单词 | parking |
例句 | Reporters and cameramen had been confined to a car dealer’s parking lot beside the highway. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z But when they got tired of playing, we walked back together toward the football field parking lot. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hurtling straight for the parking lot, where a lot of innocent cars were waiting to. get bashed in. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z I looked past him, along the line of his shoulder, to a vast shopping mall with a prairie-sized parking lot, and agreed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Yuki,” Mom said from the front seat as Dad pulled out of the parking lot. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “You never know how much traffic there will be, and parking’s always a disaster. Better early than late, that’s what I always say.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He pulled into an unmarked gravel parking lot. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “They said he should be—” and then suddenly our worries disappeared as a blue minivan rounded the corner toward the parking lot, and I saw a man inside wearing a suit. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The girl’s got her arms crossed in the parking lot after school. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Then Grampa nosed his huge Chevy Impala into a parking space at the hospital. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Z spotted Mr. Casey walking from the faculty parking lot toward the school, and he gripped the edge of the window frame. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Some 4,000 defiant protesters clustered on the lawn and in the parking lot that afternoon in the largest demonstration of the civil rights era in Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Come on,” she says, just about yanking me through the people to get to the parking lot. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I started the car, backed it up, drove around the parking lot, stopped, and turned off the engine. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Past the windows and the Dumpster, around the parking sign. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s pretty disturbing to see war machines traverse the neighborhood you grew up in—and if that’s not troubling enough, the truck turns left, directly into the high school parking lot. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z So the boys had come over after school to see how he was, and she, his best friend, had sat in the car at the grocery-store parking lot and did not punch through the window. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z And her car’s still in the parking lot at seven, when we finally get out of rehearsal. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The moment he heard the door slam, Wes rushed to the window and watched as his mother slowly pulled out of her parking spot and joined the flow of city-bound traffic. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Row after row after row, I see white parking lot lines. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When we finally escaped to the parking lot, I was bursting with frustration. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z And then, like nothing had happened, he drove us out of the parking lot. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The two big guys hoisted me up and carried me across the parking lot toward my car. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z We splash our way through the puddles, and as we enter St. Francis I see Glamour Girl pulling her car into the student parking lot. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Toby threw the shifter into park and jumped out, singing the last words of the song loudly into the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z From the motel parking lot a white Lincoln Continental emerged. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They were pulling into the school parking lot when Toby turned to her. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The parking lot is all primal cheers and tires screeching. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We sat in his jeep in the dark, empty parking lot. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Each time someone arrives to eat dinner, he waves the red rag to guide the customer into a parking space, like a ground crew member ushering a jetliner to a gate. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Courtney tucked the video under her arm, grabbed my hand, and ran me back to the parking lot, where she jumped into her car and sped off, waving for me to follow. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “You're not driving yet, so you don’t exactly need a parking spot. And it’s hard to give you a bonus when you’re not even working at the mill.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He was scratched out of one race because the field was gigantic, and the post position hung him out so far that he was practically starting the race from the parking lot. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, in the parking lot, Dad gave me a hug. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z At the western edge of the parking lot was a two-story stone building. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z I dreamed of Shawn, of the moment my wrist had cracked in the parking lot. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We search where Mother sat, then retrace her steps to the cafeteria to the bathroom to the parking lot. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. Reilly climbed the curb twice trying to force the car out of the parking place and left the impression of a 1946 Plymouth bumper in the hood of the Volkswagen in the rear. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When he just nodded to the guard in the parking lot Elinor simply refused to believe the worst. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Wake up,” I whispered, nudging Maribel as the driver turned into a parking lot. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The car squealed as we turned out of the parking lot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But we found him about a hundred yards from the mosque, sitting in the half-full parking lot, on an island of grass. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He leaves his place with the other electioneers and stops us before we get to the parking lot. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Ronan is now leaning against a fence in the parking lot with his fists tucked underneath his armpits. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Mom pulls out of her parking spot and starts drumming her thumbs against the steering wheel as she inches through the traffic to exit. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z At first, whenever Pia'd skate back and forth across the parking lot outside the salon, Marcus, who was always pouting while sweeping up the hair inside the salon, would come out with her. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Aru glanced across the parking lot to where a stunted tree had lost almost all of its leaves. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We leave as more cars pull into the parking lot. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z As we left the parking lot and rolled past strip malls toward Grandpa Portman’s house, I began to worry about what we might find when we got there. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Yep, she called to me from the parking lot of abandoned cars. The sun was shining through her windows like a beacon of hope.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Please shut up,” she said, scanning the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z A vehicle was driving into the parking lot, a dusty truck with two goats tethered on the open loading platform. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z In spite of my father’s insistence that I need to earn the right to drive, he’s taken me to empty parking lots. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Maybe practiced tricks in the parking lot after all the buses were gone. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z The same thing happened in the middle of a plowed field, halfway across a suspension bridge, and at the top of a multilevel parking garage. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z They built a series of apartment complexes—mostly two-story buildings arranged around big parking lots. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The wind blew leaves across the nearly empty parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Even where he parked his car in the school parking lot seemed to matter. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Folks were milling around on the big front porch, gathering their umbrellas, sidestepping puddles in the parking lot, heading for cars, getting ready to follow the hearse in a long, respectful line of cars. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But driving around Jones Beach parking lots is a whole lot different from driving on the Long Island Expressway into New York City. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z We found him playing in the parking lot behind one of the Darrow Homes. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The ash from her cigarette looked ready to drop until she switched all the bags to one hand and flicked the butt behind her, into the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I paced the outskirts of the parking lot, planning it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A car pulled into the parking lot, and both of them stared down as a twenty-something man got out holding a gallon of milk. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She drove past the store, and had to make a U-turn in the parking lot of an old apartment complex called the Lakes. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z At the airport garage we have no trouble finding a row of empty handicapped parking spaces. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z One of them wonders if the police officer is going to make them move the truck that's been taking up two parking spots in front of the apartment building. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z People greeted me in the parking lot Monday morning. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The crowd disperses, moving from the big top to the parking lot and beyond, to the edges of the town. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z From Thursday through Sunday, in the evenings, he goes to a local bar, a gray stucco building with plywood over the windows and a gravel parking lot. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z We race across the boulevard that cuts in front of the school, and alongside the trees that separate the main parking lot from the river that splits the town in half. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I watched the divers standing in the parking lot across from Back Beach. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It had a big parking lot, and a supermarket. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It was early when we pulled out of the parking lot. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We parked in the large dirt parking lot and got out of the car. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They would then leave the museum by the front door and within five minutes would re-enter from the back, through the door that leads from the parking lot to the Children’s Museum. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He pushed through the doors and sprinted across the empty parking lot and didn’t stop until he saw the lights from his apartment building. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Wednesday paid and they left, walked back across the road to the motel parking lot. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z With his booming black motorcycle and his wide-brimmed Aussie hat, he seemed entirely out of place parking parallel to Grandma’s white picket fence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Grace pulls into the parking lot of the park two minutes early. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z There are no boats docked by the pier, which is a huge waste, like an empty parking lot. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z James looked at the parking meters, the liquor store across the street, the bus stop in front of them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Finally I saw a dark wooden sign saying welcome to turners station in the parking lot of a fire-scorched bar with pink tasseled curtains. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z By the time they pulled into the parking lot, the boys were asleep. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Next to the parking lot stood a pay phone, with twenty people waiting to use it. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The parking lot pulses with students who mill around, catching up. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z A young White House aide, Egil Krogh, came up with the idea of parking sixty buses around the building, bumper to bumper, to form a makeshift barricade. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Since you’re holding up the bank, the least you can do is pay my parking fine, don’t you think?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z While walking on the track, Pollard saw Oscar Otis making his way across the parking lot. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Lily pulled off the road and guided the truck into an abandoned parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Annabelle looks out the window, gazes across the parking lot into the town of Cherry Valley beyond. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z About four hours later, a red Acura pulled into the mall parking lot, and this hipster-looking Asian girl stepped out and shielded her eyes against the sun as she looked around. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “It’s fine. We can stall him in the parking lot.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I’d positioned myself in the front west corner, where I had a view of the parking lot. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She is cold, aloof, talks about other boys besides Will, exits the parking lot while pushing the accelerator a little too hard. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z At the front, nearest the highway, are parking places for passenger automobiles together with regiments of gasoline pumps. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z We pulled into the parking lot of the funeral home. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Me: “I don’t know—in the parking lot, I guess.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z And we start planning for the reception right there in the library parking lot. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z She quietly left the field house and sat outside for a few minutes in the parking lot in her car. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn the wheelchair to face the parking lot. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he drives to the university, parking behind his father’s department, running along the campus roads, through the confined, picturesque universe that had been his father’s world for most of the past twenty-five years. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m standing in the middle of the mall parking lot, tears not listening to my not-cry order, rolling down my face. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z When I get to Unity Valley, I pull over into the Legion Diner parking lot and I text Kristina. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Other teachers and parents kept calling out to Ms. Morales, but she kept shepherding the kids toward the parking lot, even as she stayed a few steps back from them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She cranked up the radio and peeled out of the parking lot, headed for home. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Dad keeps his voice soothing as he focuses on the parking situation. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z My room looked out on a deserted section of the freeway and the new long-term parking garage for the airport. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z At the same time that Sycorax and Caliban hit the bottom of the fence and ran into the parking lot looking for me, a school bus was coming back in for the late-afternoon run. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He walked up the stairs to look around, and saw a boy about his age standing in the parking lot. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He wasn’t even out of the parking lot when he heard his name. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z We find a handicapped parking spot right in front of the studio, and after the usual unloading the chair down the car ramps, seating me and strapping me in, then attaching Elvira, we roll inside. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “I go in here, Jonas,” Fiona told him when they reached the front door of the House of the Old after parking their bicycles in the designated area. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z People are parking, walking over, and crossing the street with big Tupperware bowls and fat brown grocery bags. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z And when it got to be past ten, and all the stores started opening and the parking lot started filling up with cars, Mong finally went off to find a pay phone. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She pointed to where the school buses had started driving out of the parking lot. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z With the annoying blue in her right hand, she looked through the front window and suddenly saw a dusty sedan pull into the parking lot. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Just then Officer Mac came across the parking lot. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When she came back out she released the parking brake, threw the car into drive, and pulled away without looking over her shoulder. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of cars have arrived at the farm, parking along the road and in a field. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Come on, Tim. Something. I can meet you guys one day in the parking lot or maybe you can tell her you want to meet her in the gym and I’ll show up instead.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Bo says nothing, but waits to pull out as I turn my car on and reverse out of my parking spot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Downstairs the front doors slammed, and my older brother, Tidings, who had been painting the fence by the front parking lot, yelled, “Attention, all personnel! Where are the big umbrellas! I need rain cover!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When the upcar settled in the School™ parking lot, I kept staring out the front window. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The parking lot of King Middle is packed when we pull up. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The rain really started coming down as the bus skidded out of the gravel parking lot. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He sat in the parking lot of a small convenience store near the interstate for a few minutes, frantically trying to come up with a next step. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The city was doomed because of a parking lot. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Let’s go. Reggie and your dog are waiting in the parking lot.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z We all met my sister in the parking lot, and the first one to hug her was my grandfather. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The three of them looked around the parking lot. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Their mooncast shadows snagged on potholes in the old parking lot and pulled like black taffy. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Mom dropped us off in the parking lot, which was another field of dirt across the road. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they tore out the parking lot with the tires squealing. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Twenty minutes later Grandma wheeled the Buick into the hospital parking lot. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to walk out into that parking lot. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He pulled his taxi into an empty spot in the parking lot. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z When we came to the entrance to the parking lot, the old man pointed him to turn right. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Sergio finds a parking spot close to the main house and we all tumble out. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z We roll past the gas station and the fast-food joints and bump across the median into a parking lot. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A gunman opens fire in the parking lot of an Arizona supermarket, killing six people and maiming a U.S. congresswoman. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Its only windows offer a view of sweet-gum trees, a vast and barely used supermarket parking lot, and an expressway beyond. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I can’t find the factory, at least not before 5:00 P.M., and pull into a shopping center parking lot to find a way to get turned around. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole team scurried away from the loading dock and back to the parking lot outside the motel lobby. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Dorothy Vaughan was more likely to run into her former colleagues in the Langley cafeteria or the parking lot than to see them during the workday. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In the Kennington’s parking lot I start the car, but cannot drive for the sudden pains in my stomach. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “We’ve been out here for almost an hour—do you see anyone? The only other cars in the parking lot are empty. We lay low, like you wanted, and it worked.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Dr. Begbie rolled up her window with a friendly wave, using her other hand to steer the car back and pull out of the parking space. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She stood there looking at the parking lot and then down at Toby, who was still giggling. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Grace put on sunglasses as she skulked across the parking lot, then took the back way to the store rather than go past all the pretty fountains with the splash pads for the little kids. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z My neighbor Mrs. B and Tamika’s mother were standing together in the school parking lot. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I hurtle into a spot in the dentist's parking lot and dash into the building to get my teeth cleaned. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His dad was staring at the parking lot, the thin blue smoke from his cigarette surrounding his head like a halo when he said, “All right. Let’s hit it.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I’m looking at the huge oak tree out by the parking lot and creatively visualizing climbing it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z When they got to the parking lot, Luke jumped out of the car without a word, pretending not to hear Toby call his name. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She got closer and closer, and as I lifted my shirttail to wipe my nose I knew I was grounded for life before she wheeled into the parking lot. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My friends stand outside in the parking lot. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z When he turned back, Luke was leaning against the bumper of the El Camino, staring at the asphalt parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I slowed and made a U-turn in the parking lot of a boarded-up church. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Even when the parking lot is almost empty, she doesn’t ask. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Truth be told, she was growing tired of the whole scene at Indian Creek—the chaos on the field as well as the menacing crowd in the parking lot. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z At the intersection of Green Lane and Mill Creek Road, the limo turned into the Truman High parking lot and was directed into the spot closest to the front door, the principal’s space. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The low rumble got steadily louder—voices, footsteps, the creaking of bleachers, and the slamming of car doors up in the parking lot. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As Mom pulled up to school, I saw Margo’s usual spot empty in the senior parking lot. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Twenty minutes later I’m parking my mom’s conspicuous Mercedes in front of the Idle Hour. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z And I pull out of the parking lot. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Just then, the volunteer in the parking loop signals to us and starts to walk over. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Then he shifts into drive and we roll into the school parking lot. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z We followed the line of cars into the cemetery parking lot. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Well, this weekend, maybe. But normally there’s just a parking lot.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Margo pointed to the strip of trees between SeaWorld’s endlessly gigantic parking lot and the black standing water of the moat. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Getting up again, he crossed the street, took out his keys, and opened the lone parking meter which—Que milagro!—contained a single dime. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody even looked up as I went through the automatic glass doors and cruised through the parking lot back to where Rondell was sitting on the curb. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The next block over, they found a big open parking lot with tree-lined sidewalks and rows of food trucks facing the streets on all four sides. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They had thought of stealing into the village from the parking lot. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He chains his bike to a parking meter. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Because just beyond the ivy the sidewalk curves, following the outside of the school parking lot. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z After I show Dell, he limps to the garage and yanks down the building rep parking sign. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He backs slowly out of his parking spot, lips pressed together. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “Wasn’t funny,” he said, and then turned to say something to me, but I was already walking up toward the parking area. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z We say good-bye to Mrs. Battle in the parking lot and then get into Coach’s truck. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We had driven there earlier in the day, parking in the shade of a tumble- down school and some old missionary buildings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The man dragged the bottle thrower to a parking lot to discuss his antisocial behavior. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I turn, and Aimee and Michael are coming across the parking lot. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I still have time to run across the street, jump the curb, and race through the parking lot to Rosie’s. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The first exit takes me to a bunch of stumpy office buildings with half-empty parking lots. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z James is waiting for me in the parking lot when I get back. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Your mama told my mama all about this brand-new ice cream you cooked up, so I convinced her to bring me. She’s parking the car.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The place is empty except for the pickup trucks and trailers at the other end of the parking lot that belong to the horse people who come and ride the trails on the weekends. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z We sit in his car, waiting in line to turn out of the parking lot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z That Friday, I meet Mama in the school parking lot as soon as the last bell rings. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He walked across the melting snow, from the Culver’s parking lot to the gas station. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z So I cut across the quad and through the parking lot and was just about to step off campus when I felt someone grab my arm. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I made it to the gym parking lot in three minutes. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z But then I walk to the parking lot and find Courtney waiting for me instead of Jupiter. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Mr. Rowan had invited him to join everyone at Clive’s, and he’d followed them down the highway in his car—that beat-up Toyota they’d spotted in the parking lot. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z The car’s been stopped for a while now, in the parking lot outside the sanctuary, but Axel can’t pull himself from the back seat, no matter how much he wants to see the eaglet. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And then he sat in the parking lot, waiting for Toby to show. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z And her car’s in the parking lot, which makes it so much weirder. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The parking area went farther to the south, bending slightly to the east. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z I run to the booth next to the parking lot. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z In the parking lot, I hugged my father tight. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When I see her in the parking lot, she's still in the middle of tying up her frizzy hair with a scarf. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Malcolm X promptly did begin to pay me two- and three-hour visits, parking his blue Oldsmobile outside the working studio I then had in Greenwich Village. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch Lou Anne slip away in the parking lot, thinking, There is so much you don’t know about a person. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She sighed gently, shifting her body as Toby slowly pulled out of the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z A small brown bear waddled through the heart of town stirring up parking ticket flakes, but nothing else: the Doberman Brutus in the Pilar Cafe was much too tired to bark. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As the crowd surrounded us in the bakery parking lot, everyone munching on free day-old doughnuts, I relished my relaxed state. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I push Amanda out of the way and move against the flow of students heading for the parking lot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z But before we could do that, a car pulled into the parking spot beside us. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I said, “Give my best to Sister Betty,” he said that he would, we shook hands and I got outside and stood as he backed the blue Oldsmobile from its parking space. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As we pull into the crowded school parking lot, I spot Maddy and her mom carrying signs. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Another night of lifting wallets and another day of sleep and Jule was ready to buy an inconspicuous used car off a sleazy guy in a parking lot. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z After maybe ten minutes of questions, the crowd disperses and we walk back to our parking spot. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “That was some workout!” said Nala as the four dogs trotted down a set of steps to a sea of cars lined up in a parking lot. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The guard in the parking lot still had his headphones on. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He couldn’t find anything that resembled a parking space. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He covered them quickly with a wrinkled brown tarp, then called across the parking lot to the tiny black-haired girl. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I stop right in front of him, and before I can even catch my breath I blurt out, “You didn’t have anything to do with that shooting in the parking lot.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Verna had met Suzanne a couple of times while we were at Harvard and by sheer coincidence was now living in Silver Spring, in a building just across the parking lot from Suzanne’s. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z At one point, he was spotted in a parking lot with an armful of anti-Semitic flyers that promulgated the superiority of the Aryan race. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Jenna pointed to the front parking lot where the bike racks were. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “I hope we get in before this rain starts,” Mom muttered as we turned at Seagull Way into the enormous blacktopped parking lot of the campus. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Tidings was in his glory in the parking lot, handing out numbers to each driver, gesturing with wide sweeps of his arms, getting everybody ready to line up. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The headlights came on and the Wildcat shimmied out of the parking space. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He even parallel parked the Impala, which was like parallel parking a Star Destroyer. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z As we turn the corner to the auditorium, a group of kids burst in from the faculty parking lot. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z From the moment Jesse and Eric approached the school, and even more so as they crossed the parking lot, walked through the door and down the hallways, they turned wary and alert. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The noises brought me back—car horns, shrieky laughter, crazy people screaming at each other over a parking spot. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “And guess what, kiddo? I have my own parking space. Actually, it’s my spot but it still has ‘Mr. Glass’ painted on the curb. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “This is the deal: we arrested three young men caught on camera siphoning gasoline from cars in a Walmart parking lot near the Tison home. Two of them...” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Marengo is having a Methodist church parking lot picnic, starring her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It was a short walk and stumble from the back of the Infirmary to the pebbled parking lot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Spending the winter here has its advantages, and I’m not talking about the free off-season parking in Provincetown. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z This time Annie didn’t try to hide her smile, and her laughter rang across the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z As we walked through the parking lot, she explained. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I hatched a plan as I pedaled into the front parking lot. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In the staff parking lot, Jule looked around and found the bartender’s little blue sedan, unlocked. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Luma’s first words to Mandela came when they pulled into a parking space in front of his family’s front door. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z They approached a corner park that was raised and built over a parking garage. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Peeking around a comer of the shack, I saw that the parking area was filling up with cars. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The air was full of buzzing and murmuring, and the figures wandering around the parking lot looked as if they had escaped from the dreams of children and not the words of an old man. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He was standing in the 7-Eleven parking lot with the van behind him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Anyway, I can't stop thinking about our conversation in the parking lot and what you said about what I took from you. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Now, as he drove into the parking lot, he let out a sigh of relief. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z We pull into the parking lot, and the lights of the rest stop flicker on in the gathering darkness. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Right after our moment in the parking lot, Coach Ted had arrived, and there was no time for any more shenanigans, and maybe we were both a little glad about that. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z The parking lot was teeming with young men who had come to hang around the basketball court, some of whom were drinking. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Mo put his arm around Meggie’s shoulders as he looked around, but apart from a few stray cats he could see nothing moving in the parking lot or among the houses. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I park in the fairground parking lot hidden behind Kristina’s house and abandoned since the last fair of the season. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The pink-and-purple lights cast a garish glow on the empty parking lot. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I double-check, but see no parking, so I take a second to run inside. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We swung around back to the parking lot and—yes— there was a car, and another car. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z It was supposed to be temporary, but I was sealcoating the parking lot of this building and the landlord, he used to stand out on the balcony, smoking a cigar while I worked. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The first night it happened, I followed them into the strip mall parking lot. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z When Mom steers our old two-door Toyota hatchback into a parking space in front of Kroger, I mumble, “I hate grocery shopping.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I swear, when she pulled into the parking lot, she held her breath, like she might catch some extra calories if she inhaled too deeply near so much trans fat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Daniel Ellsberg parked his white Triumph Spitfire convertible in the sprawling parking lot of the Pentagon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z By now I was hiding out in the parking lot, in Cherry’s yellow Honda. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Annie pulled into the parking lot, shooting him a sideways glance. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The assailant was a neighbor who claimed the killings were motivated by a parking dispute he had had with the students. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z That old Honda Civic pulls into the Maple Grove parking lot, and heads turn in its direction like they always do. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z "And they say this electricity of theirs is a blessing!" whispered Dustfinger as they skirted the parking area. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Then we’d sneak into the parking lot and hide behind the teachers’ cars all the way to the street, just like the eighth graders do. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z After 6:45 A.M., when we’re called to attention, come the announcements— everything from new parking rules to the schedule for upcoming sergeant tests to reminders about blood drives and retirement par-ties. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The asphalt in the parking lot is dark and gleaming, its white paint strips faded almost to the point of nonexistence. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Quang-ha appears in the doorway and says: "Dell put up the 'building rep' sign again in front of the best parking spot." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The next morning, when I pulled into the parking lot, I deliberately parked as far as possible from the silver Volvo. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Liam exhaled as he cut a diagonal path through the parking lot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z All three of us were dead asleep before the bus was even out of the parking lot. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “And don’t lie and say it wasn’t Dub. Rich saw him in the parking lot.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I don’t know why I decided a road trip was reasonable, because I can’t even handle the Waffle House parking lot with this girl. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I gunned my deafening engine to life, ignoring the heads that turned in my direction, and backed carefully into a place in the line of cars that were waiting to exit the parking lot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In the trees around the parking lot, the harpies gathered to watch as if they sensed what was at stake. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Marigold turned back to the shoe in her hand, just as the mail truck’s tires began to scrape across the gravel parking lot. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The stone pathway leading back to the parking lot is dappled in shade and spots of sunlight. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I forced the memory out of her mind, imagining nothing but air where Black Betty had been in the parking lot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z We said our goodbyes in the parking lot, and I hopped in my car and headed back home to Maplewood. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z 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 When they turn out of the Field of Dreams parking lot, I look back at Webb. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I’d seen him in the back parking lot a couple of times, but he always gave me this weird look, like he was some wounded animal I’d just tried to run over or something. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z As soon as we climbed into his truck in the parking lot at Vista Driving Range, Cade reached across the cab and pulled open the glove box. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z At precisely eleven p.m., they all reconvened in the unlit parking lot behind the school. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Claire was just climbing out of her car when Maya rounded the corner and into the parking lot. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z As we pulled out of the parking lot, she wagged a finger in my face. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I waited for her reply in the parking lot at Stokes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Make a left out of the parking lot,” he instructed. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z We find Coach hanging out with the other Bellmont faculty members in the parking lot drinking beer from paper cups and pretending that we students don’t know what’s in the cups. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They had no huge parking lots, just a row of parking places right up against the sidewalk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Lydia pulled into a parking lot where cars waited to pick up people at the terminal. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He waves goodbye as we pull out of the parking lot. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Because Mom won’t expect me home yet, I sneak over to the parking lot, unlock Leroy, and ride to the east side of town. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The buses from The King’s Academy roll into the parking lot at dismissal time, just as Mami beeps and waves at me from a loaner car that I don’t recognize. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Like when it rained the teachers all asked me to run out to the parking lot and roll up their windows. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And then they were out of the House on the Rock, walking past the gift store and heading back into the parking lot. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z We went down the parking lot a ways, to an old Buick. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z By noon the parking lot couldn’t fit another car, and the overflow spilled out onto the track’s decorative lawns. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll be in in a minute,” Mamá said, taking me by the shoulders and turning me around so that I was facing the parking lot. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Once I pull out of the parking lot and head down the main strip, he says, “We’re going home now, right?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The small parking lot is positioned at the top of a slight hill. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z People hooted and hollered as they walked away, but Lily didn’t let go until they were in the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Not a single one was left in the parking lot, which was dark now. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Ben turned into the parking lot of the Shack as Ansley slid down in the front seat until her head was not visible to anyone looking in through the driver’s side of the car. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Some parking ticket confetti, caught in a frail wind puff, tumbled across the dirt and settled around the sheriff s boots, which were on the wrong feet. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I looked for you in the parking lot today.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He drove into a vast parking area and said, “Why don’t you two go look around? I’m going to get a little shut-eye.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “We can’t break into SeaWorld,” I said, and then I pulled over into an empty furniture store parking lot and turned off the car. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z No cars were in the vast parking lot. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z In the parking lot, she stood outside and waited. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z They sat on a buddy bench outside, near the bus parking lot. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “George,” Mack says, frowning, “there’s something wrong with the parking lot.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z They sat at a picnic table with a view of the parking lot on one side and the sea on the other. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I pulled into an optometrist’s parking lot, took off the Band-Aid, and looked at the wound. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “I could push you around the parking lot, really fast,” I joke. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He jumped out of his car, slammed the door, and hurried across the parking lot. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the most ridiculous-looking cars are being shown off in the parking lot. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Then the car moves forward, and we continue inside, parking at a spot near the front sidewalk. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I kiss her as if we are not in a parking lot surrounded by a bunch of other people. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The second we hit the parking lot, mall cops were coming at us from every direction, a dozen of them at least. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I turned around, looked both ways in an exaggerated way, and crossed the parking lot to the path leading to the school entrance. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The feeling floats with me out into the parking lot when Mom’s car pulls up. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Seven passes Black Jesus and goes into the parking lot behind the clinic. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z At the far end of the parking lot. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The landscape I wanted to memorize has ribboned away behind me, and I now find myself sitting in a parking lot that I don’t remember driving to. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Aru wanted to grin, but her eyes kept going back to the tree in the parking lot. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The old man was right where they’d left him, in the middle of the food truck parking lot. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Dad was waiting for us, wearing a tan suit, standing in a handicapped parking spot typing away on his handheld. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Pete studied the picture of Nicole, her mother and me in the diner parking lot, doing our best to hide behind Mrs. Castro’s umbrella and only half succeeding. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The pale yellow lights of the parking lot were too bright. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She tucked a few strands of hair into her scarf and looked around the parking lot. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z After school, Millie tracks me down in the parking lot, which isn’t hard since I’m just standing around, hoping to catch Ellen on her own. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z When we pull into the parking lot, Nana throws me an old blanket she keeps in the car for emergencies. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z All we could do was slow up and watch as they sped around a last row of cars toward the parking lot exit. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z We were practicing in the far corner of a rarely frequented Jack in the Box parking lot when Yusef first showed up, and I was upside down when I saw him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Of the parking lot. Next to mine. You okay to drive?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Cas looked out the window as her mother pulled into the student parking lot that had looked so far away from the second-story classroom window more than a month ago. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z We pull into the parking lot of a yellow house called the Optimist Café. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I get in my car and speed off out of the parking lot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We move through the parking lot and begin walking up the ramp to the school doors. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Military jeeps stack up along the street as they wait for approval to enter the underground parking lots. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z There's a small dog tied to a parking meter. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z You could beat up someone, but you had to make sure it wasn't in the school cafeteria or the parking lot. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The bus rumbled to a stop in a gravel parking lot just off the road. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I used to think of this as standard Greek behavior until I realized that ours was the only car in the church parking lot consistently swarmed by bees. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “I mean the sprint across the parking lot, Joaq. You ran like a scared rabbit.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Daddy parks in a big parking garage, and when we get out of the car, I see him and Momma exchange looks back and forth. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He took the left toward the pagoda and carefully maneuvered around the S curves until we came to the straight part in the road, about a hundred yards from the parking area. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He would hunt for on-street parking or pay too much for a space in a lot. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Capricorn had had floodlights installed after the escape of his captives—outside the church, on the roof of his house, and in the parking area. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Just getting her into the parking lot had been a major challenge, but now she started backing away, muttering, “‘Jupiter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They walked on, away from the mall and the parking lot and the car. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z As she walked to the parking lot, five or six kids who had just finished writing their sentences for Mrs. Granger came out another door. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At that moment, the loudspeaker crackled into life and started announcing the stops of a bus getting ready to leave in the parking lot outside. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z A border of zinnias surrounded an oval parking area. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the article, she embedded a video from the incident in the Ring parking lot. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Grace sits in the parking lot, looking out at the grassy park in front of her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Instead, it’s kind of been like finding out that the Tooth Fairy doesn’t exist, or catching Santa smoking cigarettes in the Macy’s parking lot. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I glare out the bus window as we pull out of the school parking lot. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z That made me feel kind of bad, but I followed her down to the parking lot anyway. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She turned away, walked out into the parking lot, and Shadow watched her leave. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z We were parking at the old beach and I was puttin’ my best moves on her. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We flew over the airport parking lot, and I caught a glimpse of Daddy standing by the car and waving like a madman. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I caught Bobby in the parking lot before he even reached the park on the other side. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z After brief introductions the Hudson family steered Luke to a picnic bench near the parking lot. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Although I was terrified when I drove out of the parking lot, once I was on the highway, I felt better. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z There, the surface was about the size of Snowberger’s big front parking lot, only, unlike the Snowberger’s lot, the top of Listening Rock gently rolled and sloped. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I plopped down in the snow at the edge of the parking lot, about fifty feet away from the truck, pulled my knees up to my chest, and stared out over the highway. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Maybe I will lose him in a parking garage or forget him at school. Maybe I would teach him awful tricks. Maybe he would blame me for all this.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Silvertongue ran off along the street leading down to the parking lot. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The bright streetlamps on the town’s main drag illuminate empty parking. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sniffing at trash in the parking lot of the Dairy Freeze. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z A man in the parking lot pans a news camera along the line. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But beyond the parking lot and the utility buildings, he saw something a whole lot more appealing. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As we pull into the Costco parking lot we can see the crowd. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I had pulled into the parking lot of our local pharmacy to run an errand, and checked my skin in the rearview mirror like I often did before getting out of the car. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Past the gate they followed the road toward the parking lot. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Mike interrupted us then — he was planning an epic battle of the blizzard in the parking lot after school and wanted us to join. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She had hoped she would never again have to see this parking lot, the church, and these hills. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He swung into the parking lot and drove as close as he could get to the doors. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Twenty-one hours on the surface of the Moon for two astronauts in the lunar lander, while the service module circled the heavenly body in a parking orbit. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Up at the parking lot, a bunch of adults were overseeing the dismissal, and some of them wore uniforms. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I drive down the empty, sloped parking lot to the main strip and take the left into town. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The elevator closes on Muhammad’s surprised face as he travels on to the parking level on his own. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z A black woman had her leg shattered and a white man had his head injured in a fight at the Sears, Roebuck parking lot. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I phone my parents as Finch tears out of the parking lot. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Since our eyes are adjusted to the darkness, when the car turns into the parking lot, the headlights are blinding. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z When the school day had finally ended, I walked to the parking lot without enthusiasm. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I pulled in front of a parking meter and looked over at Margo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t think so. My custodian called me. The parking lot is full of kids with candles. They told him it’s a memorial service for Cap Anderson!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The motel forms a toilet-seat shape around the parking lot, and I can see an inexplicable collection. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Apa turns on the ignition and eases the car out of the parking space. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z She began her questions before Lucas could roll the windows back up and pull out of the parking lot. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Jimmy’s parking lot is almost filled up, but not everybody is trying to get in the building. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I pop three pieces of Winterfresh gum into my mouth, slip the bottle back under my seat, and turn left into the Pagoda Pizza delivery parking lot. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I watched as he grew smaller and smaller, along with the sidewalk, the parking lot, the school, and the oversized stadium. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I took the right, which was the circle back to the small parking area on Overlook Road, right across the street from our houses. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Since its installation two years before, however, the parking meter had rarely collected dimes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad taught me the basics in a huge, empty parking lot. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He was still wondering about that when the tractor sputtered to a stop in the library parking lot, hunkering over three spaces. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “No, ma’am. Just not a whole lot of parking out there and I was wondering if I could leave my car while I run inside the pharmacy?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It had tennis courts, parking lots and a children’s section with swings and slide and sandbox and seesaws. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “What I’m asking is, how did you find each other in the parking lot? How did you know he was the one selling the tickets?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z We moved from car to car, working our way down the parking lot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z We three just happened to be at the 7-Eleven a few weeks previous when Mr. DiAngelo pulled into the parking lot with the new kayak strapped to the top of his silver Porsche. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She ran her hand over the front to get the thing to stick as best she could, then waved out the window at the people standing in the parking lot. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Looking through one of the windows, she saw her dad and the man from the post office cross the parking lot. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The parking lot at the grocery store is full. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Walking out from the main entrance, through the VIP Auto Parts parking lot, you reach the Texaco station with a Clipper Mart attached. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So as Bull pulled up to the parking lot of the Officers’ Club, he saw groups of pilots arriving wearing their flight jackets. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I am also renting ideal space for: • Doctor's office in lobby • Coffee shop with entrance from parking lot • Hi-class restaurant on entire top floor Six letters were delivered, just six. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I meet Mitch in the parking lot and his face brightens because he thinks this stupid grin on my face is for him. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I’d spent most of my life either afraid of him, jealous of him, or just hanging there while he stretched the waistband of my underwear over a parking meter. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z They split us into two groups, and we trail behind them into the parking lot, where there are actual buses waiting to be boarded. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z There was a sea of spilled kibble bits spreading across the asphalt parking lot. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The asphalt parking lot is full of potholes and there’s trash blown up against the building. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z That same black car with tinted windows is back in the parking lot. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Sheep wandering around alone in parking lots, like this one, would die. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Miles stopped beside a rusty sky-blue pickup on the far edge of the parking lot. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z They finally found parking down a side street, and everyone piled out. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I was the very last librarian at the old Alexandriaville Public Library—the one they bulldozed down so they could build a parking garage.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The other they wrapped around their shoulders, the food and wine on the bench at their feet, and they watched the empty parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The parking lot, where a dozen buses might normally be parked, had been transformed into a vast outdoor prison. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It’s different from what happened in the Ring parking lot. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Roberto parked the car in the student parking lot, behind the boys’ gym, next to the football field. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z When Mom > picked me up in the faculty parking lot, she leaned over and kissed my cheek. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I was so sick I shouldn’t have even made it out of the parking lot. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She jerks to an abrupt halt in the parking lot and turns to face me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z We pull from the drive-thru into a parking space, and we watch the traffic go up and down the main strip while we eat. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The Guardsmen herded protesters into a parking lot with bayonets. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z When morning comes and the parking lot glimmers with dew, I see the billboard on the highway. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Because it was a Friday night, Roy Lee had to search for a parking place. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I periodically glanced at my printed-out MapQuest directions until I came upon the Fairplex and pulled into the massive parking lot. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “When you have the right moves and the cool tools, women just melt in your arms. I’m going to try to talk her into parking out at the beach.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “What if I want to look at a parking lot?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When they pulled into the parking lot, Candice unfastened her seat belt and snuck a peek behind her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z By the time I walked out of the gym, I had just about decided to walk straight home without even looking toward the parking lot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z We were all decent guys from nice neighborhoods and good families, picked up for unpaid parking tickets and other infractions. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Two middle school buses were pulling into the parking lot. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I watched him sometimes, unable to stop myself — from a distance, though, in the cafeteria or parking lot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And then I’d wait in the parking lot until everybody was gone. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “Out in the parking lot. My dad hasn’t driven it since we brought it home.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Eventually, we made it to the parking lot of an unfriendly concrete office building. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z At a dead-end street, I ease into the Tote-Sum store parking lot and listen to the song. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z My sister and I spent the rest of the two-hour catechism class sitting in my car in the parking lot. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I look in the distance, at the chain-link fence bordering the parking lot. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z They were almost to the parking lot when they heard Mr. Rowan shouting for them. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z “See you in the parking lot at eleven?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z She hums as she backs out of her parking space. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z For Halloween, Ron asks us to wear costumes because the elementary school PTA is hosting a trunk-or-treat party in our parking lot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We cross the maintenance parking lot, dodging debris. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A wall of snow pressed against the plate-glass window, scaling the door that once opened to the parking lot. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She helped them organize car washes in the parking lot of the YMCA, but the boys had come up $130 short of their goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Two guards were strolling around the parking area, and neither of them was wearing headphones, so Dustfinger took a different route to Capricorn's house this time. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Nobody mentioned him as the group crossed the parking lot toward a parked station wagon. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Ten minutes later I heard the unmistakable throaty honk of his ancient Crown Victoria in the parking lot. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The route went steeply up to a lonesome pass where there was a dirt parking lot. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Ben pushed the power button on the stereo, and we all got very quiet as Ben pulled into a parking lot long since reclaimed by the gray sandy dirt. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I was, as he’d so rightly pointed out, in a Wendy’s parking lot in the middle of nowhere, and I was going there—nowhere. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He hooks his arm around my shoulders and turns me toward the parking lot. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Vice Principal Marten patrols the parking lot between classes, making sure only students with passes escape. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z This was the era of Jim Crow—when black people showed up at white-only hospitals, the staff was likely to send them away, even if it meant they might die in the parking lot. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Before we leave the parking lot, she says, “I’m really stoked for tonight.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z After a moment’s hesitation, he peeled out of the parking lot, leaving me stranded again. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z For lease signs sat in front of many of the offices around the parking lot. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But instead of going to the Chthonian I looked out to discover that he had brought me to Harlem and was parking the car. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The bus was parking in front of their school, and Eleanor couldn't wait to get off. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z By constantly throwing my eyes sideways, I accidentally bumped into a parking meter. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z After he’s made it across the parking lot, he drops his phone into his back pocket and kisses her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Back home, we don’t even walk across parking lots in the summer. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z A voice behind me says, “Meet me in the student parking lot.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Our three hecklers jump up and race over to where it's parking. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Before Toby knew what was happening, Lily jumped off the picnic table and walked out from under the canopy of trees and into the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He noticed a woman watching them from the parking lot of the Stop & Shop. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I would no longer confidently stride through the senior parking lot. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She pulled into the airport parking and rushed inside, scanning the monitors for the next departing flight to Logan. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He drags him to the ball-field exit and throws him into the parking lot. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The next stop was the airport parking lot, and then a bus took us to the terminal, and then an open-air electric car took us to the security line. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Miss Jovy runs through the parking lot frantically, gathering stray kids. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z After writing up a series of stories, the staff locked the documents in the trunk of a car in an unlit parking lot. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He was doing business in the back parking lot at school, eyes red, lids heavy, lost in a cloud of sweet smoke. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z We walked around the buildings and the parking lot, still half looking for Cheddar, but really just talking. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I kept my distance as we walked to the parking area. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z As soon as we pull into the parking lot, Mom’s phone rings. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Argus unloaded our bags, made sure we got our bus tickets, then drove away, the eye on the back of his hand opening to watch us as he pulled out of the parking lot. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z After parking in my driveway, we walked across the strip of grass that separated Margo’s house from mine, just as we had Saturday. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Maybe they’re waiting at the other end of the parking lot,” he suggested. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z After the long trek down from the parking lot, she walked along the edge of the water. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z By the time we rolled into the parking lot, we were two happy little girls, the beat still playing in our heads. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I walked over to the back door, which had a window at the top that faced the parking lot behind the tennis courts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He turned the radio up a tick and let the music be the only sound in the car until they pulled into the school parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z His body blocked the way to the safe darkness of the parking lot. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat up in my seat when Liam turned into an old Comfort Inn’s parking lot, only to immediately back out of it with a low whistle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They drove into the parking spot near the large stone monument. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “So what is this place?” asked Shadow, as they walked through the parking lot toward a low, unimpressive wooden building. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Then he glanced down at the parking lot, where the emergency workers continued to hold their ground. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Twenty guys came running out into the parking lot. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Mr. Keller asks as we pull into the parking lot. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “It’s okay, Con. You should go with Mom. Hold her hand in the parking lot, and look both ways when you’re going across the crosswalks, okay?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We couldn’t find a parking spot so Dad and Noah waited in the car while I went in. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I jump down from the stock car just as a black and beige Plymouth roadster pulls into the parking lot. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I sit there, watching the cars disappear from the parking lot one by one, tapping my feet against the concrete and thinking about what I’m going to do with my life. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was a church full of the newly wealthy; her mother’s small car, in the parking lot, was the oldest, with its dull paint and many scratches. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z For some reason that makes you laugh, and your feet are bleeding, and that makes you laugh, too, and in the parking lot, a BMW sits with a broken headlamp, and that makes you cry. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z We stand in the empty parking lot and stare at the single-story red building with windows across the front. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z So I made reservations for the next flight back upstate, then we went outside and sat and talked in his car in a parking lot. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of heading straight to the mall like usual, Mom drove past it and made a sharp left turn into the Wal-Mart parking lot. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z It melted into a rectangular pool about the size of a parking space—bubbling red liquid like blood. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He was chainsmoking Camels as he waited for his son in the parking lot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Valentine started the Dodge and turned it around in the parking lot, then drove over the bridge and kept going without any apparent intention of coming back, even though it was Buck’s car. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The sun is out today, but the rain fell in sheets as soon as we pulled into the parking lot of Williamson. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She put on her coat and I escorted Miss Riley down the hall, past Mr. Turner, who watched us suspiciously, and outside to the teachers’ parking lot. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sure he just pawed you some,” Dad said as we pulled out of the parking lot. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A keychain with a timer that would go off when your parking meter was about to expire? How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “We can’t be friends like we were before, Irene,” I told her, keeping my eyes fixed on a couple all twined up in the parking lot. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z We sat in his truck in the parking lot, looking up at the Paradise Visitor Center. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Cas asked, looking out at the chaos of several injured firefighters being carried to one of the ambulances in the visitors’ parking lot. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “How long do we have to wait for her? We didn’t pay for parking,” Chantal says. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The friend had since abandoned the parking lot for the hope of greener pastures, leaving Hali’s mom to inherit the spot. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z One of Brave Orchid’s children brought the car from the parking lot, and the other heaved the luggage into the trunk. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We met them in apartments, parking lots, coffee shops, high-rise lobbies, and on street comers. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The parking lot is crowded, and we end up parking far from the building that Grandpa is in. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The car, parked at the far end of the school’s parking lot, belonged to a senior by the name of Carlson. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My father would often pick a lot as close to our destination as possible, shelling out more money for parking to minimize how far he’d have to walk on his unsteady legs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I hightailed it back to the parking lot. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The parking lot wasn’t too crowded, and she didn’t recognize any of the cars from her school’s parking lot, but that didn’t make her suddenly nervous stomach feel any better. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He turned quickly away from the parking lot and looked further along the front of the mall. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus the whole town saw him whitewashing the curse words he painted on the parking lot of St. Basil’s, so it’s not like vandalism isn’t already in his bag of tricks. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The half barrel floated into the parking lot. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z There were three signs indicating different parking areas. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z After we finish eating, we walk to the parking lot together, and Mustafa loads our bags into the trunk. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I yelled, watching him pull out of the parking lot. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z But there are only the plastic bags rustling in the branches above them and the dozens of spheres of artificial light glowing in the parking lot beyond. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Marigold shut the door, and her mother backed out of the parking lot, continuing her hunt for the youngest Asher child. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He pulls into an empty parking space and turns off the engine. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He leapt forward, toward the parking lot, and broke out into a run. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Luke didn’t need to go more than a few feet into the parking lot to see the El Camino sitting just where they’d left it that morning. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I wiped my face with my goalie shirt, put my goggles back on, and walked from the field to the parking lot. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He nods toward the bed of his truck as the parking lot lights flicker off. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The gate opened, and we followed Davis to a parking lot beside the glass mansion. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She motions with her chin at Michael and Rachel, who are walking toward the parking lot, saying good-bye before he goes to Disney the way his mom promised him if he got all As. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I would have to hide in the gym until the parking lot cleared. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z By late afternoon, the parking lot was fuller than it had ever been. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The parking lot was jam-packed, not with cars, but with people. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z They circled the neighborhood of the music venue looking for street parking. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z There was a kid who spoke Swahili right outside, in the parking lot! Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The next thing we knew, we were all in Dell Duke's dusty car, heading out of the parking lot to Fosters Freeze. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Abby then steered out of the Enchanted Land parking lot, only to be pulled over by a wailing, flashing state police car. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And pictures: candid snapshots of me in a parking lot, me leaving my house, me at the mall. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z A month, maybe two, and the families with their out-of-state plates and minivans that were a tick too nice for the parking lot would disappear like a magic trick. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z His dad dropped him off and stood around the parking lot for a while, talking to Ray. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z After a few wrong turns, Dad finds the right building and the nearest visitor parking. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “And check those out,” said Miguel as the vehicles gracefully glided into a reserved row of angled parking spaces. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The motel he settled on was a Howard Johnson Express, one with a quarter of its parking lot filled with different makes and models of cars and the blue vacancy sign on. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I paint it early in the morning, when the ice in the parking lot is an electric blue, and in the sky up above, the rendering sails burn red. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He checks his rearview mirror as I buckle in, then carefully backs out of the parking spot. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Armpit lay on his back in the gravel parking lot with his eyes closed. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z She was standing in the parking lot, gazing in awe at the trees, the houses, and the office buildings behind them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Friendly faces came into view, some familiar—Gran; my favorite teacher, Miss Kirker; the vet assistant with a tower of pumpkin-orange curls—along with gobs of strangers gathered in the parking lot. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Daisy was standing next to my parking spot when Harold and I arrived at school the next morning. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I drive across the parking lot to the store and hide the cigar box under my seat. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Someone nodded toward the parking lot, and I looked up to see two little freshmen guys walking toward us, their T-shirts hanging wet and limp from their narrow frames. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z We ran straight across the parking lot, ducking and weaving between parked cars, the guards right behind us, yelling. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Except instead of corn it’s any bit of detail or rumor or possibility of what might have happened yesterday afternoon in the parking lot. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Therefore it was always a relief, every afternoon, to march out the Academy’s back door and across a dirt parking lot to the gym for Physical Training. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not park the minivan so much as I stopped it in the middle of the parking lot and jumped out. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Abby’s friend lives in an apartment building near the center of town—understated and modern, with its own covered parking deck. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Soon word spread to the parking lots and apartment complexes around town. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “You may or may not be aware of the events that occurred in the parking lot yesterday afternoon...” begins Mr. Bontaff, who then proceeds to tell us even less than we already know. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z A number of stray carts wandered across the parking lot aimlessly, carried this and that way depending on each moody gust of wind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z As if it had been her intention all along, she pulled up into the parking lot in front of Prides. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Lots of them, scattered south of the station in the parking lot, and he couldn’t help himself. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A car screeches into the parking garage, shaking me out of my reverie. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The clinic was an unassuming beige building with clean, shiny windows, flowering shrubs in front, a parking lot. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Dad was always parking his cigarettes there, and it was ribbed with a row of black cigarette burns, like a decorative border. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I reach across her and unsnap her seat belt, then pull her out so we’re standing face to face in this flat, ugly parking lot next to a dark library, a Chick-fil-A right next door. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But this all adds up: the co-pays, parking, food, gas, tolls. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain falls harder as I make my way to the small parking lot reserved for faculty and staff. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Just wondering why you’re running around the parking lot, screaming your head off.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It turns out he’s already outside in the parking lot, standing by the trunk of our car, one foot on the fender, smoking a cigarette and talking to Wimpy in a low, serious voice. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z We’d been sitting in the school parking lot for ten minutes while he raged, blaming himself for not being there to protect me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He stood in a gas station parking lot, surrounded by black SUVs and Roman demigods. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "Go to the parking lot. Look in the backs of all the cars." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z And then she got in her car and pulled out of the parking lot, and Finn, she even squealed her tires! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Better yet, Em, let’s just burn down the town and pave it over for a parking lot.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Z slid his head and one arm out the narrow window and waved at the people standing at the parking lot far in the distance. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Tonight, they are parking overnight in the lot of the Methodist church, where the people of Marengo have the flea market on the weekends. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z So, we walk out the side door and briskly through the parking lot with as much confidence as we can muster. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He led his friends out of the parking lot. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He backed into the parking space so we could sit in the bed of the truck and have a grand view of the highway. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z And though their conversation had ended minutes before, Lucas approached her once more in the parking lot and asked her a surprising question. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z At a time when many people complain of scattered lives, Andy Blevins can stand in one spot— his church parking lot, next to a graveyard—and take in much of his world. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z There are brief moments of tension—a sister who is bored by the dolphins, a spot where Dad gets frustrated about the lack of available parking spaces. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z There was snow all over as soon as we’d stepped beyond the parking lot, hard-packed from all the feet before mine, but it still slid out from under me a little with every step. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z X-Ray yelled an obscenity out his window, then lurched out of the parking lot and into traffic. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Don’t want to fling him off into the parking lot. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Kristina says she has to grab something from her locker before we go and she’ll meet me in the parking lot, so I stop at the bathroom and my locker, too. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The bright lights of the Holiday Inn parking lot cut through the darkness. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “You’ve got 1 hour,” Cherish says to Windy as we pull out of the school parking lot. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I don’t remember if there are assigned parking spaces, so just in case, I park far from the school. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z "The crowd has spread into the parking lot. Same with the local church. I hear it's standing room only these days." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It’s a mini concert, right here in the parking lot. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z There were only a few cars in the parking lot. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “You might try the parking lot behind the Emmanuel Building,” Bacchus said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And as I watched them prance and dance around the parking lot like sugared-up puppets, I told myself to stop rationing pleasure as if it were a paycheck. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Dimple stretched out her stiff muscles as she made her way to the cluster of stores and restaurants across from the parking garage. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Marcus spends his break in the parking lot as he travels from trunk to trunk with a paper Harpy’s bag. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z "We paved over it last month to make room for the parking lot." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “You shouldn’t be playing around in the parking lot anyway,” she said, and pulled her son away, walking faster than his little sandaled feet could quite keep up. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Just then, a convoy of Lincolns and Cadillacs wheeled into the parking building, their tires shrieking. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z As a sophomore at Permian he was found wandering around the field house parking lot one day drunk. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The loud crash vibrated from the parking lot and echoed through Main Street. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z When we turned into the parking lot of my new giant school, I thought my heart might just pound right out of my chest. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Geoff Graham is over by his car in the Roosevelt parking lot. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It is bigger and uglier than Gatlinburg, and has better parking, and so of course gets more visitors. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The Drive was completely dead, like everything else, as we drove past store after parking lot after store after parking lot. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Dell reversed out of the parking spot, and curiously this time the fence post didn't even touch his vehicle. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Kristina nods and starts walking toward the street entrance, and I run across the parking lot and in the side door by the industrial arts wing. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Her classmates congregated at the gazebo at its center and used the square as a turnabout when they cruised the main drag, ending up at the Walmart parking lot. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z In fact, since it was first installed at a cost of two hundred and thirty-six dollars to the Milagro exchequer, that parking meter had received only fourteen dimes, eight nickels, and eleven pennies. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of me wonders if she’s lost her mind, but then when she pulls into the parking space, she hands me the EBT card. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Then Dad patted my shoulder and picked up my bags; I followed him out to the parking lot. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The worst part about the whole thing is that Mary’s car is standing outside in a fifteen-minute parking zone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z So I jumped in my truck and roared the forty miles to Wasilla, then on down near the town of Palmer, slid into the parking lot at the shelter... This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Outside, beyond the covered sidewalk that ran like a moat around the huge building, lay the huge, gray parking lot, a no-man’s-land of empty cars. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally a car sputtered up the hill from downtown and detoured around the sleeping dogs before parking in front of Peerless Painless Dentist, its driver getting out and walking nervously into the office. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Things that people have touched, such as parking meters and door handles, all have colored smears on them. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z About a mile down the busy road I cut into a minimall and hit the first pay phone I found, this one right at the edge of the huge parking lot. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Her mind whirled and her feet slapped and slapped the pavement and now she is standing in a parking lot, trying to tell her mother what she is suddenly determined to do. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z From halfway across the parking lot, safe in her own speed and in shadows, Dicey stopped. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk around the building, checking all around the parking lot and under each car. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “There were gunshots heard in the school parking lot after school today.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Later, as we’re walking to the parking lot with sounds of the dance winding down behind us, my kitten heels dangle from my fingers, and Mitch holds his arm out for me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Glenn Allen and some of the other lifeguards—his old teammates—remained in the parking lot, with Glenn’s truck idling beside Chip’s Chevy. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Brave Orchid’s son drove up and down the side streets until he found a parking space that could not be seen from the office building. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When we pulled into the parking lot, he made us sit on the bus until some of the staff from the other team came out to make sure we were still coming in. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z They scanned the parking lot, and then we hurried to Mrs. Castro’s Mercedes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z When I emerge from the bathroom, James isn’t by the door, and I make my way, like a ghost, to the parking lot. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z My dad was outside smoking a cigarette when Maribel and I pulled into the parking lot of the building. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z After landing, we grabbed Myron’s car from long-term parking and started up the Garden State Parkway. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Carrying it down the stairs, I worry that Jason will see me in the parking lot with the guitar, so I race to our car and quickly put it in the backseat. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom and I sat in the car, in the parking lot of the First Street Schoolhouse building. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He stopped by the front entrance shining his flashlight out over the parking lot, like one bright eye. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Listen. I just got a text from Nick, and he’s waiting for us in the parking lot. Were taking you out tonight.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I pulled up my hood as we tramped across the rocks toward the parking lot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I think her mom waited in the parking lot a long time. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z And then, as we pulled into our apartment complex parking lot, Mom’s laughing died out and she got this different look on her face as she stared straight ahead. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z This was after the card in the parking lot, after the birthday gift, but her mind jumps and shoves images in front of her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z We pull into the parking lot of this tall brick building that seems like it’s been around since before my grandparents were born. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z "I am Mrs. Olinski. I am one of those people who gets to use all those good parking spaces at the mall." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Annabelle is in her room at the Cherry Valley Hotel, wrapping her knee in an ACE bandage and looking out over the parking lot. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Right, I know,” I said, and before I could say anything else, she spotted Mychal across the parking lot and ran off to hug him. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z In the morning, several people gather in the parking lot. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z But their parents insist on inviting close to three hundred people, and serving Indian food, and providing easy parking for all the guests. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “It...it was the only parking space available near the ice-cream store!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z We went back out to the parking lot. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I found a dollar once in a parking lot. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z As we pull into the parking lot of the doctor’s office, my heart jumps into my throat. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z So, a little after seven o’clock, two police cars raced into the parking lot by the bus station and train platform. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Then Mrs. Carson enters from outside, complaining that there’s not enough parking in this one-horse town. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z When I pull into the parking lot, Lazy Larry is standing there, smoking a cigarette. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z With the exception of a few abandoned cars and green Dumpsters, the enormous blacktop parking lot was empty. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In this particular case, it was a song about a man driving with his friend to Chicago and sleeping in parking lots. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z At last, the bus turned into a parking lot before a low brick building. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad faces the parking lot and rubs his bald spot. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z None of us speaks as we drift through the parking lot. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I started the car and pulled out of the parking lot, but all her teamwork stuff aside, I still felt like I was getting badgered into something, and I wanted the last word. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Looking through the door, they saw other people walking around and cars driving into and out of the parking lot. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z I remember strange details about the moment we pulled into the parking lot—the smell of oil floating up from our leather gloves, the sandpaper feel of dust on my fingertips. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z At first Sammy had searched for another couple parking along the beach, but this failing, he began the long run toward town, hoping to intercept a car on the highway. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His father’s leased car, described to him by his mother on the telephone last night, is still parked in the visitors’ parking lot. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The hostess led us to a booth next to the window that looked out onto the parking lot. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Faith swung the Sunbird into the parking lot and cut the engine. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Maya wasn’t sure if it was love, fear, or just plain stupidity, but the colors picked up speed when she saw Claire waiting in the parking lot for her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The gas station’s back lot was only four parking spaces wide, and one of them was taken up by an overturned Dumpster. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z This girl gave me an apartment and a parking pass and possibly a new band. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z As Mom pulls out of our parking spot, Jack does a quick internet search on his phone and holds the screen up for us to see in the back seat. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Jenny pulled the van into a slanted parking spot in front of a very modern-looking building with giant silhouettes of a dog and cat flanking a heart on its tallest wall. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They had pulled into a muddy parking lot that surrounded a nondescript building with several rows of windows. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Marcus zipped into the parking lot in a sleek black Tesla. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “My mom used to tell me that death is like a parking lot,” whispered Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They almost glowed they were so bright in the dark world of the parking lot. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In this manner they walked the endless blocks back to a parking garage on Washington Square, for Sanjeev had heard far too many stories about the terrible things that happened to cars in Manhattan. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Behind him lay the parking lot, a vast open space where occasional clumps of planted bushes spread long shadows over the ground. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z When the boy arrived back at Yuma High, the whole school mobbed him in the parking lot: banners, cheerleaders, band music, confetti, streamers. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Then, at the end of the day, when we walked to the parking lot, he took my hand firmly in his. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Tía drove to work already, but we can ride our bikes to El Caribe and borrow her car from the parking lot. We’ll put it back before she has to come home.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z We even asked the policeman who gave out parking tickets on that block. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I imagined Maribel getting off the bus, standing in the middle of the parking lot, her backpack hitched high on her thin shoulders, confused because I wasn’t there. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Finally, as he walked back to his taxi, moving across the wide parking lot in the midday sun, he checked his watch. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Jeremy’s getting out of his car in the parking lot, his arm outstretched, opening the door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Henry’s truck slides on the sand as he pulls into the parking space and slams on the brakes. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z His face was unreadable as we drove into the school parking lot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Earl was backing his van into a narrow parking spot, and brothers and sisters, already late for work, rushed toward the subway station on the boulevard. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll have to leave the squirrel in the car,” said Flora’s father as he pulled into the parking lot of the Giant Do-Nut. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z He turned back to the parking lot, listening. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The taxi descended when they got to Mufakose, and, under the She Elephant’s directions, settled down on a deserted parking lot. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They arrive and find a parking spot, and then they race across the street to Neumos, which is thrumming with preconcert energy. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z As soon as we exited the shop, I headed for an empty table and pulled out the chair facing the parking lot. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It looked sort of like a parking lot. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the prison entrance were dozens of men with guns sitting on the backs of trucks that lined the long road to the prison parking area. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We sped through the double doors and out into the parking lot. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “There are no fences around this parking lot,” I point out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It looked brand new, with brightly lit windows, a parking area, and a little road leading off into the forest, but there was nothing else around, and no cars parked in the lot. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The wind strengthened and blew paper cups and empty cigarette packs in eddies around the parking lots. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had that prickly cold feeling that had followed her in the parking lot right after they’d gotten the first key. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She did that sometimes, to avoid all the traffic in the parking lot when school let out. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z It was a three block area with stores facing the street, the river visible in fragments of green through the alleyways that cut through to unseen parking lots by the water. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But she dogged him all the way to the parking lot and insisted he give her a ride home. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He would park it at the back of the parking lot. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I’m not laughing when we pull into the student parking lot. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I immediately pulled out my phone, but Uncle Tony patted my hand down as he wheeled the SUV into a parking space. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z As we drive into the parking lot, my dreams shatter like a glass bottle thrown against the wall. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Kennedy is in the school district’s mini tractor, plowing the parking lot to admit an endless stream of cars. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z In the evenings, visitors—company people negotiating deals, government people negotiating bribes, factory people negotiating jobs—dropped by, parking their cars near the entrance to the orchard. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Everybody watched him from the observation posts while he crossed the empty parking lot. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They were sitting out on the far edge of the parking lot by the mall, the one that looked over the city. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The parking lot in front was empty, the vertical blinds in all the windows drawn. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Dee is waiting for me in her Buick, and she smiles when she sees me round the corner of the parking lot. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z As usual, at the end of the school day, Roberto and I met in the parking lot and headed for Main Street Elementary School. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I drove her most of the way to her house, and we met her father in a mall parking lot. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The rooms are gathered around successive elliptical balconies that can be seen from the lobby, reminding Gogol of a parking garage. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “This stuff is terrible,” I said, parking the glass on the porch floor. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He pulled up in the parking lot of a bank. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Down the two flights of stairs, out back to the parking lot. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I love that a parking lot in January can be transformed into summer at Coney Island. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z When they pulled into the parking lot, they saw that a line had already formed at the ticket window. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The parking lot is clogged with traffic and pedestrians, and Mom drums her hands on the steering wheel. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t even in the parking lot,” I say. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I led the way as we coasted by the parking meters along the edge of the beach. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z We left Dr. Fox’s parking lot and went down the road. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Except for a couple of army jeeps the parking lot was empty. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to admit it seemed pretty strange to decorate the gym and then hold the party in the parking lot. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z We were ready to head for the parking pasture, but Grandma turned us the other way, toward the midway and the biplane. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The spectators are gathered around a short, youngish man who is walking from his car, which is parked in the no parking zone where the buses pick up and drop off. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z We punch out at noon and walk to the parking lot, which is now full of cars. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z As the bus pulled out of the parking lot and headed toward town, Howard rattled off a list of school bus rules. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z At the end of the balcony, a man was standing with his arms crossed, looking grimly at the parking lot. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z There were only two other cars in the parking lot today, a beat-up Toyota and a white pickup. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Even though I didn’t have a license and had only practiced driving in the parking lot, she wouldn’t allow me to stop so we could switch places. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was such a good idea we decided to stop here,” she said, then hurried to the parking lot, climbed into her car, and rolled the window down. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Mostly I was watching the people on the street step into stores and check their mail and feed the parking meter. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We stop for lunch, which takes place at the food truck in the parking lot. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z When he got to the downstairs lobby, he saw two guards at the security desk in front of the glass doors to the parking lot. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Luckily, in the motel parking lot, the water was only up to the dogs’ elbows. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Each floor is one apartment with windows overlooking the street or the grocery store parking lot behind us. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I got in my car, slammed the gearshift into drive, and sped out of the parking lot as fast as I could. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Well,” I say as Fiona’s driving out of the parking space, “thanks for taking me.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z A wrought-iron fence surrounds the parking lot, and Supreme has to let security know who we are before they let us through the gate. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I figured I’d walk Penelope out to the parking lot, where her dad was waiting in his car. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z It stands there in the center while the rest of the vast, empty plate looks though it's been leased out as a possible parking lot. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z We sit near the windows overlooking the parking lot. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z They ought to take the whole kit and caboodle of these cement parking lots and heave them into the sea, I thought. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The late bell rings, and the last people in the parking lot sprint for the door. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Sure enough, a skater on a board was threading his way through the parking lot. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When they reached the shattered window, Fred saw a van parked outside in the shallow lake that was the shelter’s parking lot. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I pulled over into a 7-Eleven parking lot and held my finger to my jugular vein while watching the : in the digital clock blink every second. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z You reacted in the parking lot by frownin’ at Mr. Friedman’s hand like it was diseased!” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Annabelle stands at the window and watches the arc of headlights as her mom and her brother leave the Best Western parking lot. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They stood with their batons hanging at their sides, their helmets gleaming in the lights of the parking lot. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Armpit laughed as he pulled into the parking lot, which was crammed with cars and people. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z James looked at the parking meters, the liquor store across the street, the bus stop in front of them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I guess we all thought they were losers who drew swastikas and smoked in the parking lot and wore black hoodies. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I give Uncle Paul a hug in the parking lot. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Did you guys hear? Someone shot at someone in the parking lot!” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z We were crossing the atrium that led to the parking lot. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I tap my toe 3 times and look into the parking lot. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z My sister and I would play in the parking lots outside the little doors to the basements of the abandoned buildings. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z As Lucky searched for a spot in the brightly lit parking lot, Lupita sat up and let the shawl fall onto her shoulders. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I don’t stop running until I’ve reached the far side of the parking lot. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Erik was in the parking lot, too, with a big group of kids around him that included Paige, Arthur, and Tina. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It's the first day back at school, and I honestly consider spending the entire day in the parking lot. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I run past the fire hydrant and around the parking sign, keeping a lookout for cars pulling into or out of the parking lot. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z We exit the parking lot of the motel, and as much as I hated the place, right now, I think I’m hating Mama more. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z We barely made it out of the parking lot before Marcus started in on me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Well, I mean, Brady and Patrick were out in the parking lot of the Coachlight Inn smoking pot with him night before last.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Nobody else, no citizen from Milagro, that is, parked in front of the meter because there was ample parking elsewhere. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And finally now, just when he’d mastered the parking patterns at City Hall — he even knew which meters were jammed, so he could park free — he had his building permit. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z We all just stood there in a parking lot—I don’t even remember where—holding each other until nearly everyone else had left. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Dylan Pothead is smoking a joint in the parking lot when I get back. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Father followed me out to the parking lot. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z We are almost to school when he pulls the truck into a parking space about a block away. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I wait for Ellen in front of her boyfriend’s Jeep as the sun pushes my feet further into the hot blacktop of the school parking lot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I walked out to the edge of the parking lot, to the end of where the light from the windows reached. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She can memorize long pieces of music, and she has one of those plain faces that turns beautiful unexpectedly, and she is so capable, she never loses her car in parking lots like Annabelle does. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Beat-up cars sat at odd angles out front, as if people had jumped from them without parking. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s teeming with people—laughing, jostling, and streaming out to the parking lot. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Kids playing blocks away said they saw it whiz by, and legend has it that people fighting in the burger joint parking lot stopped to watch. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When we reached the graveyard parking lot, I felt my entire body shudder. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I marked Miles’s parking spot so I could find his truck again tomorrow morning. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “We’ll inch along this wall, head to the parking lot, round the corner, and burst through the front door.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Grammy shakes her head again as she pulls into a parking spot, and I turn. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z So, well on the edge of town I drove into a parking lot. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And then we were out of Jesus’s heart and in the parking lot, the spring air just on the cold side of perfect, the late-afternoon light heavenly in its hurtfulness. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I glanced up, searching the parking lot and motel doors for signs of life, and didn’t settle back down until I was sure we were alone. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z As soon as I see Jason’s mother’s van drive into the parking lot, I unload my backpack: word cards, sketchbook, colored pencils, CD player, and headphones. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z From their parking spot at the end of the dirt road, just inside the gates, she can see Martinsdale Colony. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Here—in this school parking lot—this was where he and his friends hung out every morning. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The next image is parking outside of the stone walls of my grandfather’s courtyard. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He took several sips, refilled it, turned around, and headed out to the parking lot. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He pulled into the parking lot of a convenience store. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He pulled onto the street by the cemetery, parking among a long row of cars, then strode off down the street, a determined look in his eyes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I envied my classmates who had been penciled-in to easy posts: patrolling the parking lot, guarding the sally port, perched atop a wall tower. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And so she passes over the crowded parking lot, but not before saying a silent prayer for the souls below. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A woman ran to put money in the parking meter. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I mumbled sorry and then walked out to the senior parking lot. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z They checked the sign on the edge of the parking lot. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z When I pulled into the parking lot, I once again saw that loathsome truck, with its flags, stickers, and menacing gun rack. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He lived in that brief fantasy until the deputies got into their squad cars and pulled out of the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z As I’m digging through my bag, looking for my keys, I notice Millie Michalchuk waddling down the sidewalk and through the parking lot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I look and see an older couple walking from the parking lot holding hands. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z He regularly forgets where he parked his BMW in the adjoining parking structure because he’s so busy thinking of other things when he gets out of the car and walks into work. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Papi is waiting for us in the maintenance parking lot on Friday like I told him to. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In 2004 the annual cocktail party and auction for the Nantucket Historical Association instituted valet parking and a classical quartet in black tie. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Even the glimmer of hope he felt when they finally pulled into the parking lot required a history he didn’t want to tell. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I can feel a drop rolling down my side as Mama takes a visitor parking space in front of a four-story brick building. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I waved dude off and looked around the parking lot, at all the people going in and out of cars and stores and walking with shopping bags full of brand-new stuff. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I pulled into the Publix then, the parking lot almost entirely empty, and parked. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Because in addition to the parking lot full of vehicles with Confederate flag emblems on them, the looks coming at us from the people said vehicles belong to? Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z We were going to just sleep in the parking lot. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I hear the doorknob turn—Abby’s back from the parking lot. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “Bacchus said something about the parking lot in back? Well, there it is. What now?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The instant he stepped down into the parking lot, though, he started working his nose and sniffing at the breeze. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I walk down the steps and into the dark parking lot. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z As we began to walk to the student parking lot, I saw a strange car. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The old public library, the one Mr. Lemoncello had loved when he was a boy growing up in the small Ohio town, had been bulldozed to make way for a multilevel concrete parking structure. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z She had long blond hair, but she couldn’t have been the woman I saw in the Civic hauling out of my parking lot. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z There are a ton of cars I recognize from school in the Waffle House parking lot. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Just before the entrance to the parking lot, hidden from the street, is a small guard hut. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He maneuvered his father’s Chevy into one of the parking slots, let the engine idle, and sat back. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Toby pulled himself up into the truck and didn’t look back as Lily sped across the parking lot and out onto the country highway that crossed in front of the school. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He laughed as he backed out of the parking lot and drove away from the Giant Do-Nut. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z He pulled into a parking space in front of what used to be the veiy exclusive yacht club. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He sat in the parking lot, his head in his hands, feeling as gray as the sky. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Out the window a man hurries across the parking lot, his beagle on a leash. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Up on top we could see the whole of the fair: the tractor pull, the dance pavilion, cowboys in Wranglers leaning cowgirls built like sticks of gum up against pickups out in the parking lot. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Tons of other cars are pulling into the parking lot now, and I want to tell them to turn around and go home and not go inside the Islamic Center. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z After all, Art spends a lot more time dealing with city traffic and parking and chefs who can sometimes be pretty picky. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z We ran up the hill to the zoo parking lot, my clenched fist with the key by my side. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A vine that hadn’t been pruned for years grew up one of the houses beside the parking area. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The second I am outside of the parking lot, I let the tears run. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z They walk to the parking lot, get into the car, and begin the short drive home. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Once I received my certificate, I hurried through the parking lot to get back to work, but it took nearly an hour to find my car among the massive and indistinguishable rows of vehicles. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z As our train came above ground, we could see the helicopter circling the parking lot, but it didn’t come after us. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It stood at Old Main’s junction with the narrow, single-lane Route 17, and one dull, squash-colored light hummed atop a pole in the parking lot. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Only a couple of cars sat in the parking lot when they arrived at the bank. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Still, as soon as we hit the school parking lot, I was wide awake. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z All the way out to the parking lot, she talks and schemes, and I let her words kind of wash over me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z After parking on a random street, he tosses me a pillowcase. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z However, the less expensive coffee shop that opened on the parking lot was kept busy serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner to tenants "ordering up" and to workers from nearby Westingtown. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Our balcony—called a lanai—overlooks a small garden and a parking lot. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And as this scruffy vehicle coasted noisily to a colorful exhaust-belching halt, it happened to obliterate from Bernabe’s view the lone parking meter in town. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Dell had seen Sadhu in the parking garage, but they had never even so much as said hello. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z While humming one of her choir songs, Gran pulled the car out of the church parking lot. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “No, no. He’s not Russell,” Grandma said, heading for the parking lot. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Dad put the Audi in drive and took off down the parking lot. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z No TVs on, no footsteps down the corridor outside, no car doors slamming in the parking lot. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And like he’s forgotten something important, Axel leaves Lark at the thick wooden door, races back through the parking lot, back to Emmett’s SUV. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I shout as he sprints across the parking lot. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z All the way up until they pulled into the parking lot and there wasn’t an El Camino in sight. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z When we didn’t have access to the school’s dance studio we’d break down oversize cardboard boxes in abandoned streets and parking lots, set up a boom box, and practice. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The white woman walking in from the parking lot now was Mrs. Stockton, one of our neighbors down the road. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I scanned the parking lot entrances for Cherry’s Civic. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Following Sydelle's instructions she hastily searched under the hood of every car in the parking lot. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I started my lessons in the parking lot behind the gas company. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z After pulling into the vast parking lot outside Jadwin Gym, my father reluctantly slid into a wheelchair and allowed my mother to push him inside. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As Ellsberg pulled up to the tall gate surrounding the estate, a voice from a speaker atop the guardhouse directed him to a parking spot. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Charlie slowed down and pulled into the first parking space, the one right in front of the pagoda itself, and put his feet down to steady us. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She hooked her arm through mine, and we rounded the corner to the back parking lot and hunkered behind a Dumpster. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z If you got a parking ticket you ain’t paid, you going to jail. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Scene after scene from their childhood played in his head until he was in the parking lot of the complex. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z His voice was all friendly, as if we weren’t in that parking lot because of my cracks and flaws. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They decided to leave Roberta's car in the parking lot down the street and take Jimmy's pickup truck so that they could be together as they drove across town to the next appointment. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The Fugees unloaded from the team bus in the parking lot of the Athens United Soccer Club a little more than half an hour later. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Instead of wheeling your cart out to the parking lot, a cart boy in a pressed poplin shirt hung a number on it and handed you a matching red-and-white tag. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They pulled into the Walmart parking lot as the moon was rising bright and silver in the sapphire sky. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She had time to crouch behind one of the little islands of green that decorated the parking lot. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I go around the bank’s back side until I’m standing in front of a parking lot at the end of an alleyway. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Though the parking lot could hold fifteen thousand automobiles, officials knew that that wouldn’t be nearly enough. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart’s bigger than a blue whale’s, which needs its own parking spot. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She’s halfway to the parking lot before I realize that the entire payload is a single endless line of connected paper links. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He walked me to an emergency exit and pointed to a fancy RV parked across five spaces in the roped-off parking lot, the same tour bus from Main Street. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The closest she could get to watching him was to sit in the track parking lot in their car. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Its only hint of flamboyance was a five-pointed star atop the neon sign in the parking lot. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z I sprinted across the parking lot, around the football stadium, and out onto Route 89. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The black sedan pulled into the parking lot and stopped beside us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the final bell rang, Toby ran to the parking lot and jumped in his car. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z J.T. called out as he came across the parking lot, stuffing a pack of caramel creams into his pocket. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z It was a hazy, gorgeous summer twilight and the gravel parking lots were packed with trucks but none of the trucks was Mr. Hatch’s. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z We watched him scurry across the parking lot, glancing around. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Now, even a parking lot and out-of-state license plates and strip malls in the distance wink with hope. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The article is between a piece about a rash of carjackings in parking garages, and an ad for Jerome Machet, DDS. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z We barely make it to the parking lot when I can’t hold it in any longer. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z By the time I crossed the parking lot and stepped into the air-conditioned, Muzak-happy world of Kmart I was as grubby as if I had been on the trail, and trembling all over. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z They saw no helicopters, but there were rescue workers milling in the parking lot. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I spun around like a victim of amnesia, desperately searching the parking lot for a glimpse of something—anything—that made sense. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Doreen was not in the ballroom nor in the parking lot. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z After practice I followed Henry D. to the parking lot. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He jogged through the parking lot of a grocery store and headed toward Paseo Padre Parkway. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z We pull up to a parking lot where you have to pay to leave your car and guards watch it to make sure no riffraffs come in and try to jack it from you. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Tony puts the car in gear and drives through the empty parking lot, heading for the street. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I yelled as I flew into the parking lot. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We start to cut across the parking lot toward our ragwort stalks when a guy about our age touches my arm, warm fingers closing just above my wrist. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z After the scorched cement of that parking lot, Kip’s was almost too cold. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Not letting go until they were in the parking lot of the apartment. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The scene on the tarmac at the airport wasn’t as feverish as the one at the parking lot of Ratliff Stadium, where Permian fans had been lined up for two nights to buy tickets. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When Dad went to pay for the food, I ran out of the restaurant and hid in the bushes by the parking lot. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z He shoves his hands in his pockets as we walk through the parking lot. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Shoes and boots muddy from the unpaved parking lot stomp and make the floor quake. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “I promised you ancient mystery, and now it’s nothing but a parking lot,” said Paolo, half sad and half joking, as they got back in the car. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z After carefully parking his car under a protective tree, Jake sat down beside Mr. Dubonnet on the Pontiac’s fender and raised a bottle of beer in my direction. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z After two hours on a narrow ledge seven stories above a concrete parking lot and gathered crowds, Mr. George Pollucci let himself be helped to safety through a nearby window by Sgt. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The side streets were like parking lots, and so were West End and Amsterdam Avenues, where the traffic went uptown. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Fatalities in parking lots made up 1.25 percent of all accidental deaths during the last days of the Age of Mortality. Last night I decided I would choose today’s subject from a parking lot.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I sat on the couch and stared through the window at the white sky, the empty parking lot, the faded asphalt, while Celia brewed a pot of coffee. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Vehicles lined the parking lot outside, and crossed iron bars secured the windows. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Hence, every time Bernabe wrote out a parking violation on that meter it cost him twenty cents in citation paper, ink, and his own valuable time to do so. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The diabolical Dr. Ludlow Loofah dashes out of the Four Paws Spa's top-secret rear exit, heading for a hornet-shaped helicopter parked in his private parking space. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Fishers from town ride their bicycles into little boats, parking the bikes while working by hanging them in the off shore trees. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I sat for a while in the Sing Sing parking lot to collect myself. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, I’m back in the parking lot with Webb at the moment I told him, and just like then, I want these words back. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z In the parking lot Mrs. Sen consulted the bus schedule. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Stan strolling out of Jefferson’s back parking lot, a basketball tucked under one arm, a beautiful girl under the other. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z When I made it out into the parking lot, the sun was still up, barely, but the mercury lights had come on. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She brushed past the others and streaked across the flooded parking lot, churning up a wake like a fleeing speedboat. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He pulled into the motel parking lot and tied Dozer and Petunia to the base of the motel’s neon sign. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It took me a few minutes to realize that public high schools didn’t have men in suits watching their parking lots. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The parking lot of their school looks like a luxury car dealership, stuffed with BMWs, a few Porsches and Jaguars thrown in. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z When we walk into the parking lot after work, I say, “What are you doing for the next hour?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He turned back to me as he pulled into a parking space. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z We pulled into the parking lot and walked up to the store, which is this weird warehouse-looking thing with rusted metal steps leading up to it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The next morning, I’m almost at the doors to school when someone beeps from the parking lot. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I demonstrate a flawless wheelchair transfer, and after we all say goodbye to the nurse, Dad and Mom walk me across the parking lot to Dad’s van. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Mama, I love you,” I say as we pull out of the parking lot, “but that peace sign thing you just did makes you look your age.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z It takes us another ten minutes to find a spot that Nick can pull up into from behind, because he hates parallel parking. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The pickup games in the parking lots around town began to attract more players and to get more intense. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I’d told Mom to pick me up at six, and while I figured she was either in the mall or in the parking lot, I still wanted the next two hours to myself. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I watched her spiky white-blond head bounce with the slap of her flip-flops, the clouds already that much closer together, the parking lot a shade or two darker than it had been a minute ago. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z My phone buzzes almost as soon as we pull out of the parking lot. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He told me that he’d meet me in the parking lot in a few minutes. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I'm hungry,” Sekani whines not even five minutes out the parking lot. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The next morning I run into Holly in the parking lot, limping badly and heading back to her car. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It reminded me of how lonesome our apartment complex parking lots used to be. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I know what that thing is, it’s the newsletter from the Ladies League, and from the looks of it she found it in the parking lot of that ladies’ club. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Rather than turning left out of the Chili Bowl, my foot presses against the gas pedal, almost flying across the street and into the parking lot of Harpy’s. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Tag seemed everywhere, shooing the curious away from us, turning cars around that violated his single-file parking dictum. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z We stopped a block away in the first parking spot we could find not beneath a streetlight. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I was running down the hotel’s stairs, out through the kitchens, out back past the Dumpsters and through the parking lot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In the hospital parking lot, Gram heard the song, too. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z After gymnastics practice that day, she approached Jackie in the parking lot. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We managed to weave our way through the parking lot, eyes following our bodies as we went, without incident. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The Calypso High winter carnival was held in the school’s senior parking lot. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The parking spaces in front of the place are all taken, but there’s a spot saved with orange construction cones and blue crepe paper. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z When there was a thin layer across the asphalt parking lot, Lily reached over and touched Toby’s hand. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Rather than go back to Pagoda Pizza to eat, I circle the parking lot and find a darkened spot between floodlights. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The float starts moving around the parking lot, where it falls into place behind some kind of rock ’n roll monstrosity the sophomores have put together. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Next to it, another sign boasted that Welch had the largest outdoor municipal parking lot in North America. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I shrug, glancing at the few remaining cars in the parking lot, all shiny with tinted windows and decals of smiling stick families on the back windows. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I sit in the back row, where I can keep my eye on everyone, as well as whatever is going on in the parking lot. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The sun beat down on the parking lot and heated up the air so even in the shaded walkway Dicey was hot. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z As we pull into the parking lot, Millie turns to me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There’s a small parking lot to the left of the main entrance, but like everything else, our cars are back home. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Leaving his bicycle in the parking lot, Otis Amber boarded a bus. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z People were flying kites on the other side of the parking lot. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It normally served as a guide for the buses parking in the lot and for passengers forming lines. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z They pulled into the store's dirt parking lot fifty minutes early and strode up the staircase and into a blast of air-conditioning. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I hurried out of that room and went outside to the parking lot. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The car was hotter than a sauna, and it didn’t have time to cool off before we found a parking lot near the courthouse. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When we finally pulled into the parking lot, my body had to adjust to sub-light speeds before I could pour myself out of the Smokemobile’s backseat and follow Sohrab to the ticket office. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She speed walks through rows of junior parking, her hips swishing back and forth like those people who do Olympic speed walking. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z In parking lots, it’s not unusual to see a car full of kids waiting. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She had performed the test well enough to pass, but as the woman drove over to the parking place, she did not negotiate a corner properly and the back wheel jumped the curb. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Fred led the way across the commuter parking lot to Main Street. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Almost immediately, Lily pushed through the door and scanned the parking lot, stopping when she saw his car. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Without thinking, I walk down the steps, through the parking lot, and past the bus stop at the end of the street. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z By now we were walking across the parking lot to the football field. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The next thing I know, he's down in the garage putting a sign in front of the best parking space in the open carport. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z It’s not eight o’clock yet, but there’s a parking lot full of cars, an eighteen-wheeler full of boxes, and a line stretched out the door. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z We veer off onto a dirt road that ends at a small parking area. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Frank stood at the far end of the parking lot, waving at them to come over. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Aru looked around to see that she was standing in another parking lot. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We zip through a maze of parking lots and back alleys before coming to an abrupt stop at a corner in an industrial area. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But when we got out to the parking lot, we saw that garbage was everywhere. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z We had our first lesson at dusk in the parking lot. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When I open the door, it squeaks so loud that Miss McDaniels turns toward the sound from across the parking lot. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z We pass vacant storefronts and small parking lots, and I’m pressing the panic button on the keys, but with no luck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Could see the lights lifting above the darkness that was the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z My sister did not function well at 4:30 in the morning, which is when we pulled into the parking garage at Portland International Airport. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He was halfway across the parking lot when she caught up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I braced an elbow against the door as he steered the old minivan past the Dumpsters to the cramped employee parking lot tucked away in a dead-end around the corner. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And then the camera shows the flatbed drivers parking alongside the road and getting out and going home, and the news switches to a fire in the city. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z When she pulls out of the parking lot, I turn to her. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Dane, it’s not what—” Before I can finish explaining, Ethan is already gone, headed toward his truck in the parking lot. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Might as well leave my car in the gentlemen’s club parking lot. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I run my regular nighttime route, down National Road all the way to the hospital, but instead of passing it, I run across the parking lot. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Drug bust. I knew something was about to go down. That black car kept circling the parking lot. Looked like an undercover.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He drove into the parking lot of the Operations Building. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z After that mess in the parking lot, Dad has been extra attentive, almost tiptoeing around me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I am instantly four times more exhausted than I was when I left the diner parking lot. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z At the final turn, I see Mrs. Morehouse standing in the entrance to the parking lot, her palm out like a traffic cop, keeping cars from pulling in. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole school greeted her in the parking lot, just like in the assembly film. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I stopped in a parking place to look at her and the necklace bridge over the entrance from the sea that led to her. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But as I walked away from the district headquarters parking lot, I decided I would come back and see him again. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z But I went to the parking lot with them anyway. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He is staring out the window at the empty parking lot. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “You know, Kyle,” said his dad as the family walked across the parking lot, “your mother and I are extremely proud of you. Writing a good essay isn’t easy.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z By the time the sun had set behind the Sunset Towers parking lot, Otis Amber, deliverer, had completed his rounds. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Kids in the school parking lot, American flag fluttering atop a metal pole, cornfields in the distance, blue skies. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She started the car, put it in gear, and pulled out of the library parking lot. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z When the minivan was packed, we stood in the parking lot. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z One blink later, the three of them stood in the parking lot of a strip mall. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The parking lot and locker room were deserted. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The transport rolled into a parking garage at the base of the circular tower and descended a series of concrete ramps until we arrived in a large open area resembling a loading dock. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Once Drew got off me, I had thought more about my ride home in a luxury car and my delicious burrito than I had about what happened in the parking lot. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Jack pulls us away from the parking space, and we join the line of traffic leading to the exit. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z On the way to the parking lot, she said, “Those boys shouldn’t be out there in a thunderstorm.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a parking lot beside the road and a factory a hundred yards or so beyond. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z We pull into the school parking lot and immediately notice that there are several police cars in front of the building. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Judy looked at the picture, and there she saw the same grinning red-haired boy with glasses that she had talked to in the school parking lot yesterday. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty minutes later—after a long debate with Rachel and Ema that I clearly lost—I found a parking space across the street and down the block from the Plan B Go-Go Lounge. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I take off and fly toward the parking lot and the bike rack. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Thousands of people all congregating in a shopping center parking lot. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A police car flew into the parking lot to meet the security guards escorting this idiot from my year, Dennis Biers. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Woolf began coming in regularly, parking his Stetson on the table and pointing Greenberg’s nose in the Racing Form while he romanced her. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Not as he would have a week before, as somebody in a parking lot in Ventura, California, who would think of waves growing larger. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A full moon hung high in the sky, illuminating the parking lot. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I pulled my hood over my head as we hurried across the parking lot. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The parking lot itself was nothing but a square of cracked asphalt, marbled with weeds. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z An empty trash can chained to a parking meter banged and rolled from side to side, and its lid, also chained, flipped and flapped in the wind like a kite on a short string. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He turned off the track and into the parking lot, where he stopped Otis and confronted him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They remained silent, both of them, even as they pulled into the parking lot in front of the Lost Luggage Emporium. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The parking lot there had become a staging ground for evacuations. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She and Sean lugged it all the way to the parking lot. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Other than the three minutes I spent running through it looking for someone who spoke Pedi, I spent the whole night in the parking lot. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Not long after Kanue arrived in the United States, he was playing soccer in the parking lot of Southern Pines when one of the other kids told him he should come practice with the Fugees. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She sat on the ledge at the front window and stared across the parking lot with her chin planted on her knees. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “I want to find someone who’s parking alone. Someone who really means business. I know the best spot in Ravenel County. Not many people know about it. Only the real lady-killers like myself.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert tightened his grip on the wheel as he steered into the parking lot. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The parking lot is so full, cars are parked in the gravel lot next door that the church owns. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Arnold’s Hummer was unwieldy in the parking lot. weird. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I cross the parking lot and IT comes out the door. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I went shopping with my mom and sister, and my mom was in a bad mood because of parking spaces and lines. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Zoe shot across two lanes of traffic and into a mall parking lot on the south bank of the river. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then, from the end of the parking lot, frantic shouting. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She pulls out of the parking spot, waits in the line of cars leaving the lot. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Until midnight, when a car barreled up the hill and stopped in the gravel of the blue trail’s parking area. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The parking situation at John Wayne is the first indication that there’s going to be turbulence up ahead. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The war god was waiting for us in the diner parking lot. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Andre flaunted this unwritten law whenever I was with him, but on this occasion our presence in a parking lot teeming with white faces made me insist on sitting in the back. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They circled the neighborhood of the music venue looking for street parking. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z At a school fund-raising auction, his parents bid on—and won at a crazy price—a prime parking spot next to the one reserved for Dr. Williams, the headmaster. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I stand in this parking lot, realizing that I’ve never been this far from home, and here is this girl I love and cannot follow. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He pulled into the furniture store’s parking lot at about five o’clock one day, planning to wait and watch as she left at the end of her shift. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And sure enough, there was only one, and so I pulled into the empty parking lot and parked the car directly beneath a street light, because cars are always getting stolen on I-Drive. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Within minutes his father’s car was parking in the driveway behind his mother’s car. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z After Pattie signed the bottom of the paperwork that gave her legal responsibility for Willow for the next twenty-four hours, the police cruiser charged out of the parking lot like a getaway car. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I pull into the parking area of the lake, and we sit at a picnic table. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Anything to bring back the assurance he’d felt in the parking lot only a few minutes earlier. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The same dusty parking lot greeted them at the travel museum. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The cabbie slammed the back door and sped around the curved driveway, narrowly missing the Mercedes that Sandy was driving to the parking lot. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned, stomping away in the general direction of the parking lot, though I hadn’t ruled out walking at this point. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Bordering the parking lot was a rim of poplars. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The silver cart was glinting merrily, reflecting the lights of the Tag and Bag parking lot. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Trey holds Kayla’s hand as he follows me and Jay across the gravel parking lot next to the church. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Every so often, at the far end of the parking lot, a car drives down the road and a sliver of light glides from one end of the glass to the other. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Ten minutes later, I pull into the gravel parking area for the blue trail. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Morehouse? Jason and I are going out in the parking lot for a few minutes. We’re going for a run.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom has charmed luck with parking spaces. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Probably smoking cigarettes with some boy in the parking lot of the Piggly Wiggly across from the high school. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z In the trees around the parking lot, the other harpies finally overcame their shock. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I backed out of the parking space, drove to the farthest corner of the parking lot, and thought about calling 911, but called Charlie instead. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Tiny hangs up and says to me, "She's on her way," and then I'm left standing in the doorway as Tiny races down the steps and starts skipping—yeah, skipping—toward the junior parking lot. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Suddenly the car leaped out of the parking spot and skidded across the wet street into a post supporting a wrought-iron balcony. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had meant to make for the parking area and go on into the hills, but then he’d thought of Basta’s empty house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The rezident of the Soviet embassy in Washington approached Victor Cherkashin, a veteran KGB officer and spy handler, as soon as Cherkashin stepped out of his car in the compound's secure parking lot. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Before I knew it, we were pulling into a parking space behind Marcia Stevens, and Jennifer was jumping out of the car before her mom could even turn off the ignition. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z In the dim glow of McDonald’s parking lot floodlights, I write I miss you, Charlie on the corner, then fold it up and put it in my pocket. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I was eleven years old, standing out in the parking lot in front of the 7-Eleven, watching a crew of older boys standing near the street. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Late in the evening we will sometimes pull into the dirt parking lot of a clapboard praise house and listen to old, dark Gullah hymns rising out the windows. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Here is the Administration Building parking lot, and the main entrance to the prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until he finally got to the Deuce’s parking lot that he started running. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Sitting in the parking lot of the last shop, Mother pursed her lips, then said, “There’s one more place we can try.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The school buses were lined up in the side parking lot of the school, waiting to be filled with kids who lived too far out in the county to walk home. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “The shots that were fired in the parking lot. That was Crystal’s new boyfriend trying to scare Fuchsia.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Rufus chains his bike to a parking meter and I follow him inside the fairly empty café, immediately smelling scrambled eggs and French toast. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I walked through gas station and motel forecourts and across restaurant parking lots, clambered over concrete barriers, crossed lawns, and pushed through neglected ranks of privet or honeysuckle at property boundaries. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z They got to the parking lot and formed a circle behind Lydia’s car. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “I Love You, Anjela!” is spray- painted into the snowbank along the parking lot. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Kids gathered around it in the student parking lot after school, and tried to look as cool as he was. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “You got good taste anyway, Sonny. Why don’t you ask her out? Double date with me next weekend. We’ll go parking at the Caretta fan.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The “let out” in the parking lot is already happening. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z So my announcement at the driving range caused Cade Hernandez to hook his driver badly and send his ball careening into the protective nets at the front of the parking lot. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He didn’t stop running until he reached the school entrance, then cut for the parking lot. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He closed the car door, and stood there in the parking lot, his breath steaming. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She pulls into the mall parking deck and finds a spot near the elevator. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Dustfinger walked away again, but when he was a good way from the parking lot the boy was still behind him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I could waste time feeling bad about it later; but, for now, my mind had gotten a whiff of hope, and it wasn’t about to let it escape through a parking lot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She adjusts all of her mirrors before reversing out of her parking space in the middle of the near-empty lot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The drive to the Superfine parking lot is fun. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I parked in the student parking lot, parted ways with Mom, and then lined up to walk through the metal detectors. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The sun was shining, fields of grass surrounding the parking lot swayed in a light breeze, bright little bird chirps ruffled the air. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Uncle Bill drove off the highway, and soon they were paying a fee to enter a massive parking lot. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z She had felt it in the Tag and Bag parking lot with Mr. Staphopoulos when he was telling her good-bye. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The door was just closing as David started across the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Leo pulled the Argo II out of the cavern seconds before the entire place imploded, taking the rest of the parking lot with it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes, it even extends to me, too, if I show up at times like this when they are mobbed in the parking lot, but today I don’t feel like it. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The station wagon pulled into a parking space between two looming gray buildings separated by a narrow road. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Also there are offices, and art studios, and storage facilities, and banks with safe- deposit boxes, and gates to yards, and parking lots. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z A car resembling a pouncing cat, with glowing green eyeballs for headlights, had just eased off the highway and pulled into the parking lot. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z There are probably a hundred people still walking toward the parking lot. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z As I crossed the parking lot, my mother rushed over with outstretched arms. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Unlike me, he left the theater two hours later, to find a dead man hanging from a telephone pole at the far end of the unpaved parking lot. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She pointed to a huge parking garage next to the top of the dam. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Lexie nodded and the parking lot spun around and landed on its side. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When I saw her at the start of lunch, carrying her suitcase out to the parking lot, I imagined myself throwing my body in front of Kevin’s car, kicking and screaming, to stop her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Harper bitterly asked why a new parking lot was being built up the hill if “no funds were available,” then again brought himself angrily to his feet, or foot. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The unshoveled parking lot was deserted except for one snow-covered car and a couple truck cabs. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And our surroundings are crusted in frost: the railing along the stairwell, the windshields of every car in the parking lot. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Despite not having enough parking space, Margaret loves the house, the location, the alley behind it, and every brick in the sidewalk in front. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I parked in a small dirt parking lot, the only car that day, and set off into the woods. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Waiting in the airport parking lot was our mother’s car, the “Florida Special.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And in several of the restaurant windows surrounding the parking lot, people have stopped eating to watch. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When I get to the window that overlooks the parking lot, I pause. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Tad walked to one of the narrow windows and studied the parking lot below, looking for Frankie’s white Mustang. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I ended up getting 100 on my driver’s test, even though the tester covered my backup camera with a sheet of paper during parallel parking. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They swung into the parking lot in front of Happy Polish Nails, and Mai opened the car door immediately. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Colin turned into the store's parking lot and stopped the car, but made no move to get out. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Publicly, however, the parking meter had to stay so long as the mayor, the council, and the police force were locked in a life-and-death struggle with Onofre Martinez. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I staggered out the back door and into the parking lot and took a deep breath. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They sat there in silence, the last stragglers in the parking lot beginning to make their way to the doors. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Good luck, kiddo,” says Dad when we hit the parking lot and unload my exhibit. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z We headed to the parking lot without speaking. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The parking lot of Posada Middle School looked like an autumn wonderland. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Annabelle once let him drive the car in the empty high school parking lot. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Everyone was quiet, subdued, as we rolled out of the parking lot. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I rushed into the parking lot and stopped short. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Dicey wondered how many cars were left in the other three parking lots that spread out from the other sides of the building. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z A dark shape started emerging from the concrete of the parking lot, a massive form of twisted ink and ice. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z This abandoned library parking lot was like an alternate universe where everyone really cared about raw eggs, and holding hands was a totally acceptable thing to do. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Trucks and vans already covered the parking lot to set up the stage and equipment. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He stood in a vast gloomy space like an underground parking garage. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was a request for the purchase of the land right next to the parking lot. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He pulled into a grocery store parking lot and killed the engine. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “You sure you’re on board with this?” he asks as he pulls out of the parking lot. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Ema, Spoon and I met up in the parking lot the next morning before school. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z After leaving Mr. Wilson’s office, she walked to the visitor parking lot like it was a race. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z As soon we pulled out of the parking lot and turned the corner down Main Street, I could feel Dante’s shoulder bump against mine. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z James is still here, in his car, in the parking lot. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She nods, I hug them both, and they head across the parking lot. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z They got out of the truck, and they all stood in the parking lot for a moment, staring up at the mountain. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z There were only a few cars in the parking lot, and no white Suburban. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z But as Mr. Frank’s class drew to an end, we could see Madame, directly below in the courtyard, parking her car. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z We pull into the parking lot—it’s packed. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I mean, I couldn’t even wait to check it on my phone in the parking lot. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I gazed across the parking lot to the dark highway. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Take all arguments and fistfights outside to the parking lot. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I watch Mack’s car slam to a halt in the parking lot. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Ocean and I were suddenly alone in the parking lot, and though the moon was a mere crescent in the sky, it was beautiful and bright. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The farmers’ market at the Civic Center parking lot is a great spot because they give you samples, things like honey in a straw or peanut brittle. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A big green Dumpster stood in the parking lot. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then the beach parking lot was full, so they had to park half a mile away and walk. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z He perched there motionless for hour upon hour, watching the parking lot and the houses through his binoculars. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I cut through the parking lot of the townhome complex and come out closer to my block. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z In the parking lot, a semitruck cab was parked in the far corner. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I caught up with them at the edge of the parking lot. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Out on the street, just beyond the parking lot, a little red Volkswagen bus pulls up. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The floodwaters were rising in the parking lot, inching closer and closer to the stoops outside the motel room doors. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z If only he had room for a parking lot! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He hears the familiar beep of his mother’s car, spots it pulling into the parking lot. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z At first his mother agrees, cheered by the prospect, but as soon as they step out into the windy parking lot she gets back into the car, saying she will wait. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In the gloom of dawn they appear like fantasmas, phantoms, and wait—in parking lots, on street corners—looking their best, hoping for work from people who drive by. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Tires squeal out of the parking lot, another sober student farewell. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z No longer would he have to show up at the large parking lot on Sunday evenings waiting for the blue bus. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The Garage was an old parking ramp that had been converted to a mini-mall. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z As she sits, looking out through the line of trees into the great empty parking lot, a dark shape sweeps through the nimbus of a streetlamp. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I'm waiting in the parking lot for Grammy to finish her last room when I see the two people I hoped I wouldn’t run into. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z So when I came to the exit of the parking lot at the dog hospital, I realized I had no idea where I should go. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z We’d managed to escape school, but we didn’t have a car, and I didn’t want to spend the rest of the day in a drugstore parking lot. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “I had trouble parallel parking,” I said, feeling embarrassed. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z That afternoon Burl drove us into town to search parking lots and Dumpsters. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “It’s warm enough for the park today,” I say, glancing across the parking lot to the strip of sun-sparkled ocean gleaming between Coastal Marine Supply and Otis’s Hardware. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Every guidebook, every experienced hiker, every signboard beside every trailhead parking lot warns you that the weather in the White Mountains can change in an instant. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He moon-lighted as a dry cleaner: He collected dirty uniforms in the parking lot at the end of the day and brought them back pressed, for which he charged $3.50 apiece. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He vomited again and again, and the sound of his retching carried across the parking lot. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the yard was a shed as big as some of the houses we had lived in, and next to the shed was a parking space big enough for two cars. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Here we are!” he said, parking in front of a shabby block. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Beneath the picture of black people massed in the Howard Johnson’s parking lot is the legend “The Progress.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Every day for the last week, he scouted the route, noting when the mail arrived, by what hour the parking lot filled, when the guards went on break and took lunch. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z They walked down through the parking lot toward the path to the beach. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He peels out of the parking lot a lot faster than he should, and we nearly hit a car. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe I got suspended,” I said, just as we pulled into the parking garage in our building. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z That Sunday, we all stood in the parking lot, next to Rafael’s car, waiting for him to tell us where to sit. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We sneak out the door and into the parking lot. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z When urban renewal tore down my parents’ laundry and paved over our slum for a parking lot, I only made up gun and knife fantasies and did nothing useful. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They put on their shoes before following Dustfinger into the parking lot. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They crossed the road, but stopped at the edge of the parking lot. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Connie Peery was home from college, and she snared me for a quick dance while her boyfriend was sneaking a smoke in the parking lot across the river. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s too much for this high school parking lot with beeping horns and laughter and buses idling by the curb. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Police officers surround every corner of the building, and there are even a few cruisers at both entrances to the parking lot. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z On the other side of the parking lot, just past the visitor center, was a dark little stand of pine trees hunched down in the wind. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I know where it is! Turn right here, and then left at the ugly cow. Then look for a Jack in the Box. It’s in the back, behind the parking lot.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z My family and I leave thirty minutes before the funeral starts, but the parking lot at Christ Temple Church is already full. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He looked around the parking lot for signs of the four men. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z She turned as another car entered the parking lot. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In the parking lot, Zeitoun looked to the sky for signs of the coming weather. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Then he finds a parking ticket in your coat, proving you spent two hours in the middle of the day parked somewhere in the center of town. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z We pulled into a parking spot and got out. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Tidings raked around the magnolia trees by the front parking lot—he didn’t like leaves bothering his grass. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Why do we always end up in parking lots?” asked Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And then we were alone with our packs in an empty motel parking lot in a dusty, forgotten, queer-looking little town in northern Georgia. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Plus, assigned parking spots right by the mill entrance for one whole year.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But first he wheeled his wagon off to the side, parking it halfway under a huge rhododendron. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z “Pageant piggies!” someone yells from the other side of the parking lot, breaking the moment between us. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “There is that student parking lot across the street,” Bits suggested when they got to the microphone, their voice low and even. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We’re sitting on the low brick wall by the bushes next to the faculty parking lot, which is where we wait for Grace to pick us up every Monday after school. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z He started driving out of the parking lot. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z We were at the school now; Rosalie’s red convertible was conspicuous in the parking lot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The sun’s just starting to set as we pull into the Chattahoochee Nature Center, but people are already streaming across the parking lot in groups of two and three and ten. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z They pulled into Helenwood Elementary School’s parking lot, already packed with cars. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We were convulsed with hysterics at the thought of our hippie asking Mr. Kasigi to convert the water fountains to Gatorade, and to erect a bullfighting stadium in the parking lot. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The Plymouth was always easy to find in supermarket parking lots. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, a few minutes later, as they were loading the grocery bags into a publicar, the scythe looked across the parking lot. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z As they turned into the parking lot, they saw a television van parked in front of the monkey house, the newscaster and his crew drinking coffee and waiting for something to happen. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When she picked me up after detention, she pulled into the faculty parking lot and turned off the engine. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “In the school parking lot. When we get back tomorrow. There’s always a crowd waiting for the returning hero. Remember the film at school? My vision?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The two getaway cars had long since screeched out of the parking lot. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Ain’t none of them could beat Jack Johnson,” Mr. Lynch said, parking his old butt on the chair. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to feign nonchalance, act as though I’d done this before, but as we crossed the parking lot I felt as though Mother were watching me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z According to my Trail Guide there was public parking at the old iron works, so there must be a road out. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “I am in a big parking lot that only has two cars in it. Yours and mine. And no one can see or hear us.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z When the police ordered the crowd to disperse, hundreds of protesters instead linked arms and sat down in the parking lot. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “I wish. The boy reconfigures my phone in a parking lot. Scary.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He even got a Christmas card every year from a peanut vendor who worked the parking lot across from Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The fair takes up a huge section of the mall parking lot. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Each landmark date is accompanied by a clip showing throngs of shoppers, swarms of associates, or scenes of handsome new stores and their adjoining parking lots. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll drive your car here and leave it in the parking lot.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Resting one foot on the low windowsill, he gazed grumpily down at the parking lot. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Kyle noticed several TV news satellite trucks taking up the parking spaces along the curb. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I sat down and looked at the parking lot for a while. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Three of the murderers were standing among the vehicles in the parking lot with their heads together. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Meet me at the parking building in an hour. And wear your new suit. I want to see it on you.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Their Dublin Street office was leveled and is now a parking lot. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The trail led right out of the back of the visitor center, right out of the parking lot. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We were sitting in his car in the parking lot at IHOP. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z We walk outside to the parking lot, where all the socializing is happening. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “You guys should totally stop by. And here’s the parking permit. You can just prop it near your windshield.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Before the building was locked for the night, McCord put electrical tape over the bolt of a door in the parking garage that opened to an inside stairwell. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The traffic moved on and a few minutes later, Mr. Dursley arrived in the Grunnings parking lot, his mind back on drills. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z At the southern end of the parking lot were two more buildings. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z After all that praising, some of Khalil’s classmates—the ones who were in the parking lot in the T-shirts—make a presentation. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z When she was gone, Toby stood next to Luke—both of them staring at the empty parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Yeah, we skate hard until the security guards run us off,” Garrett was saying, “and then we do the parking lots until we get chased out of there, too. It’s a blast.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She said it just as we came around the last stand of trees and stepped into the empty parking lot of the shuttered up farm stand, closed for the season. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z From my bedroom, I can see the Vista Nueva parking lot. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Dill surveyed the parking lot with glum resignation, watching his fellow students file in. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Not only was Hagrid twice as tall as anyone else, he kept pointing at perfectly ordinary things like parking meters and saying loudly, “See that, Harry? Things these Muggles dream up, eh?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Sitting with Rafe on the edge of a parking lot, though, made all of it seem a little less heavy, at least. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z When we finally found it, we were late and there were no spots left in the parking lot. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I stand in the parking lot holding the boxes, not able to move or speak or do anything. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She stares at this black car with tinted windows that cruises through the parking lot. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Then they were past us, making their way to the parking lot. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Then, we all saw my father walking across the parking lot, holding the video camera above his head triumphantly. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z As we made our way to the parking lot, I asked Gran, “Do you really believe Jesus brought that girl back to life?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z We met in the motel parking lot ten minutes later, looking crisp and stylish, and exchanged many flattering comments. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It was the small hours of the morning, when the parking lot was empty and the streetlights were still on. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “The troops are reconnoitered in the back parking lot.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Stick and I walked out to the parking lot. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z And Robert was sitting there in the parking lot. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They approached a corner park that was raised and built over a parking garage. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Habib managed to find an empty parking spot at the back of the lot and squeezed his taxi in between a delivery truck and a Mercedes-Benz. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Ms. Morales said as she turned the steering wheel far to the right, to back out of the parking space. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Just go beat those guys in San Jose,” the woman said, shaking her fist and wheeling her stroller down into the parking lot, toward her car. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The tiny school parking lot was full, so Mom found a spot on the street a block away. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z It was easy to unfurl the linoleum in deserted alleys and parking lots. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I point at what feels like the very last parking space in the whole lot. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I access his memory to show me the way to school, which parking space to take, which locker to go to. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Did he...Was he the one in the parking lot who...” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The sharp sound of their radios echoed in the parking lot and in the darkened stairwells of the apartment complex. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Steps one and two went great, even though it was snowing pretty hard by the time we got to the parking lot. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Felix hadn’t seen the dog run into the road, but he spotted him in a Waffle House parking lot now. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I’d just wished Anna a great summer and watched her head out of the classroom to catch her bus when Mr. Terupt said, “Danielle, I see your mother walking across the parking lot.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z I felt his presence on the crowded gallery, saw him in the parking lot—my dark brother, a quivering ghost. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We end up following Abby to the teacher parking lot, where a bunch of student council people have assembled around the junior class float. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Walking across the train station’s vast parking lot, he seemed oblivious to the stream of grim, paunchy commuters on their way into the city. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only when the crowd started to move a bit—some drifted toward the parking lot, others went forward to drop roses onto the coffin—that I saw Faith again. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The tires squealed as we turned onto the Norvelt road and about thirty seconds later I hit the brakes and we swerved crazily into the parking lot at the Huffer Funeral Parlor. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I stay in the parking lot with Bo for far too long, but am lucky to find that my mom is dead asleep with her door closed when I get home. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z But he wasn’t there last Monday, in the parking lot, when Jenny and the Detentionheads, all dressed in black, gathered around her car and smoked. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I threw some cash onto the table and walked to the parking lot. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z In the parking lot, when Shawn had shown me this hold, I’d moved only a little, responding more to his description than to any physical necessity. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The grass is completely gone from years of them parking there. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Cautiously he slides out of his parking spot. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I trail a few steps behind her in the parking lot, feeling foggy. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He even got called out by Mrs. Norris in English for staring out into the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Raymie had seen them in the parking lot of the Tag and Bag Grocery the day they left. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Luke nodded absently at the joke, refusing to stop his futile search of the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I walked us to the edge of the parking lot, so the house wouldn't block our view. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z As always, the plaza area was littered with a thousand fragments of recently torn-up parking tickets that looked like muddy stars. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Fadi held on to Felix, and soon all three boys were a mess of arms and legs, rolling around the parking lot. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The parking lot was nearly empty; only two cars besides theirs remained. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They left the cart in a parking area and walked out through the woods. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Mr. Larson went to the teachers’ room, got his empty lunch bag off the shelf, and went straight from there out the back door of the school to the staff parking lot. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z After the bus bounced back onto the road, Maribel just stood in the middle of the parking lot in the drizzling rain. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Big Tony plucked the room key off the counter and strutted back to the parking lot. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He glanced up when a pair of headlights illuminated the parking lot. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z We pulled into an almost-full parking lot in front of a marina. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z We watched as Cheddar hit the parking lot running, and in moments the fat cat had disappeared. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Next to the stand is a rusted playground set that looks like it was plucked from a city park and dropped in this parking lot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z His mama, my aunt Goldie, pulled into the front parking lot in a long blue car with fins on the back for taillights. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Koontz joined them, incredulously surveying the damage that Bernabe, by parking in the mud, getting stuck, rocking his vehicle, sideslipping and whatnot, had done. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s staring at me from across the parking lot. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z But of more immediate importance was the dark blue van that was skidding, tires locked and squealing against the brakes, spinning wildly across the ice of the parking lot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Salinas was an experienced hiker and all he had to do was follow a well-defined trail down a mountain to a parking lot. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Kisses behind a Dumpster and in the parking lot of a condemned school don’t amount to anything. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Bram is parked in the raised area of the parking lot, on the top level. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Members of his congregation were often ticketed for parking improperly around the mosque at Friday prayers. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z That evening after practice, Grace came home to Willow Ridge to find Bien and his older brother, Alex, in the parking lot. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “My SUV’s over there,” Ms. Morales said, pointing out into the parking lot. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Gus was quiet, shifting a toothpick from one side of his mouth to the other while he scanned the roadside and the parking lots and the woods as he drove. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I make a sharp left turn and spurt through the exit doors, into the parking lot. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Four armed guards were patrolling the parking lot, and cars were parked all around the wire-netting fence that surrounded the former football field. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z There's no parking close to the diner, so I idle in front of a hydrant and wait for Jennica to come out. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He pays for parking in a crowded garage. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We find a parking space on the street a couple blocks away from the place, and Jane leads me to a nondescript glass door next to a hot-dog restaurant. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z They filled the parking spots at the mosque in Hayward. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He gave me directions and a few minutes later I pulled into the parking lot of a small storefront on the town’s Main Street. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I quickly locked the office and rushed to the parking lot to see the tree. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I drove around for a little while, then found myself parking my truck in front of his house. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He was driving me to the black bus stop following a practise session; Saturday morning traffic was heavy; he pulled into a parking lot of a Hypermarket to continue his American saga. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z As a teenager, Caroline became the drum majorette for the school’s marching band, went parking down by the Canoe Club with the boy who would become her husband a few years later. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We drove out from the library parking lot and down to the statue of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain again—he looked pretty cold— and past Bowdoin College. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z Maybe I could go as far as the front parking lot and he would be there! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The lot attendant points us to the visitor section since we don’t have a parking sticker, which means a long walk to my building. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He gives me a curious look but then nods as he turns into the parking lot. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The vehicle pulls into a parking lot at the bottom of a hill. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He had adopted Cheddar, and then he'd let the animal fend for himself in a parking lot. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Just off Main Street, flanking an alley between two small parking lots, a pair of white wooden arches proclaim “Historic Downtown.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The senior center’s parking lot bustles with action. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I moved my car around to the parking space with the big 3 painted on it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z But even though she hurries, and turns some corners way too fast, we are still crazy late as we pull into the parking lot. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z And I hadn't engaged the parking brake, either. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the parking lot, I found a farmer’s pickup truck, chock-full of farm-related wares. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Before she can back out of the parking spot, her phone rings. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z In the parking lot we toss chips in the air and try to catch them in our mouths. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Folks were parking on the grass, and Tidings was beside himself, running to their car windows, flailing his arms and trying to direct them to the back lot. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he really did shoot at someone in the parking lot. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z His car is always in the parking lot when our bus rolls in and always there when we leave for the day. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I skidded to a stop in the parking lot. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z A barking dog, two women chatting, bike brakes squealing, children shrieking in a playground beside the parking lot—he had missed these sounds. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I follow a sidewalk that traces the outer edge of the school parking lot. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She is close enough to me that I can see her, because even now there is the outward sign of the invisible light, even at night in this parking lot on the outskirts of Agloe. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Street parking's good; we land about a block away from his building. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Hailey and I trek across the parking lot, arm in arm. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The parking lot holds even fewer cars than before. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z At the track, the additional parking was used up early in the day, and spectators began leaving their cars on the shoulders of the road and hiking in. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Luke leaned against the railing and looked around the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The snow is melting for good and the pretty-baby shiny cars glitter in the senior parking lot. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The front parking lot is for visitors; the family lot is in back. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Round and round we drove until Gramps saw a parking space. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The gridlock in the parking lot was so intractable that, even though the races ended at 6:30 P.M., it would be well into Sunday morning before everyone got out of the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When we had water balloon fights in the church parking lot and waited in line for the ice cream truck. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The dorms were black and silent, and the big parking lot behind the tennis court was empty except for a few faculty cars and a lone green truck from Maintenance. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I jogged back to the school and found him alone in the parking lot. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z For a few terrible moments they seemed to be coming closer, but they died away again, swallowed up by the music coming from the parking lot and filling the night like a foul smell. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “I guess you two got the parking spots I won,” I said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The governor stood up and went to the window where he paused, both hands in his pockets, staring thoughtfully down at the capitol parking lot jammed with cars. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The other day I discovered a stack of parking tickets in a comer behind a chair—there must have been forty or fifty of them. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z As Zach pulled into a parking space in front, I saw them— five or six white men standing by the ticket booth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was rough around the edges, a football player, the guy who’d made fun of her car in the church parking lot after she’d gotten in a fender bender. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The sun rises over the motel parking lot. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She sprinted into the darkness of the parking lot. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll leave your stuff at the front desk in the main office,” she answered, turning on the ignition and looking behind her as she started slowly backing out of the parking space. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z There’s a big patio strung with Christmas lights and rainbow banners, and even though the patio’s empty, the parking lot is overflowing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Now we’re walking in the parking lot where they play loud music in the summertime. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z By the parking lot next to the girls’ dormitories. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z At the waterfront, beyond a huge parking lot jammed with cars, they found a public park. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Webb motions to the parking lot, and we start walking. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z He’s still parking the car, or trying to. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Rivera darting across the parking lot like a wild animal. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z That means they take your car and do the parking for you! Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When our bus pulled into the high school parking lot, we were greeted by some rabid elementary school kids. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z She pulled into the parking lot, went inside, and took a deep breath, filling her lungs with the old familiar smells of cardamom, turmeric, and cumin. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She had guided me through practice sessions in the parking lot next to the grocery store often enough. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The parking lot was nearly full of sedans, SUVs, pickup trucks, and even a few motorcycles. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z I said a hasty good-bye to him and walked around to the small parking lot at the back of the masjid. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z They began clearing out space for additional parking. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked swiftly out to the parking lot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z On these drives, they usually end up parking somewhere, only to neck and stuff, according to Fifi. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z At least a hundred of us stood by the parking lot that day, watching her learn the cheers, watching her jump around in her long pioneer dress. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I can see the whole mall and a bit of the world beyond: the frantic pinball machines, the pink billows of cotton candy, the vast and treeless parking lot. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The parking lot was warm under my bare feet. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Then I can meet up with everybody at the Superfine parking lot.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z But today, I’m meeting my family in the parking lot out front. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Something flashed from the corner of the parking lot, then another flash, stinging white light. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z We pull into the empty parking lot and to the far back fence, where there’s a concrete aqueduct stretching as far as the eye can see in both directions. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I feel like the elephant in the room—or the parking lot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Valentine and I had to cross the bridge to the parking lot in front of the high school, but I don’t remember that either. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z So, all the cars pulled into the parking lot, and we all got out. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The back seat is completely quiet when we pull into the parking spot next to the trailer—until I hear Bryce ask in a small voice. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z There were no cars in the parking lot, but a dozen or more men and women were hanging around outside of their rooms, smoking, talking, fighting. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z We watch him burn rubber as he takes off down the parking lot. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z As we pull into the parking lot, I start to feel nervous about Elsie seeing where I live. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Mr. Off-Campus who thinks he can park in the faculty parking lot.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Crowds in the parking lot, crowds in the fields and the tennis and basketball courts—except for one set of courts that’s being used as a helipad. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I laugh at every word he says, trying to convince anyone who might have been in the parking lot that it was all a joke. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The layout was simple: The dock was divided into zones, just like a parking lot. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z They finally found parking down a side street, and everyone piled out. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Military police were organizing the parking, lining up the rows, like stewards at a county show. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z My dad lit another cigarette as he cut across the dark, snowy parking lot to the entrance at the emergency room. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We have a parking lot’s length of time left with each other. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He feared anyone in uniform: the meter maid giving out parking tickets, a museum guard approaching to tell him not to get too close to his favorite Goya. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The church was dark, the parking lot deserted. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “A school parking lot isn’t the time or place to talk about these things,” Mami says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z "All right," he said, backing out of the parking space too fast. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Her best bet if the council turned her down was to find a parking lot someplace where the boys could play, or else to cancel practices altogether. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Then she stands, drops my red coat into Jack’s lap, and says, “Connor, why don’t we bring the car around, so Maisie doesn’t have to go through the entire parking lot?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z At the foot of the hotel was the parking lot. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He drove straight ahead when he left the parking lot and rammed the car into the embankment on the other side of the road. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I slapped every parking meter with my palm, as we biked past Front Beach. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z A Fugees forward struggled free of traffic to take a shot that flew a good twenty feet over the crossbar and into the parking lot behind the field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z They hide behind the teachers’ cars in the parking lot to avoid the security guard and then go through the hole in the fence to the Dunkin’ Donuts down the street. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A man tips him for guiding him backward out of a parking spot. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z After parking the department’s speedy beefed-up hovercar on the roof of the San Francisco Hall of Justice on Lombard Street, bounty hunter Rick Deckard, briefcase in hand, descended to Harry Bryant’s office. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z It was hot in the Tag and Bag parking lot. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I'm hoping that your view isn't of a parking lot or the side of a building. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z We were in the parking lot behind May Company, standing beside the car. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z "I'm just saying we could have found a spot on the street," she said as she pressed the elevator button in the parking garage. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Duke safely lands the chopper in the parking lot and shuts down its engines. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Ansley Matthews, forsaken by Jim Don who had slipped out to the parking lot to drink, asked Ben to dance twice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I found another four-leaf clover and a penny in a parking lot, and one time we drove across the state line into Tennessee, which is good for wishing if you clap three times first. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The parking lot was crowded with pickup trucks, and inside it was busy with meaty people in baseball caps. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z We stored them in the musty shed across the parking lot from Scanlan, stacked atop one another from September through May, nesting grounds for spiders and the occasional rat or garter snake. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He was hit by a red van turning into the parking lot of the 7-Eleven he was ripping by at the time. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “No, but there were plenty of places someone could have been hiding in the parking lot.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I should be happy—a parking lot means a driveway means a road. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z There’s no parking area around Levy' Pants, the neighborhood’s living median or something is too low to support a big market, and on and on again. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When I drive into the school parking lot this morning, she’s there, next to her car, putting lipstick on, waiting for the rest of her stupid little gang. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z By the time we pull into the bar parking lot, it’s 10:42. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z When I opened my eyes and looked down, I saw the boy from the gas station riding his skateboard, pushing himself up the slight incline to our parking lot where the gravel changed to asphalt. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The business suit guy was walking with us across the parking lot. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The rain was just a mist as I walked to the parking lot, but I was happier when I was in the dry cab. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I walk through the parking lot like usual, and somebody jump out from between the cars. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Toward the end of his senior year at Permian he had had an accident in the school parking lot when he drove his motorcycle while drunk and skidded. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a pony ride, a wooden train that bustled around the parking lot, a few bedraggled parrots, and a surly spider monkey. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I glanced over at the senior parking lot. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z As I pulled into the minimall parking lot, I noticed that blue painters’ tape had been used to seal our hole in the board. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I pull into the parking lot on Tuesday, and Nora hops out—but when I don’t follow, she pokes her head back inside. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Right by the front door, right next to the stupid front door, in the best parking spot in the whole paper mill, my father’s car was parked. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z At sixteen, most kids would stress about parallel parking tests, getting a driver’s license, and affording a car. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Grandpa Nyles drove slowly through the parking lot, a slight frown on his face. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z But I'm not here to ask questions, so I put my coat on and walk out to the parking lot, where Tiny Cooper is sharing one of those hand-shake-followed-by-one-armed-hug things with none other than Clint. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z “What are we even arguing over? We make out behind the Dumpster and in an old parking lot. That doesn’t really seem like anything worth arguing for.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z After being stuck inside the stuffy hospital all day, it seems beautiful, even the muddy gray parking lot. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z As we walked across the parking lot, Daisy handed me a thick book, Fiske Guide to Colleges. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The front parking lot was full to bursting. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z By Tuesday afternoon the line snaked almost the length of the parking lot and 366 fans were in it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I got to the Brown Cow and, sure ’nuff, there was a ole beat-up car in the parking lot and Robert sitting in the front seat. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Hilda glances around the parking lot as if looking for something to throw at the two of us. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But the more she played soccer in the parking lots around Clarkston and the more she learned about the kids there, the more she felt a nagging urge to do something. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I parked the car a ways back, half hidden by the trees, and began to walk toward the lone black van in the parking lot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Through the window, I watch her cross the parking lot to her van. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like my favorite parking spot in the desert. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Grandpa Nyles pulled into the parking area near the log buildings. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “I should, um...go get the props from the SUV. Skid and Aaron are waiting for me in the parking lot.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Appliance store, hardware store, parking lot, grocery store. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Darren slows down and looks for a place to pull over so they can go by, but there are no parking places. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z When the truck comes lumbering toward the parking lot, Bob scampers over to inform us. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z "I am Mrs. Olinski. I am one of those people who gets to use all those good parking spaces at the mall." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The children could look back and see their own car, green and lonely, in the middle of the parking lot. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The Saloon and Steakhouse is the first wooden building you see when you enter Stagecoach Pass after parking in the giant dirt lot, which is only a quarter full on the busiest days. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t you worry. We’re going to make a lot more than ninety bucks apiece,” X-Ray assured him as they drove out of the parking lot. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z We stood in the parking lot, listening to kids laughing on the playground. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z It was Sunday and nothing moved in the parking lot, the same few cars stood empty. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no one else in the parking lot. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z We went to a party where I introduced Chloe to people from my school, or we baked snickerdoodles, or we just hung in a parking lot. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It landed in dirt beyond the centerfielder’s leap and rolled onto the parking lot, a white pureness against the black macadam. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The bus bounced over a speed bump and pulled into the school parking lot. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z That very afternoon, while Adria and I were moping in the church parking lot, my mom called some brokers and arranged to see a few plots of land for sale nearby. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I was covering Wimbledon, the world’s premier tennis competition and one of the few events I go to where the crowd never boos and no one is drunk in the parking lot. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The O is a four-lane road, plus parking on both sides, which leaves a good amount of space between the Stingers and us, but we can see each other across the way. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Maribel and I ducked under the lowered parking gates and walked across the empty lot, our sneakers making prints in the snow, our breath heavy in the air. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I walked down Front Street and cut through the back parking lot of the county courthouse. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z In the parking lot, she saw the same shopgirl who had been smoking before. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Parker pulled into a gas station parking lot but kept the car running. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I’ve walked past this stone many times over the past three years, but not once with the parking lot this full. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z |
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