now been published on the subject. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

At that she had almost dropped the papers a third time and made a dash for the door. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was at a place he had not quite known how to pronounce when he had read of it in the papers. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stops at the nurses’ station, where Barb is flipping through some papers. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“The only reason they sponsored our visas was because the government was pressuring them to hire workers with papers. But now everyone’s saying it was all talk.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The papers referred to Seabiscuit as “retired,” but Howard wouldn’t use that word. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spurt of flames it sent up lit the frayed edge of the papers and quickly spread over the whole bundle. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was no need for the delay. She only lives down by the wharves somewhere,” the office manager said and returned to his papers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He concentrated, instead, on studying barnacles, writing papers on geology, dissecting sea animals, and tending to his family. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

My pack was untouched, my papers still beneath me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He read the daily papers and muttered under his breath. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What papers do you have?” a big patrolman asked. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Instead we stared blankly at the papers, or out the windows—each of us lost in an ocean of thoughts and a roller coaster of emotions. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

There was detritus all over the floors—garbage, papers, bandages and other medical supplies. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

On a visit there, Elizebeth was shocked to find an important collection of papers “scattered higgledy-piggledy over those iron shelves....I went home and told my husband. We sort of cried on each other's shoulders.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The chestnut-eyed actress with long auburn hair knows that this moment will put her name in papers around the world, so there is more than a touch of self-indulgence in her actions. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the space was a cot and a small shelf made from planks of wood separated with cut logs and filled with books, folded clothes, papers, and some braided and bunched herbs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

That is what it says on my real papers, which you have not got. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I remembered pictures of men in the papers, leaving places like that, and being taken away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The next day papers across the nation were reporting the stunning course of events. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now tell me why we have no papers, no printed materials written by this great artist about his lifework? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I ignored that and stuffed my sorry-looking papers into my backpack like I didn’t even care one bit. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The papers and television stations were starting to go back and forth with “information” and “statements.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had caught him as he had been packing his more important papers—papers he wished no one to see. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just like he said, the safe was empty—except for his will and a letter and some stock certificates, land deeds, and other legal papers. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

My books and papers spilled down the stairs, but at least my tablet stayed Velcroed in. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Will took the papers the man was holding out, and then held Lyra’s arm and urged her away. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Kathy would have to go back into the city and find papers proving ownership of their office building. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Here’s tonight’s math,” Teacher said, handing Neel a sheaf of papers. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had papers on her desk, and a pad with notes all over it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her parents signed the papers—"For your own good," they quoted the nice doctor to her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Two nights later, the grouchy woman signed the papers. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Here, it’s a box room, filled with papers and files, a fold-up treadmill and an ancient Apple Mac. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one with an essay in their hand was saying anything, but they studied their marked sheets and made faces before turning their papers right-side down. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Captain Prince answered the hail of a British ship, ordered his longboat overside, and he and Nat went to present their papers to the British captain. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the kitchen sat Sam Adams himself, inkhorn and papers before him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We make our way up O’Connell Avenue, out Ballinacurra, in by the South Circular Road, down Henry Street and back to the office for more papers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Rifling through our bag, I find our forged papers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Lev reaches overhead and takes down the viola and our modest bag with all our worldly possessions: our travel papers, a change of clothes, Lev's prayer book. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

What Papa had read in the papers was true. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the grey suit signs papers and responds to the headmistress’s questions with answers she does not entirely follow, but she does not protest the transaction. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The room was mostly taken up by a makeshift desk—an old warehouse door atop stacked fruit crates—piled high with papers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The papers were dull, the news was local and stale, and the war news was all old. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Don’t let the papers print lies about me after I’ve garroted myself with my tie. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have many books in the apartment on Elizabeth Street, either, but the twins were always getting old papers from the newsies. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

"I have your final papers here," says Herr Meins, waving the sheath of papers. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mama’s right that this closet had become a mess; some of these papers are years old. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You could have papers too. We could forge something...” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“As you wish, Colonel Regan, sir,” said the man whose clothes were stained blue by the papers he clutched to his chest. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gather up my papers and take a last sip of my Coke, letting myself relax for five seconds before I have to go write the article. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ashes and papers were blown around and some plastic flowers had fallen off the birdbath—but there was no sign of Security anywhere. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Stoker sits at his desk working on papers. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu was not sure what would make it look otherwise, perhaps pictures of family on the desks, or just more things, more files and papers and staplers, proof of its being inhabited. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had a thick folder of papers, which he opened like a suitcase. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to work for the newspaper. I’ll write copy or deliver the papers to classes or clean the newsroom or change ink cartridges in the printers. I have some writing samples here for you.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But only after he had acted upon feelings which he had had for years would the papers carry the story, his story. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When her papers were read up, she didn’t have to pitch in, as the other readers did, and help the girls who were behind. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Luna looks up and sees Alex in his doorway, he drops his pen on a haphazard pile of papers and leans back in his chair. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His chair screeched on its back legs as he stood, stuffing his stack of papers into a folder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Uhmma caught me throwing a penny, along with old papers, in the trash, she yelled, Do you think the clerk would let me leave with the groceries when I am one penny short? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

In the days before we were due to reconvene, I wrote papers for a set of London University examinations for my LL.B. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went out to a lawyer one day and came back with some papers and laid them on the table and told me, “Tell your mother to sign these. ” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he even had time to answer, Ms. Webber looked up from the pile of papers she was grading and pointed to EJ. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

Would they stand in the way and demand papers or something? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on the couch surrounded by books and papers. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the Orgota side an Inspector was called out to inspect my passport and papers, which he did for about an hour, a Karhidish hour at that. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed to the papers in front of me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I reach for the scattered papers and scoop them all up, placing them back inside the box. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I struck boldly and not as the papers say. I walked with a firm step through a thousand of his friends, was stopped, but pushed on,” Booth writes. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Teachers spent more time with kids from “better” homes, and believed their excuses when papers were late or assignments lost. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“In one of those papers was a story where they quoted you, Noah, talkin’ about your father. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We always listened because he could read the papers. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All evening long he had sold only fifteen papers and four magazines. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Albie, these grades are unacceptable,” he said, throwing a stack of papers on the table. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Later, Rosita collects our empty glasses, slipping her arms between our piles of books and papers, unnoticed, well practiced at being invisible. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piles of papers and drawings you made when you were little. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dimblewit took the podium and shuffled papers in his hand, before clearing his throat and calling the meeting to order. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

My debts and rent were paid and my papers in my hieb-pocket; shirtless I left the island in the Markets, and went with Yegey back among the houses of the powerful. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The papers had been waiting for them, arranged with the help of Habib’s old college adviser in the United States. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The living room is trashed, books and papers everywhere. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was searching through a mess of papers. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Each day Lyddie gave her three new papers to post and learn, and, at the end of the day, to take home and practice. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

And if one of the gypsy mothers really needed something, if she gathered the courage to say, “What papers?” would they just make something up? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I had coffee and the papers in bed and then dressed and took my bathing-suit down to the beach. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Instead of looking up, Varney perused some papers on his desk as though some imminent life or death decision was upon him and he could not spare a single moment’s intrusion on his time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Morengo's law firm spent more than two months going through all the papers. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Now,” he removed a tottering pile of papers from an armchair and sat down, his Wellingtoned legs crossed, “how may I help you, Mr. Potter?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There were piles upon piles of books and papers on every surface. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Dimming hurries in carrying a stack of papers sealed in plastic, he scans the room to see who’s here. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mr Cardinal heaved a sigh, and looked wearily towards his papers scattered over the desk. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, pulling my papers out from under her. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I didn't know why I had never bought any of these papers before. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Feynman collected top-secret reports on uranium and strapped the papers to his back, under his shirt. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the spies were arrested, Hoover trumpeted the news to the papers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Then why don’t we have his name in the files?” the white man said, continuing to flip through the papers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he had entered the service he had not been much interested in warfare; now he bought every book about war, read every report, subscribed to the New York papers, studied maps. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

With that I turned back to my papers. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I know all about that. You’re talking about my sister, Norma. I read about it in the papers. From what I remember of her, I imagine she’d have given you approval for my execution.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But the clinic people sent me over here. They say they can’t give me the papers without authorization from this office.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was really unusual—he typically didn’t get off work until five thirty in the evening—but he had to get some papers for work he’d forgotten at home. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

According to my papers, I’m not even supposed to be here. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She was placing some papers in a file. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The courtroom filled up, and I started getting my papers together. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There was an assortment of papers and books there, but also, to her surprise, a pipe. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The man gave me a quick glance, and after saying he was very sorry to hear of Hari’s death, he pushed some papers at Sass and me to sign. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Chestnutt spread out some papers she’d brought from the Warren to study, while Gum Baby snoozed under a blanket on the grass nearby. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He Googled the black American again, hoping perhaps to find a blog post about a breakup, but the blog only had links to academic papers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The afternoon papers announced that he would attend Our American Cousin with General Grant and their wives—the Grants declined the invitation after the newspapers had been printed. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Watson/Gilbert and Brenner/Jacob papers were published back to back in Nature. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

As Dolores slid into her car, she spied the papers strewn across the passenger’s seat, the mail she’d grabbed from the box on her way out of the apartment. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

That night, Louie pored over the evening papers, which showed photos of the finish of his race. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” the papers said as they quivered in the air. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

During the next few days, other papers besides the Times began to run articles on the cricket. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found Rufus in the library going over some papers with his father. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He cut out the comic strips from the morning and evening papers and sent them to his friend each Sunday. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When she did she gasped and dropped the papers, scattering them on the floor. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had papers spread all around him and he was rubbing his nose, which always means he is thinking. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled the bottom drawer out and looked inside—another stack of papers. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, then,” said Mr. Greenbaum, “just sign these papers. And be ready to open next Thursday in Seattle.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why did I have to read about it in the papers like a common villager?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Minerva is burying all her poems and papers and letters. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he took the papers to his room, hiding them under the top bunk mattress. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Explain to your colleague you were called in here today so we could return these and give you a lecture about taking greater care with your personal papers.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I had no papers, and Estraven said that his wouldn’t hold up under any further forgeries. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

A sheriff demanded their freedom papers, looked them over, detained the couple still, clearly unsatisfied, searching for a reason to send them back south. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They gave their pencils to Mr. Spencer and handed the papers back to Mr. Pineville, who tossed them carelessly on his desk. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was a bitterly cold day, worsened by the wind that lifted the papers along the block and sent them flying across Malcolm X Boulevard. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, the archaeological literature can be confusing in this respect, because many books and papers report uncalibrated dates as B.C. and fail to mention that they are actually uncalibrated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Here is the final piece of your new self,” said Horatio, producing a set of papers, a pen, and a map. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Sell,” Mr. Foster recommended after studying the papers. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Coffey reads papers, writes something, passes papers to Mr. Kane.They whisper to each other.They take their time.They don’t look at us. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Even if you’re willing to submit to the flogging in the papers, it doesn’t erase the stipulations of your birthright: You are to produce heirs.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A metal name plate sat on his desk in front of a large pile of papers, both typed and handwritten—AMHERST PINEVILLE, REGISTRAR. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They come from nowhere, made by the heat of hell, they carry with them the evil spirit of a devil, they lift sand and papers in their path. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The papers suggested that perhaps it was Beauregard who, by managing to save the remnants of his army, had won something approaching a victory. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, I couldn’t help but notice that my dad’s mysterious pile of depressing papers was just sitting on the table, in plain view. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started gathering the papers on her desk. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The answer might be found in Mendel’s papers. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

In the papers there didn’t seem to be any cost. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rearranged the pencils on his desk, tidied some papers, and finally looked at her thoughtfully. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I thanked him for the papers and magazines. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you heard about the papers we have?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

What I know about Scott, from the papers, is almost nothing. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no use talking to someone who was dropped on his head and sells papers for a living. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Miller was sitting at her desk correcting papers when I knocked on her door. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It had fewer corrections than my previous papers, but the grade was only a disappointing C. I stuck it in my binder, and for the rest of the class I had a hard time concentrating. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

There are dishes in the sink and papers strewn over the coffee table, and the toaster is in bits. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I took the papers and flopped down on my bed, sinking into my puffy goose-down duvet. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

There were articles about him in the local papers. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Charles sorted “a multitude of papers”—including his notes on scraps of paper, envelopes, and Athenaeum stationery, and his readings. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quiet at home, I sat with my papers for hours each night. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat across from him, behind a desk piled with papers and envelopes, files—apparently, she had a lot of work to do. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

For most of high school, I had to go over to Izzy's house to type my papers, because we couldn't afford a computer. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

From a table in the corner of the room he took a stack of folded papers. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

It took most of the night to get the papers somewhat organized. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

About the compound yard were strewn empty beer cartons and bottles, papers, rotting porridge, rags, overturned trash cans, overturned nightsoil buckets, ash from burnt peat and coal. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some instances, the SS told the boys to sign papers to verify personal information. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He said that it was difficult for free Negroes with all their papers in order to leave Baltimore. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have the right papers. The government stopped issuing passports months back.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I was going to give the papers to the Red Cross for their registry. This woman was slightly older, but she had blond hair. Take your braids out and keep your hat pulled down.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But there was no hope of us ever getting such a permit; our papers were not in order. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smoothed out the papers and went over to my desk and began to copy out my Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He cleared his throat and began stacking papers on his desk. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The city’s papers made repeated reference to her penchant for acting in accord with “her own sweet will.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Maxx smiled and nodded to the Eagle, then straightened his papers and placed them on the podium. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I brought papers home to grade, so we’ll see how much I can get done in the next couple of hours.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

We count out the papers and label them for delivery to shops around the city. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The agent Graves was seated at his huge rolltop desk and did not at once turn from his papers and acknowledge her presence. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to read the papers, he couldn’t stop reading the papers. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

His large row house is trafficked by us rushing in and out, depositing papers, carrying file cabinets, computers, lamps, makeshift desks. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How did you know where to write for these papers?” he asked, ignoring my questions. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newspaper vendors were running around in traffic with their papers wrapped in polythene bags. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his nose and looked around at his papers. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote until I passed out on Abuela’s sofa, a bed of papers underneath me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Rats by dozens—rats standing and talking in groups of twos and threes and fours, rats walking slowly, rats hurrying, rats carrying papers. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor has been granted a fellowship at a hospital in the United States, and he, Victor, has just heard the family's papers have received clearance from the head of Immigration. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“My daughter, she still didn’t do the papers.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The sound of Dad’s papers rustling, over the crunch of our Honey Nut Cheerios. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Mother, do you think they’ll let us sleep tonight? Or will they insist we go to the office to sign the papers?” asked Jonas. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“How long will it take you to get rid of the rest of the papers?” asked Nesson. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Maxy was back and sitting at her desk filling out some papers. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was at his desk sorting through papers when I stepped inside. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Before she says anything else, I pull out papers and show her my stuff. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She poked the papers to make them burn faster. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled back his lips and showed the preacher all of his crooked yellow teeth and wagged his tail and knocked some of the preacher’s papers off the table. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Mom and Nana were huddled around the kitchen table, staring at a shoe box stuffed with papers and envelopes like they were water moccasins. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He handed back my papers, then slid a form and pencil across the desk. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Usually, a Marine’s discharge papers indicate what he was trained to do. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piles of books and papers were stacked up wherever they would fit: on the desk, on the bookcases, in shoe boxes above the bookcases, on top of the TV, pouring out of the open closet. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Two other planes had arrived at the same time as their Virgin Atlantic flight, and the sea of pearly gray carpet swarmed with people, all waiting to have their papers processed. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The following morning the papers were full of stories on Seabiscuit’s workout, but again, the reporters made no mention of the circumstances. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have civilian papers and you’re trying to get on a ship. Yet you’re an able-bodied young man who could be serving the Reich.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But for the past eight or ten years, Mr. Larson had not bothered to take down the old papers—he just wallpapered over them with the new ones. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

In his office he constantly altered the position of his coffee mug, his stapler, a jar of pens, he shuffled papers into neater piles. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he doesn’t ask me about what I’m learning, or what my research papers are about, or what books I’m reading. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie eyed the papers he was holding, which were emblazoned with the words Join the Communist Party. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

‘Why,’ saith he, ‘I have calculated it,’ whereupon Dr. Halley asked him for his calculation without farther delay, Sir Isaac looked among his papers but could not find it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She picked up a stack of papers from her desk. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He also read out papers submitted by Fellows who were not present, and described new inventions. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“It took me a long time to decide which papers to use.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, most people had a hard time believing that a woman could break codes, let alone write papers about them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Dadi and Papa both put their papers down and looked at us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Rows of oil lamps made the room bright, and each of the men had his personal torch behind him, illuminating stacked and scattered papers that lay on the table. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was littered with papers and pens and pencils; but Bilbo was sitting in a chair before a small bright fire. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

So far, my father's work papers from Schindler's factory had protected our family from deportation, but the Luftigs were not so fortunate. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Did I get a chance to slip the papers to a member of the committee? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one’s crossing now. Unless you want a cold bath,” said the soldier as he opened my papers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

People read the resistance papers voraciously, then passed them along. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The collection would later include Elizebeth’s books and papers as well as his, and the transfer had her full backing. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She blushed and looked down at her papers. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down and began reading through a pile of papers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Late afternoon: In the office at Berkeley I shared with several other lecturers and teaching assistants, I was grading some papers. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“From experience I would say the papers were full of what people were saying about Branwell’s case. Sort of like evidence. Called depositions.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab her briefcase in the back seat and start rummaging through the papers inside. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Venkat blinked his bleary eyes several times as he tried to organize the papers on his desk. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will be working in the school office, filing papers, stapling letters, that kind of stuff. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Desperate to get their papers any way they can, many turn to shady storefront legal offices. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

In the toilet, where I used to take the papers, it was torturous to look for and exclude the unnecessary pages so that I could learn how he would finally outwit his latest adversary. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since neither of us could read the papers, Sass said she would take them home so that her husband, who was a scholar, could read them. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“His discharge. It came down with his other papers.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the next morning she signs the papers, and when we get to school the first day, Freak helps me find my name on the list and it's true, we're in all the same classes. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

"He was in a stolen car," he said, not looking up from the papers. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

You were just a little girl, but when you saw her in the papers wearing that ridiculous silk gown that cost 80,000 dollars, you said, Mami, is that our queen? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Mister Golden doesn’t just look at my papers, he edits them with a red pencil. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I had called the consulate, filled out the papers, gotten them notarized and translated into Spanish. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

A newspaper reporter attending the conference described the news in a short article, which was picked up by papers across the country. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached into his bag and removed a sheaf of papers. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Shuffles several papers into a neat pile on the desk. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

To be sure, surveys of typical errors in student papers show that inexperienced writers really do mix up adjectives and adverbs. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In Pickett’s office, I saw stacks of papers that seemed to have been left for an evening, not for a lifetime. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The West is lawless as all get-out from what the papers say. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We pulled a bunch of chairs around the loan officer’s desk and sat mesmerized as he asked our parents for some papers that they’d already filled out. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Alfred, these people are very important. They have papers. I’m going to help the doctor, but these people must be taken to the same ship I will be on. Do you understand?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She went straight to the desk, fumbling through the papers in the drawer. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I squinted, trying to focus on the papers I held, the ones that would contain the mysteries of Julia Bishop. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Bunderson explained that he needed the papers “just in case” he would need to deal with something while Reggie was away on his upcoming mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Calder noticed a hefty pile of papers next to her computer. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I could see papers scattered untidily over one of the writing desks nearby. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were monkey biscuits scattered all over the floor, and papers were scattered everywhere, and there were overturned chairs in the offices. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unwind the wool scarf from around my head, folding it to hide its ragged ends, and hand my papers to him. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He did not turn to the papers until after the man had left the room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Rochambeau picks up a stack of papers and starts passing them out to each table. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Surrounding them in a hushed, solemn circle were reporters from television stations and radio stations and the two local papers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later the official adoption papers arrived. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

S.Q. finished grading the quizzes and stacked the papers on the edge of his desk. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The school friend might be making this stuff up just to get her name into the papers. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A flurry of papers and heavy-looking boxes seemed to be floating up the hill beside her, small grunts coming from behind the various packages. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Both ran back to the files and pulled out a file folder fat with papers and documents. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The brilliant young attorney fumbled through a stack of papers, felt his pockets, and finally found the letter in his briefcase. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee read the papers to him to keep him from getting restless, and often in the middle of the reading Adam went to sleep. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

While there, Charles got his paper ready for the Linnaean Society’s publication of the proceedings; both his and Wallace’s papers would be published at the same time. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other officer was now leaning inside my car and going through my papers. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A second table, covered with books and papers and off-kilter clay pots—baked and painted, but not glazed—squeezed itself between the bed foot and the closet door. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

For this kind of work I need no papers. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Do your folks know you are selling these papers?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she put her glasses back on and busily wrote on the papers in front of her. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

For about an hour they sat at their desks, wrote notes in books, filed papers in cabinets, and finally locked the cabinets. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the old days we might have driven to Corly Wood with a picnic and the papers, spent all afternoon lying on a blanket in dappled sunlight, drinking wine. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the table where the papers had been left. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some of the psychological papers delivered at the meeting were impressive. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

They put that sheet into a new bunch of papers, which were on me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I placed the photo in front of the pile of papers and reread the first chapter until Roberto came by to pick me up to go home. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

They got my address from some papers they found on me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully she attached the bundle of papers securely to the holder on the back of the bike. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At this time of day it was thronged with men pulling on their gowns for dinner, or hurrying to leave papers or briefcases in the common room before moving into the hall. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He hands my mother a couple of brochures and a small stack of papers, and after some pleasantries to me about keeping up the good work, he’s gone. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I tried to distract the soldier while he looked at my papers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He listed all of his papers graded as he thought the various committee members would grade them; he listed all of his papers with the grades they properly deserved. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached for one of the papers and read aloud: “‘On May seventeenth, Ronald Taylor jumped into the Arctic Ocean yelling “Sea unicorn!” and he startled a narwhal. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’m sure my voice gave away my internal state of anxiety, because he immediately put aside the papers he was looking at and told me to grab a seat. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

So he took the papers with him and went away, and I sit here thinking—thinking I don’t know what. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then we all find a reason to be excused from one class or another, sneak the papers and tape out from under our shirts, and get those signs up faster than Ms. Wyman changes moods. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“So, do you need to sign any discharge papers or anything?” asked Dad. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I mopped the floor once the papers, letter blocks, and mess had been cleared away. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent over his desk and brooded upon some papers, glancing now and again with extreme penetration at his guests. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew from the papers that they were still fighting in the mountains because the snow would not come. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And now, weeks later, they all had to “exchange papers with a neighbor” for “peer editing,” which was embarrassing. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

And it glared off the tops of a bunch more of Weed’s papers too. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

After the excitement of the election, the papers began to speculate upon what had become of the Army of the Tennessee. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not for us. It’s for me. I just need for you to come and sign the papers. They won’t sell it to me without your signature.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She sat back down and pulled out a handful of papers, all sorts. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He put on his glasses and hunched over and fished through his papers, his beard crushed on his chest. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them was an awe-inspiring mess, papers everywhere. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing beside August’s desk, I fidgeted with a stack of papers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the papers fold themselves into elaborate shapes: pyramids and helixes and paper birds with rustling wings. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I hand the other math papers to her. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Around nine, M. Yoshoto took off his glasses, got up and padded over to my desk with a sheaf of papers in his hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

We were soon able to supplement these papers with copies of the Star, the Rand Daily Mail, and the Sunday Times, but these papers were even more heavily censored. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and my brother Michael were selling papers downtown. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked the young man in charge if he could leave some papers with him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mama and Mario had been outside selling off the last of the day’s papers. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The instructor collected the papers, brought out a clay-colored eraser, and began to wipe out some of the answers and to shade in others. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Go get yourself some eggs, Mrs. Miyamoto. Read the papers, maybe.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see how that matters one way or the other,” the officer answered nonchalantly, and reached sideways again toward the open folder filled with papers. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Even if the papers were read out loud in class, the discussions were usually brief, as the combination of good manners and complete lack of interest kept most workshop participants from expressing their honest opinions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

On a long table, also heaped with old books and papers, the proprietor was writing tireless prose in purple letters, somewhat outlandish, and on the loose pages of a school notebook. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She’s one of those people who licks her fingers when she passes back papers, and I always end up with a wet thumbprint. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Never at a loss, my father reached in the glove compartment, and took out the folded papers and the half bottle of liquor he had left there earlier. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would find, arrange, and file documents and serve or deliver papers around Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The supervisor, still staring, fanned himself with his sheaf of papers and said, “Ehe! I know you.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Just read the morning papers, Emma. Things have begun to move. Yes, leap ahead." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You are . . . ?" "Rich, Rich Purnell," he said, shuffling into the office, his arms wrapped around a sheaf of disorganized papers. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Seattle papers gave the odds, narrowly, to Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Lombard turned over the pages of Punch that lay with other papers on a table by the wall. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Daddy delivered papers in the morning, and helped in a barbershop after school. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He was shuffling through the papers on his desk, and he didn’t look up when I sat down. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“His army papers—” “They could be wrong,” Adam said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She flipped open her notebook and handed me a sheaf of papers. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the township, in every street I went, I saw grown-ups assembled in clusters to read the papers and to whisper about its dark and dastardly contents. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a table in the middle of the room where he sat to look at his specimens through a magnifying glass or simple microscope, and to read his scientific papers. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom shook her head as she rummaged through a pile of papers on the back counter. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He had removed the papers from the center table and was bent over dusting it when Master’s bedroom door opened. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had read through his prisoner’s papers and hailed a farmer. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She shuffles through a stack of papers on her desk and pulls out a lovely cream-colored vellum envelope. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I read the papers with the coffee and then smoked a cigarette. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

When all the papers have been handed out, he tells us to start and turns on some classical music. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I took the folded papers and looked at him for what seemed to be too long a time. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My daughter, she still didn’t fill out the papers. She’s taking a very long time.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Bessie Carpenter was the name on the papers Sam gave her at the station. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Many of the words were too complicated for me to understand, but I did get the gist of the papers’ content. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed it against her head while he filled out papers at a desk, followed by a period of poking around for keys in a file drawer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The papers were allowed to print outrageous things about himself and his troops. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His queasy stomach fills with worry and the smell of the basement, and Frank’s papers on the floor. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She crammed some papers from a drawer into her briefcase, and finally took down the poster with the I Ching hexagrams and folded it away in her pocket. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen. You’re a black boy and you’re trying to make a few pennies. All right. I don’t want to stop you from selling these papers, if you want to sell ’em. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some way, he had gotten hold of the examination papers for five years back. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, a rainbow of hanging file folders kept numerous papers in place. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The children instinctively threw themselves onto his arms, separating him from the papers. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

And the walls of our living room were plastered with white papers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Hassan was already sitting at the oak table with a collection of papers in front of him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Room 40 was where she and James had social studies with Mr. Quisling, so she shouldn’t have been surprised when she stepped inside to see him there, grading papers, but she was. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He tells me hug the walls going up O’Connell Street to keep the papers dry. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

If they had had anything, it would have been their papers. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

A blue suitcase with wheels is parked next to the bed, and there are a few papers on the night table. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

You see it in the papers, parents doing horrible physical harm to their kids out of jealousy or spite or for attention— any number of reasons. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It was so old and brittle from the heat that it burst wide open, sending a wave of papers onto the floor. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I shuffle through the papers—birth certificates, a marriage license, diplomas. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another sixty seconds passed, and Varney still studied the papers with unhurried concentration. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Are you all right? I read in the papers about the poisoning." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

"We follow a policy of enlightened humanitarianism; all our employees are automatically insured. You have only to sign a few papers." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Seeing you up close, you really are quite beautiful. The papers were right, for once." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“When they got to Germany, they were going to process papers for us to try to repatriate as well.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I have checked a number of the early papers describing the development of the HeLa cell line but have not been able to find any information pertaining to the race of the donor. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was a sit-in at the white library a few years ago and it made the papers. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Radiation, in fact, is so pernicious and long lasting that even now her papers from the 1890s–even her cookbooks–are too dangerous to handle. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the corner of the parlor I saw a grand piano with its top down, piled with papers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

That was what the papers were saying, too, along with the politicians and the men who congregated in little groups at the country stores. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just some papers to renew your health insurance. None ’ya business,” Daddy says. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The white woman was gathering a stack of her blue papers when Cora poked her head into the office. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As people filed out of the room, Mr. Quisling tapped papers into an even pile on his desk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then he riffled through the papers in Shadow’s file. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

We slip through corridors until he can get close enough to the messenger bag to light-finger the papers inside. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He turned to the papers on his desk and began working. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Emily approached, James made a big show of scooping his papers together. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Nearly all of the city's papers ran the picture, together with an appeal by the police to all citizens of Venice to help the honorable Dottor Massimo find his missing son. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or my dad, needing some important papers he forgot. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Miss Lucy looked at her papers and stiffened. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Ms. Wyman snaps, grabbing a stack of papers from her desk. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I emptied the wastebaskets and feather-dusted the desks, which were piled with scattered papers. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

We’re in his classroom, and I watch as his strong, graceful hands sort stacks of papers, clipping them into groups as he thinks. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

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

He had lived in Chicago for ten years, but still didn’t have his papers. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You think any of the papers will write about the Klan rally last night?” she asked. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He called the other day and asked Mom if she’d received the divorce papers. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Papá showed them our papers, and they let us cross to Nogales, Arizona. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh dear,” said Milo, looking at the pile of papers, “we’ll never finish these.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Olga didn’t have much on her hard drive, just some boring pictures of her and Angie, and old papers from her Intro to Business class. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The paints floated on top, riding the current like a boat, but the papers swirled about, soaking in the muddy water, being sucked down, around, and down. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It always boggled my mind to think of the great mountains and wide rivers across which he had people bring the papers just for his reading pleasure. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the papers blew off the sill. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel sat in the adamant tower facing his spy captain across a mass of scattered papers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was sitting behind a brown table upon which stood piles of dust and cobweb-covered books and papers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything was destroyed in the fire! I lost all my papers!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Oliver put the books back on his bookshelf, shoved a few petition papers into his back pocket, then stumbled down the stairs with the enormous basket. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Laertes and I would peek through the broken panel of his chamber door and see him bent over a small pile of money and papers, shaking his head. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Local papers had painted Walter as a dangerous drug dealer who had possibly murdered several innocent teenagers. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I looked around my crowded office, at the stacks of records and papers, each pile filled with tragic stories, and I suddenly didn't want to be surrounded by all this anguish and misery. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

At last, Mrs. Kluck sits at her desk and pretends to grade papers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“No. That’s not a good idea. Do you have the papers?” she asked him, opening the screen door up just enough to let her hand through, her palm facing upward. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The frigid winters and the dry desert­ like conditions of the tundra prevent metals, papers, garbage, and refuse from deteriorating as it does in warmer zones. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I finished signing some papers, they finally let me out. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mama will keep some of these papers to light fires; others will be used to wash windows or line our shoes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Minho carefully returned the papers and closed the trunk, then stood. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

The attorneys had found his address among his father’s papers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He shoved the papers into a rack and hurried out. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then he set about going through the lockers in the saloon, looking through folders and papers in plastic boxes, trying to find the ship’s log. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Among the papers were news clippings, a letter to the press, and the unsent letter he had written on June 16 in which he justified his actions to the American people as “a political necessity.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the corner behind me the breeze also rustled the papers hanging from the Students’ Garden, a beautifully decorated piece of cardboard that displayed exemplary work. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man sets down my papers and opens a yellow folder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

What would happen if they realized I wasn’t a dead Latvian woman, but a young Polish girl with no papers? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I had some things to do myself, but not many, and Francis had assured me that getting the money was a simple matter of going downtown and signing some papers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She shrugged, satisfied, and handed back my papers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I had his papers in my pocket and would write to his family. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When we come to a checkpoint, the driver shows papers. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced cursorily at Inej’s papers, his mind still clearly on the prospect of unwrapping Nina’s layers of blue-green chiffon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Miss Honey had seated herself at her table and was riffling through some papers. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The papers would be dessert after supper and the evening chores. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As he dressed, I scanned the classifieds in the local papers and circled the garage sale ads. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His death made him a hero and his name was on the front page of all the papers for several days. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I packed my schoolbag first, with my books and papers. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Why had he sent the check with the papers? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I collected it myself, getting quite confident about cycling into town, as Mitraillette always uses the same checkpoint—they know me now, and wave me through without bothering to check my papers. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I sifted through the papers and pulled out the CD. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The grades on these papers are just between us. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And in that same fold I put my papers from the Dragon. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I used the Sunday funny papers because they are in color. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Blake handed some papers to Papa and pointed at some parts with his finger. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the morning at the computer, flipping back and forth between my religion and English papers. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“We could be the set of all fourth graders who draw animals on their homework papers.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

As soon as I get a few papers stapled, here comes someone else wanting something. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Notebooks, papers, and pencils had spilled everywhere, and Martina was raising herself slowly to her hands and knees, spluttering and shaking her head as she tried to get her bearings. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped his eyes and began fiddling with the papers in front of him. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were finished Harry balled the papers neatly and stuffed them into a hollow tree stump. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh, well, yes,” Dr. Cullen agreed, suddenly occupied with the papers in front of him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I make out shapes: a small wooden table with a mug, a lamp, and some crumpled papers. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her papers all have high marks on them, and she kept a running tally of her grades compared to everyone else's. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When he made his way downstairs, he found Hollis wearing a hot pink muumuu, passed out on the couch with papers strewn across her chest and the floor. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“You mean to pursue this?” he said, rummaging through papers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could practically feel my marked-up papers jammed into the bottom of my backpack, weighing heavy on my lap. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We were the people who were not in the papers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apa blows out his breath in a noisy sigh and turns in his seat to hand me the papers. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I pick up some papers on my own and get to rolling. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When can we come back?” my mother asked despairingly, as she took the papers from the outstretched hand of the policeman. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He quickly pulled off his jacket, wrapped the papers and sign tightly in his sweatshirt, and put his jacket back on. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Each evening I would go to his shack to borrow the two papers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And everyone was clearing out their lockers by throwing their old papers and notes and books on the hallway floor. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

They sat in the library after dinner and read the evening papers together under the droplight, while the younger people went into the drawing room near by and talked. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had come with a gentleman by the name of Gouvemail, connected with one of the daily papers, of whom nothing special could be said, except that he was observant and seemed quiet and inoffensive. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I know a great many things about the Overland that our friends here do not. I have spent much time there among your books and papers,” said Ripred. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thumbed through a stack of papers, enjoying the smell of ink and newsprint. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I do not remember much about the days, except that they were hot and that there were many victories in the papers. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I watched him breathe for a while, his identity papers still tucked under his torso. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And hardly had he settled himself when he stared at my desk, saying, "What you got there, Brother?" and pointed toward a pile of my papers. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that did not lessen the shock of having their books, papers, and letters seized by the government. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“But you’re asking me to give you my story, but you don’t give your papers away,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Sheldon gives me a special card with lots of the scratch-and-sniff stickers she hands out only for perfect papers in spelling. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The next morning the papers were full of the news. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Just a couple more months. I've got the route mapped out and a guy making up papers for everyone." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t have papers for Mr. Twenty-One.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“He showed me his papers. He also showed me his attitude. It was only after I pressed that he showed me all of his paperwork.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

If things had happened a little different, maybe the papers would be singin’ a different tune about Grant.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head lay among the papers, scattering them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Friedmans also housed some of their own papers in the library, as well as various cipher machines and coding devices. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She takes our papers and goes to her desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

No one noticed him slipping notes and handwritten drafts of technical papers—documents he would have no reason to take home—into his briefcase. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at some papers on her desk, reports from teachers and other students, Conor guessed. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I promise,” he said as I gave him the papers; “I shall in the morning, so soon as I can, come to see you and your husband, if I may.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

His mother lowers her glasses to the tip of her nose, eyeing him over a pile of papers. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Marilyn came in today, armed with her usual stack of papers and folders, like a hurricane of white and yellow. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He give me papers to sign, and Ms. D. tole me what all they mean. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The stationmaster was in his office looking at some papers. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came to a small room where a young woman sat at a desk before some papers. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

According to the papers, the whole country was shocked and disappointed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Blacks here were assumed to be slaves unless they could prove they were free—unless they had their free papers. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You are taking your manscrit? I pack other papers for you?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

To judge from his well-populated waiting room and his desk piled high with papers, he was a busy and successful man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe throwing all those papers was a bit dramatic.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Over eighteen hours had passed since our last conversation, and there was little chance that the Sunday papers would have distracted him upon his return to the Green Door. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, it was he who had advocated it in the beginning, and the plan which Snowball had drawn on the floor of the incubator shed had actually been stolen from among Napoleon’s papers. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

She made such a fuss over those papers you’d’ve thought they were made of pure gold. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“And maybe the people in this holding place will tell us how. They don’t seem to be angry anyway, or dangerous. It’s strange. And these papers...” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

As she talked, she watched my hands moving through the pile of papers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of years where we were lost, too much pain drowned in forgetting that came in convenient packages: bottles, pills, cubicles where we settled to move around papers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

At that, Northern papers took hope and began shouting. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could board early and risk the officers deeply analyzing my pass and papers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Matty took the stack of message papers he would be delivering. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have our papers with us. And Pita is hurt. They’re going to call CPS on us for sure.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

With great relief, Helmuth finishes his final thesis, turns it in, and on the last day of school, Herr Meins stands in front of the class, grasping the graded papers. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She’d have to deal with her Latvian papers and her pregnancy by herself. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Buckley slowly folded the papers and put them into his pocket. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Emily undid the latch and opened the lid to reveal a yellowed stack of papers sealed in a clear bag. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He received the small cake from the children with good cheer, but made it clear he was anxious to get back to his papers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Unable to read, and too proud to seek help from those who could, he kept on taking the wrong papers each time. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, putting my hand down on the papers. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had looked at my papers, but only glanced at my boarding pass. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid had mailed the daughter’s young photograph to a rich and angry man with citizenship papers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had distributed all but the letter to a Mr. Emerson, who I knew from the papers was away from the city. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tara asks, running a finger along the line of cabinets fitted with long thin shelves, each one piled with carefully ordered papers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I had no idea of the frequency with which Luce’s name appeared in the relevant journals and papers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He dug in his backpack and pulled out the papers, the same papers he’d showed us the night before at the kitchen table, as Berry slowly got down on the ground. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t light for reading, but I could tell that the papers were letters, thin and folded neat. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When a worker at last called her name, Ann walked over to a large desk where a white woman hunched over a stack of papers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The boat’s motion was too severe to forge new papers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They went through the pockets and took the papers of the people they shot. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You did, my dear, when you took the Income Tax papers out of it last night,” said Mrs. Banks. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They burn crates and papers and even antique furniture to keep warm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I pulled out pictures, grade cards, newspaper clippings, childhood drawings, and school papers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The policeman went out and presently returned with an armful of papers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d better be going or I’ll be up all night grading papers,” she says to Daddy, smiling like Daddy is one of those actors in the picture shows. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He was sitting at a desk covered in typed papers that looked important and boring. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Crying students, furious parents, school-wide assembly, snippets in the local papers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z