| 单词 | peach |
| 例句 | She’ll tell Sister Grant to give me the corner edge of the peach cobbler, too. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z A special prize was given every year to Miss Katherine Bar- low for her fabulous spiced peaches. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “I’ll be back in a jiffy,” she said, and then she walked calmly over to the edge of the peach and jumped off, paying out the thread behind her as she fell. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z A boy with a tired horse climbed onto its back to reach an especially red peach that called him. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z And they all went over to the tunnel entrance and began scooping out great chunks of juicy, golden-colored peach flesh. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker began walking slowly around the peach, inspecting it very cautiously from all sides. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “If your father died, they gave you a peach pit and put you in a circle of all the men. The man you gave the pit to would be your new daddy.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There was hot bread and fresh-churned butter, a thick beef soup, capon and carrots, and peaches in honey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It’s peach, the same color as my dress, and so sweet, it makes me sick, but I keep shoveling it into my mouth anyway. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They brought with them a load of produce, peaches and cabbages and turnips, for Hamilton to sell in town. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z There was a tidy bathroom decorated with peach seashells, a bedroom with a four-poster bed that I suspected belonged to Viviana, and two rooms at the end of the hall. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z We had supper at five—homemade bread, butter, milk, red beans, spinach and a peach. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore a peach shirt under a baggy indigo sweater, black drainpipes, one of those studded belts that sags loose off your hips, and winkle-pickers with white tube socks, like everyone's wearing recently. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But the year turned to spring and the willows grew faintly green and the peach trees budded pink, and Wang Lung had not yet found the one he sought for his son. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I finished the rest of the peaches—slicing them and filling the Dutch oven. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z At this moment, the scene inside the peach itself was one of indescribable chaos. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “That’s what I said. The lady who used to watch my siblings and me after school made this peach cobbler one day, and after I took that first bite, I couldn’t stay quiet anymore!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z No one else even tried to make spiced peaches, because they knew none could be as delicious as hers. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z It’s cheerful—yellow and blue and peach and pink calico, with off-white triangles in the middle of each square. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It was in the spring, a very chilly spring, that Aunt Jimmy died of peach cobbler. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally the old man reached up, plucked a peach from the tree, and handed it to one of the people in the crowd. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Maybe she’ll find “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and write down the stanza that comes before the peach one. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z This freed the peach, which at once began sailing away from that terrible cloud. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z They gather these pieces in peach baskets that they pass from hand to hand, not minding their torn gloves, torn skin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He’s been able to keep nothing in his stomach since the peaches. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z One of his paintings, which he makes toward the end of March, is of two pink peach trees, one behind the other. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I hadn’t spoken to him since I gave him the peach pit, and well, actually, I hadn’t spoken to him then, either. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd parted and watched in hushed silence as the trembling servant carried the peach as if leading a procession. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Got a kitchen, orchard, cherries, apples, peaches, ‘cots, nuts, got a few berries. They’s a place for alfalfa and plenty water to flood it. They’s a pig pen—” “An’ rabbits, George.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead he rose from the kitchen table, went to the cupboard where the canned goods were kept, and removed a quart can of peaches. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly the great peach began losing height, and the buildings and streets down below began coming closer and closer. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z With a slight splash, Matthew began scooping quartered slices of peaches into his mouth with such a zealous sucking and slurping that even his father paused to witness the divertissement. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And that's where we wanted to be sneaking peaches from that man's tree, throwing the rotten ones at your uncle! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I pulled out from a dusty corner my personal jar of peaches in syrup. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Then he lifts up his eye patch, revealing a nasty hole that has been plugged with a peach pit. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The Hobo Ghosts and Wino Ghosts took peaches off our trees and drank from the hose when nobody answered their knocks. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At home in St. Louis even the man at the grocery store remembered the day a very young Liyana poked a ripe peach too hard and her finger went inside it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He agreed to fix the leaky roof in ex-change for six jars of spiced peaches. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Barefoot atop the peach- colored mound, their faces smeared with dirt, they quickly scoop the sawdust into rusty tin cans and dump it into big white plastic bags. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I began to make something up, but he bit into a peach and waved his hand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z James Henry Trotter and his companions crouched close together on top of the peach as the night began closing in around them. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, your mother and that peach monstrosity,” she said, reaching across the table and bending the picture in my hand toward her so that she could shake her head at it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I watched his shadow slide over the dirt and weeds and thought he had come to punish me for stabbing a peach. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And stuff like that, through the meat loaf and green beans and canned peaches. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Not when he pulled the curtain and drew the sorceress up from the plank, not when the seed corn he’d piled on her stomach like peaches spilled off. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “A peach! Right up there on the highest branch! Can’t you see it?” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The teapot and the rice pot seemed bottomless, but perhaps not; the old couple ate very little except for peaches. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are plenty of peaches for all,” Dragon said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I looked down at the peach dress I was wearing. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I'd order the skirt steak with a medley of suffocated peaches, but I'm put off by the aspirin sauce. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He stares steadily at me as the juice from the peach he crushed in his hand runs through his fingers. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed my school backpack, dumped out the books, and put in some clothes and Mr. Sheep Sheep, and my Micro Machines, and the peach pits. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The peach was still going at a tremendous speed with no sign of slowing down, and about a mile farther on it came to a village. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z While she was turned away, examining an old peach basket I’d put in the throwaway pile, I sucked in my breath. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Their window overlooked our courtyard, the concrete floor painted peach, where our mother cooked meals when the weather allowed. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z So I reached up and picked one of those peaches, and I laid myself down on the grass and bit into it, and...and there I was. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The wagon slowed to a creaking halt before us, all wind-shorn wood and rusty nails, its bed heaped with green squashes and baskets of peaches. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The beggar is using the vendor’s peaches for his tree I Minli laughed to herself as she glanced at him through the fruit- eating crowd. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z A strong current and a high wind had carried the peach so quickly away from the shore that already the land was out of sight. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The grocer down the street, hoping for a summer of sweet peaches. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z One second later...slowly, insidiously, oh most gently, the great peach started to lean forward and steal into motion. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z But as she was slightly tired of peaches, Minli saw what no one else did. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z There was a tiny refrigerator with food in it, and some canned stuff—peas, beans, peaches, things like that. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “Please,” he begged the peach vendor, “I’m so thirsty. One small peach, your smallest?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The sky was the color of the blush on peaches, and insect language whirred in the sweet meadow grass. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Well, the enemy’s right in front of me. He’s dug in just across that road. He’s all over that peach orchard.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The ropes that the Cloud-Men had been using for lowering the rainbow got tangled up with the silk strings that went up from the peach to the seagulls! James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z They all ran over to the side of the peach and peered down at the water below. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Out of the sleeves came strong bony wrists and hands gnarled and knotted and hard as peach branches. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I had patience, and the thought of the peaches turning into preserves over two days seemed magical. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z And as for the enormous peach stone—it was set up permanently in a place of honor in Central Park and became a famous monument. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I took the thirty-eight dollars I’d earned selling peaches and stuffed it into the bag with my seven best pairs of panties, the ones that had the days of the week printed across the backside. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And so the official was taken away and the emperor finally received his peach. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The baby was the size of a peach. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z They ate peaches and cream over biscuits for dessert and drank coffee. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Familiar later Chinese crops include soybeans, hemp, citrus fruit, tea, apricots, peaches, and pears. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I think I could give him a few tips from my own professional experience: his peach halves could be glossier, for instance. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I think you must be mistaken, my dear Spiker. That miserable tree never has any peaches on it.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to lift this peach clear out of the water!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z By the time Bertha brought out dessert, everybody was rubbing their stomachs and saying how they couldn’t possibly eat another bite, except, well, maybe just a little of that peach cobbler. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The door opened, and an old man and an old woman came out carrying bowls of rice and soup and a leafy branch of peaches. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A warm scoop of peach cobbler floats around in my stomach. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z When Minli finally reached the beggar, the tiny twig of the tree vanished underneath the pile of peach pits and the beggar was turning to leave. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z As he passed each gorgeous peony and peach blossom, every elegant chrysanthemum and lily, he heard horrified murmurs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There was a man with a peach tree down the road. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I dress, pull on my sneakers, take me a slice of bread from the loaf on the counter and a peach off the tree in the yard. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The sight of those peaches causes a warm feeling to spread through my middle. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “They certainly didn’t do much damage to the peach.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z "But if I have eaten from the peach of longevity, how can I be killed?" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She put six eggs into a cardboard container and placed it in a peach basket. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “I can eat this whole can of peaches in less than sixty seconds,” he announced. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma says, “That hasn’t been used since the 1960s. I was a girl. They used to pack it with jars of peaches and pickles. Pumpkins and squashes. Bags of carrots and turnips.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z As she weaved her way to him, the last peach was picked from the tree and the leaves and branches began to disappear. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s more the color of peach ice cream. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z The peach was also just below the level of the cloud, and it was heading directly toward the rainbow, traveling rather fast. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Bigger and bigger grew the peach, bigger and bigger and bigger. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z So he was not surprised when it turned out to be excellent, with a fruity taste like eating a peach with the skin on, though naturally the skin was not so nice as the mouse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Wouldn't share them with any of us but told us where the peach tree was. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Nora’s mouth is warm and tastes horrifying, like peach schnapps, and she bites his lip and messes up his hair for good measure. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The peach saplings he had helped his uncle plant. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z To step into a local market was to miss the savor of the peaches, figs, and winter chestnuts of Bursa. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the garden they’ve planted a peach tree, a pear tree, an asparagus bed, rows and rows of vegetables. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z After breakfast she packed a basket: chicken, peach pickles, fresh tomatoes, butterbeans in a jar, the leftover biscuits, and half a pecan pie. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And now the peach had broken out of the garden and was over the edge of the hill, rolling and bouncing down the steep slope at a terrific pace. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Soon there were no less than seven large fantastic faces peering down over the side of the peach—the Centipede’s, the Old-Green-Grasshopper’s, Miss Spider’s, the Earthworm’s, the Ladybug’s, the Silkworm’s, and the Glow-worm’s. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “Well, right now you can buy fruit and all kinds of vegetables for two bits a lug. And in the winter you know what we pay for canned peaches and canned string beans.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He took out two pence and with these he bought six small green peaches. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Tendrils of bright red hair framed her face, a spray of freckles powdered her nose, and she was as plump as a perfectly ripened peach. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I would read all day long and eat peaches. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z And suddenly—there was the giant peach, caught and spiked upon the very pinnacle of the Empire State Building. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The eastern sky was peach colored, but a handful of lazy stars still blinked in the west. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The golden skin of the peach had been torn open, and where a chunk of flesh was now missing, a sweet, sticky juice was dripping like crystal beads gliding off a string. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The river lay in this direction; near its bank stood a grove of fruit trees—peach, pear, cherry, and apple. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z As the sweet scent of the flowers filled the air, Minli realized the stick had become a peach tree. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Because listen. If there’s only one can of peaches left, only one person gets to have it, right? So why should everyone know? They’d just end up fighting over it. What good would that be?” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Even the peach vendor, his stand forgotten, stood under the tree with his eyes closed contentedly and peach juice dribbling out of his mouth. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z In the dirt next to the black bricks, he dug a small hole and planted his peach pit. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Faster and faster flew the seagulls, skimming across the sky at a tremendous pace, with the peach trailing out behind them. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z My daddy—who I called T. Ray because “Daddy” never fit him— had pulled her out of the peach orchard, where she’d worked as one of his pickers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s October first and here I am peeling peaches. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She’s in her peach robe, cradling the phone to her chest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The children jumped up onto the truck and swarmed like ants all over the giant peach, eating and eating to their hearts’ content. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z For breakfast, I devour the other PB&J from my backpack along with a can of peaches from Phil’s stash. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z But the peach rushed on across the countryside—on and on and on, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I ate hot biscuits with butter and peach preserve, drank some of his coffee, and had a little cold ham. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Dinner was pretzels and peanut butter with a side of canned peaches. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Her high bun looks like a split peach on account of the color. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Stannis saw, and reached at once for the hilt of his sword, but before he could draw steel his brother produced ... a peach. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One day Robert climbed over that fence, filled a bucket with peaches. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Isabella’s T-shirt is a swirl of peach and rose with a hint of pale blue. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Well, what about that peach pie you did that time?” she says, pouring a glass of milk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We crouched by the fruit jars, our cheeks bulging, peach juice streaming from our chins. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “Other family or friends ? ” “Well,” the boy said, tossed a peach to the buffalo, and then hesitated. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z We picked fruit off a peach tree nearby and listened to our parents talk about business. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The television lights beamed down on his crown of hair, which was tinted the color of peach pits. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z She took a deep breath and the air brought her the sweet scent of peaches that were drying in the courtyard to be used in preserves. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a chicken—a great treat for us in those days—stuffed with oysters, boiled potatoes, corn pudding, some of Momma’s canned beans, rolls, and a hot peach cobbler. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good-by, Ladybug!” gasped James, clinging to the stem of the falling peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z There were peach and persimmon trees there, and slender, tall cedars, and a beautiful new home with three rock gardens. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I knew Mrs. Watson from church, from all the times she stopped to buy peaches from me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The giant peach, with the sunlight glinting on its side, was like a massive golden ball sailing upon a silver sea. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I accuse him, “You told us you were gone on a postcard with a peach pun.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In my pocket I had three peach pits from the orchards of Mentana, and four Micro Machine cars to jump over them as if they were boulders. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Not far away, in the middle of the garden, he could see the giant peach towering over everything else. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I go outside, pick me a couple wormy peaches, and sit on the stoop, eating at them, spitting out the wormy places. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t eat in here. Throw that out,” he said, pointing at the peach like it was contaminated. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The perfume of the peaches makes a bright ruddy cloud. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Even the kick we got out of having our own pecan tree or gathering peaches and lemons from Mr. Lucas’s trees waned after a short while. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Lots of stuff. Rum, cranberry juice, coconut milk, triple sec, peach brandy, creme de menthe, I don’t know what all. Taste it, it’s good.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z If you have ever seen a small dog trying to get its teeth into an enormous ball, then you will be able to imagine roughly how it was with the sharks and the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Soon, there was a trail of children a mile long chasing after the peach as it proceeded slowly up Fifth Avenue. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “The baishakunin took me to see it—peach trees, persimmons, weeping willows, rock gardens. None of that turns out to be true.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And James Henry Trotter, holding on madly to one of the silk strings above the peach stem, told himself that this must surely be the end of everything at last. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z But they were spoiling, rotting from the outside in, like a pair of peaches in the sun. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls of the long room were painted a rosy peach. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Without books in the peach stand, I often passed the time making up poems, but that slow afternoon I didn’t have the patience for rhyming words. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "You have stolen some extra years of life, but you are not invincible! That bite of peach may protect you from sickness and age, but you can still be killed." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The air was stale and still, suffused with the scent of rotten peaches, horse excrement, and partially combusted Illinois anthracite. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Or there might be grapes, left over from the winemaking, or peaches for days on end. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “You smell like peaches or something,” I said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “The peach is leaking!” shouted the Old-Green-Grasshopper, peering over the side. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z No surfing at the beach or shaking peaches or plums from fruit trees in the backyard. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The navigator comes to him with his peach pit. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z If she wanted, she could go to the kitchen and pick a piece of fruit from the bowl piled high with apples and pears, peaches and plums. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z They were peach trees, budded most delicately pink, and willow trees thrusting forth tender green leaves. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He did not chew the peaches, rather, he swallowed them whole as though they were live goldfish with bone and viscera intact. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Madam’s list of required delicacies was endless: gingerbread, pies of brandied peaches and preserved cherries and mincemeat, macaroons, blancmange, Jordan almonds, sugar candy, as many kinds of cake as there were fingers on both hands. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It had started out well, with much laughing and shouting, and for the first few seconds, as the peach had begun to roll slowly forward, nobody had minded being tumbled about a little bit. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it was a pear or a peach or something like that, but usually it was an apple or a banana, and you had to choose. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z His fight with the Hunters had left him with mottled grey and pink scar tissue on his arms and face, so he looked like a bruised peach in the process of rotting. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Like the bottom of a peach,” she said. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I can see in my mind’s eye his black arms thrown back behind his head, the muscles like great big peach stones sanded down, with veins running like little swollen rivers down his arms. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z His other eye has no eye patch, and the peach pit has been replaced by a diamond that glitters in the midday sun. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She reached behind the pantry curtains and began to rearrange the jars of peaches and apricots on the shelves, and he knew she was finished talking to him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They’d sing about far-off places and about days gone by, about silly things like peach cobbler and the devil trying to steal their soul. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z With dignity, Matthew opened the can of peaches and sat poised with a huge spoon he had selected from Lillian’s silver service. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She went back to cutting the peaches and pears into smaller and smaller pieces. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Then the watchers on the peach saw one of the Cloud-Men raising his long wispy arms above his head and they heard him shouting, “All right, boys! That’s enough! Get the shovels!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He lit his pipe, and the scent of tobacco and dried peaches started to cover the smell of spice and wood from the cabin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Doreen lounged on my bed in a peach silk dressing gown, filing her long, nicotine-yellow nails with an emery board, while I typed up the draft of an interview with a best-selling novelist. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I paid very low prices for peaches, carrots, and beets. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because, Cooter, their poison gets into your blood too quick. Within hours you commence swelling till your skin looks soft and rotten as a ripe peach left in the noonday sun!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z They called at Fair Isle and Lannisport and a score of smaller ports before reaching the Arbor, where the peaches were always huge and sweet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The mattress was thin and clean, and it smelled of sage and cinnamon mixed with Doc’s peach tobacco. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Two crops a year are not uncommon; in terms of yield per acre, peach palms are typically much more productive than rice, beans, or maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The evening sky was awash with peach, apricot, cream: tender little ice-cream clouds in a wide orange sky. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The house smelled fruity and she remembered how the peach had nauseated her the last time she was there. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z At this point James slowly put down his chopper and turned and looked across at the two women, who were standing underneath the peach tree. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z She just let the peaches fall from her apron into the sink. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Her round head, the shape of a summer peach, rolled and she was missing half of her face. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z All, including the emperor, sank to the floor in deference, and one of the queen’s companions had to nudge a servant to rise in order to take the peach. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Round and round and upside down went the peach as it plummeted toward the earth, and they were all clinging desperately to the stem to save themselves from being flung into space. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z My mother passed him another bowl of her canned peaches. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z In fact, as if under a spell, the whole crowd stood and watched him swallow the fruit until he held a peach pit in his hand. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Henry Dobbins, who was a big man, carried extra rations; he was especially fond of canned peaches in heavy syrup over pound cake. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like a long time before the seagulls were able to pull the peach away from that horrible rainbow-cloud. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z There were carrots and broccoli, iceberg lettuce, apples, pears, and peaches. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He thought of another dot, which was only peach orchards and an old church, where Tom and thousands of others had died—a dot that seemed a hateful place to him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Jon has given up his eye- damaging geometrical shapes and is painting pictures that look like commercial illustrations: huge Popsicles, giant salt and pepper shakers, peach halves in syrup, paper dishes overflowing with french fries. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z One by one, the travelers came out again onto the top of the peach and gazed carefully around. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Using a different method, Jorge Mora-Urpi, one of Clement’s collaborators, concluded that Indians might have bred the modern peach palm by hybridizing palms from several areas, including the Peruvian Amazon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He bowed to her gratefully and eagerly ate the peach. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z But even as he spoke, one of those thin black fins suddenly changed direction and came cutting swiftly through the water right up to the side of the peach itself. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z And to the travelers up on top, it certainly seemed as though the peach were sinking lower and lower into the water. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Baylor went out to the yard and then backed through the door with a mound of peaches in her apron a while later. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z My bed was against the west window, and I watched the seasons change the peach tree. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would it be something we could eat, a fruit of some kind? It looked like the pictures of peaches on cans, except for the color.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Canned peaches were sky high, eight frogs for a No. 2 can. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened the cans, and they had a feast: creamed corn with their stew, and peaches for dessert. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Padva insists on making her a less formal version of the ivory-and-black gown in peach and cream, finishing a sketch in a matter of minutes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Sometimes it was a pear or a peach or something like that, but usually it was an apple or a banana, and you had to choose. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She thought it was from eating too much food; it was the season of golden peaches, apricots, and young com cooked with basil in clay casseroles. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t forget the peach is a lot lighter now than when we started out,” James told them. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z So we were going to make peach preserves. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Every day of the week, hundreds and hundreds of children from far and near came pouring into the City to see the marvelous peach stone in the Park. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He rode to a rail fence, stared down a slope, saw a battery a long way off, down in flat ground beyond the peach orchard. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Fried chicken, potato salad, ham sandwiches, chocolate cupcakes, even a jumbo can of peaches in heavy syrup. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There was high ground at the peach orchard. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hope springs eternal in the human breast,” she said, punctuating each word with her forked peach. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z It was a woman, large but well contained within the gown of cobalt and peach that marked her as one of the servants of the royal household. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z All except a sack of peaches had been marketed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He set the can of peaches on the table in front of him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He waited until peaches were rich and plump before serving them to the girls, knowing that then they might actually compete with candy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “The last time I was here you offered me a peach. My visit was about my son then too.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When peach juice began to flow from his nose and when Matthew had gagged twice, Lillian quietly excused herself from the table. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Rubbing her temples with her peach fingernails, she shakes her head. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I took everything out, and, stretching out among the fallen peaches, I rested them across my abdomen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Like strawberries, peach palm throws out adventitious shoots. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I see platforms crowded with people wearing drab Western clothes, with spots of bright colors: little children wearing pink and yellow, red and peach. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I do believe I may have some canned peaches somewhere down here as well. Follow me.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Tidbit climbed high into the branches of the first peach tree he came to. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled one of the boxes down and clawed it open and held up a can of peaches. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z You know, you know, how can you smile like that, and be sobbing and sobbing all over the peaches and pears? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was especially beautiful in the spring, when the peach trees, which lined the shore, bloomed with pink and rose-colored blossoms. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Bep has offered to get us some fruit, at so-called bargain prices: grapes 2.50 guilders a pound, gooseberries 70 cents a pound, one peach 50 cents, melons 75 cents a pound. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Fried chicken and boiled ham, baked sweet potatoes, peach pickles, big buttermilk biscuits, cookies, cakes, apples, boiled eggs, I don’t know what all. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But just as the peach was almost within arm's distance of the emperor, someone broke through the mesmerized crowd and grabbed it! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “If the peach is leaking then we shall surely sink!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Lucas was sure to bring us bags of unshelled pecans covered in sugar and salt, and maybe a few ripe peaches. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She opened a box and held up a glowing ball—no, not a baby sun but a magic peach, the peach of everlasting life! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood there a couple of minutes, trying to think up some kind of scheme, then opened my bag, dug into my peach money, and took out a couple of dimes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "How dare you take a bite of my peach!" the emperor roared. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She had found the delicate charms online, a tiny gold M and a tiny gold peach, and used the money from her old clothing boutique job to pay for them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z So what if there were rotting peaches in the fridge and dirty dishes in the sink? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There was the all-night ache in my stomach after I had climbed a neighbor’s tree and eaten stolen, unripe peaches. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo’s nose was assaulted by good smells—cedar, juniper, jasmine, peaches, and fresh herbs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They had for food a single tin of peaches but he made the boy eat it and he would not take any. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I didn’t even think of our peach tree. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z When she woke up, three round faces peered above her like plump peaches. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Finally I walked to the window and gazed out at the peach trees stretching halfway to North Carolina, the way they held up their leafy arms in gestures of pure beseeching. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would it be too much to ask you to get out to the peach stand and do some work? You’re not Queen for a Day, you know.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “And don’t stick that nail into my peaches again.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he noticed that there was a small door cut into the face of the peach stone. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Before long, everyone’s mouths were full of soft, sweet peach flesh and groans of delight. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z But as soon as the peach rolled out of the garden and began to go down the steep hill, rushing and plunging and bounding madly downward, then the whole thing became a nightmare. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Hushpuppy barked crazily at the bottom of the tree, chasing the peaches and even eating some of them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun had set, but the western sky was the color of peach skin, while the sky over the ocean was a clear lapis blue. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He looked to have swallowed a peach pit. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And then, just as Ma’s dishing up a peach cobbler that we’re going to eat hot with milk, I hear a sound outside that makes my bones feel like icicles inside me. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z When I get home tonight, I’m eating fried okra for supper and peach cobbler for dessert. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Then she slips on a peach satin negligee, another token from his father, and examines her face in the dressing-table mirror. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But I promised the truth, and the truth is Ali Shekari never hit anyone, but he stole peaches, and that was enough for me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It was after 6:00 P.M. when I wandered back to the house from the peach stand, having sold nothing, not one peach, and found Rosaleen in the living room. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Heaven was crystal lit with white angel Fire, colored peach at the edges. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Feasting on juicy peaches, Minli and the dragon walked through the woods for many days. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z But instead of gently handing it down, he laughed and threw the peaches like weapons, smashing the soft fruit against their heads. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z That first peach slithers down his throat like rapture. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We did take our peach tree for granted. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I looked down at the peach juice in my empty compote. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I climb to my feet, clutching the jar of peaches. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The crowd had finished their peaches and the ground was littered with peach pits. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Jason suddenly looked as though his brownie with peach preserves didn’t taste so good. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I just sat out there and thought about how much I hated the peach stand, how completely and absolutely I hated it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After my morning of capturing bees, I spent the afternoon in the peach stand out on the highway, selling T. Ray’s peaches. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But when Miss Celia told me to take a dozen peaches home I pulled out a sack and plopped twelve right in. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They also feasted on ham and sausages, canned milk, biscuits, coffee, pickles, parsnips, and peaches. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z There were more sharks than ever now around the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z "You are so poor you had to steal a bite of a long-life peach," the voice said in scorn. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Mr. Gideon slides a jar of peaches across the table at me, and I pick up the Ball jar and twist off the two-piece lid. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He gave it about fifty yards and then tied the string to the stem of the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z This very morning, she announces, she has managed to procure what might be the last two crates of peaches in France. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes the cart would be a tank, as he passed cautiously through rows of armed cling peaches and silent sentinels that looked like boxes of Frosted Flakes. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a sudden, terror-stricken thought he might that second drag me out to his truck and hightail it straight back to the peach farm, where I would never be heard from again. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys looked as elegant as Salvador and Lucky, and the girls wore beautiful long dresses of peach, turquoise, yellow, pink, violet, blue, green, and white. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z And her fingers felt like a dead person’s, like an old peach I once found in the back of the refrigerator; the skin just slid off the meat when 1 picked it up. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Pilate sucked a peach stone and her face was dark and still with the memory of how she was “cut off” so early from other people. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z "Please set out the peach dress for Lady Camellia." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And after he ran off, the Moon Lady wasted not one moment to find the peach and eat it! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And if the authorities caught you returning from transportation—if an old enemy, or an old friend with a score to settle, saw you and peached on you—then you were hanged without a blink. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Boys are getting peach fuzz on upper lips. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When the two monks finished cleaning the machine gun, Henry Dobbins began reassembling it, wiping off the excess oil, then he handed each of them a can of peaches and a chocolate bar. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greek would be lazily unpacking a case of peaches or melons, or perhaps looking at the funny paper in the kitchen behind the store where he cooked. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Them peaches from Mexico. Peaches ain’t in season around here yet.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Pilate comforted Ruth, gave her a peach, which Ruth could not eat because the fuzz made her sick. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Traveling upon the peach was not in the least like traveling in an airplane. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I took a bite of the peach, slurping back the juice. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z At this point, the Old-Green-Grasshopper poked his huge green head over the side of the peach, alongside the Centipede’s. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z And the seagulls kept coming, and James caught them one after the other and tethered them to the peach stem. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z There he sat on a chair in the shade, his eyes on an old man wearing a sweater who was watering a peach tree. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z But her son did not miss a stroke as he shoveled the peaches from the can to his mouth with extraordinary speed and endurance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We soon had almost all the peaches peeled and sliced. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “I’m sure I shall. Get on with your peach and don’t talk with your mouth full. I’ve got a lot of letters to write after dinner.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I wanted a piece of bread with warm peach jam. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z However, while the light of the stars on the Queen Mother's crown was brighter than all the lanterns combined, it was the peach she held in her hands that everyone stared at. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And it was precisely onto the top of this needle that the peach fell! James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The leaves were soon torn from the date tree on the threshold and from the willow trees and the peach trees near the fields. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z In my dream I was back on the peach farm, sitting out behind the tractor shed, and even though it was broad daylight, I could see a huge, round moon in the sky. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “How do you get any work done? His butt looks like a peach.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Liars and fools,” she said, rearranging the Mason jars full of peaches on the shelf, pushing them hard against each other until he thought the glass might break. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The peach flesh was sweet and juicy, and marvelously refreshing. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z She flings the remains of the Georgia peach orchard toward the trash. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We took the fine saddlebags off the horse and filled them with salves and herbs, blue grass for washing my hair, extra sweaters, dried peaches. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave him two more jars of peaches and Sam fixed the windows. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “I know what this is! I’ve come to the stone in the middle of the peach!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I spent my summers bottling peaches and my winters rotating supplies. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Good morning,” she said, her smile unusually bright as she handed me a peach basket. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She was cutting up canned peaches and pears to go in three chilled Jell-O salads. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Prizes were awarded for the best peach pie and peach jam. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Panic and pandemonium broke out immediately on top of the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “Then we will let the peaches cool and repeat the process five times over two days. It's something that takes patience.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Pudding's ice cream with tinned pears or ice cream with tinned peaches. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He thought it might have been some kind of fruit at some time, perhaps peaches. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The sun was only beginning to go down past the horizon when they saw the edge of the peach forest. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The mothers asked each other where they could get carrots and broccoli, iceberg lettuce, apples, peaches, or pears. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Miles away, at the Arables’ house, the men sat around the kitchen table eating a dish of canned peaches and talking over the events of the day. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He glanced over his shoulder, but the wall was a sickly peach color of Aunt Petunia’s choosing: There was nothing blue there for the mirror to reflect. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Miss Spider, who was literally squealing with excitement, grabbed the Centipede by the waist and the two of them started dancing around and around the peach stem together. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He announces, “Georgia has just voted to change its logo from a whole peach to a peach with a bite taken out of it.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Well it just so happened that a minister of immigration, a mullah, a boss man in the government, had taken an eager bite of a peach and broken his left front tooth on the stone. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z We eat a mishmash of our remaining food—canned peaches, crackers, and snails—leaving one can of salmon for Tigris as meager thanks for all she’s done. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The peach trees had all died, but there were a couple of small oak trees still growing by an old abandoned cabin. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z She is slicing peaches with a special fruit knife. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z But there Isa was, standing before her, looking so elegant and grown up in the peach gown, not looking a bit appalled by the idea of going to a fancy-pants dance. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It circled round and round the peach, flapping its great wings slowly in the moonlight and staring at the travelers. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z This was one of the last great summer peaches. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She couldn’t even carry a peach on her head! Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well, put a couple of potatoes in that bed of coals, and I’ll set out our plates and mugs. I think we’ll have some of Jenny’s peach preserves by way of celebration.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The others watched her grab a can of peaches from a shelf and wedge it into the doorway. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And what if they do go into the roots of the peach tree? James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He uncorked the bottle of Chablis, divided the peaches and the cheese and the bean curd. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She meant the peach pits and the cars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The branch that the peach was growing upon was beginning to bend over further and further because of the weight. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z On the floor she had two shopping bags full of canned peaches, real peaches, beans wrapped in taro leaves, cookies, Thermos bottles, enough food for everybody, though only her niece would eat with her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them promised to come; some offered their talismans—a branch from a peach tree, a Christian cross, a red paper with good words written on it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Another family—the Wayburns, who lived about two miles away and grew peaches—sat huddled in the bed of the truck. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z In a kind of furious daze, forgetting the eggs, I got a big old gray peach basket off the porch and dragged it down the path. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Oh,” the dragon said, “you must be hungry. Too bad we cannot get you some peaches.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z They all peered down anxiously at the sharks, who were cruising slowly round and round the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z To line things up in rows—jars on shelves at canning, peach pits on the step, sticks, stones, leaves—and the members of her family let these arrangements be. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee walked forward across the road into the peach orchard, where Barksdale had streamed to his death the day before. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sweet peas and collards, green peppers and cukes lettuce and melon, berries and peaches and one day when I'm able, my grandfather says, I'm gonna figure out how to grow myself a pecan tree. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z On the end table is ajar of peaches and a simple note from Mr. Gideon: “Please enjoy this modest gift.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The next evening, I sat in the kitchen, admiring the jars of peach preserves, which were neatly lined up on the counter. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I don’t even realize I’m crying until Mom turns into a blurry pink and peach blob. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Summer was a fading memory, and it had been three years since Asha last enjoyed a peach. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Going down to the lodge with a basket on my arm, grapes and peaches for the old lady who was sick. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He had an orneriness year-round, but especially in the summer, when he worked his peach orchards daylight to dusk. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in my room on the peach farm, when the bees had first come out at night, I had imagined they were sent as a special plague for T. Ray. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I went next door and I made oatmeal and sliced peaches and buttered-up toast. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She could smell the fragrance wafting up from the wine: honey, peaches, flowers in midsummer, as intoxicating as first love. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And Mama knew that wasn't fair girls inside and boys going off to steal peaches! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I closed the fridge and spotted a bowl of peaches on the counter. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z More golden than the king’s dragon bracelet, sweeter than a peach from the Queen Mother’s garden, and more beautiful than a Goddess of Heaven! Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Gum Baby? What are you doing? We need to—Oh my sweet peaches.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Unlike maize or manioc, peach palm can thrive with no human attention. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Cold chicken, crisp pickles, butter biscuits, and peach pie were laid out on the table. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But all favor had disappeared with the bite of the peach. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Your sorry ain’t worth a shitload of peaches, Lily. I swear to God—” “I called because I was just wondering something.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was late in November and the peach trees had lost most of their leaves. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z After a while he saw a farmhouse and a man standing out in a field, in a peach orchard, and he spurred that way. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But they shot the top of his head off and ate his fine Georgia peaches. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment Carlyle ponders the gray suds in his bucket, then finally says, “It’s behind the peach pit, in the socket of his dead eye.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She gave Pinmei a smile, her face wrinkling like the pit of a peach. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z For dessert she made an apple or peach cobbler and sometimes pound cake. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z After supper, I helped her clear the table and then we went out on the porch to eat peaches with vanilla ice cream. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I sneaked out a quart jar of peaches, some cold corn bread, and a few onions, and started up the hollow back of our house. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the great brown head of the Centipede appeared over the side of the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z In the summer, there’ll be fresh peach strudel and blueberry tarts. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And while the emperor ate it with much delight, even he must have wondered how much sweeter the peach would have been if he had gotten the first bite. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Then he met this other woman whose name tasted like peaches, his favorite food, so he divorced the first one and married the second! A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z In the same room with the fingerprints they’re handing out pieces of paper; you’re supposed to taste them and say whether they taste bitter, like peach pits, or sour, like lemons. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The occasional peach pit or banana peel surfaced as we scooped. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But the fishnet was strong and well woven, and since the monkeys were too greedy to let go of the rice, Minli and the dragon entered the peach grove and continued through the forest. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z They crouched very still on top of the peach, staring at the Cloud-Men. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Maybe my memories are only worth a couple peach pits to you. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z And when they saw the great golden peach floating past them not fifty yards away in the sky, they gave a yelp of surprise and dropped their shovels to the ground. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Then he saw that his stew was done, the peach whip almost done, and he waved to it with his hand. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z A happy home meant having everyone under one roof, sitting around the table, eating a peach cobbler or pecan pie. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Minli heard him say, and she peeked up to see the king looking at her with the same amused expression he’d had as a beggar watching the people eat the peaches. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Lying there in the dark with the uncanny taste of a peach from some phantom orchard fading in his mouth. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z And far below, in the great hollow stone of the peach, the Glow-worm was lighting up the room so that the two spinners, the Silkworm and Miss Spider, could see what they were doing. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The emperor would not take the first bite of his peach. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Hamilton had a light peaches and cream complexion with violet-blue eyes and auburn-red hair, all of which came together to suggest an animated beam of light to Burr’s somewhat stationary shadow. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But up on the peach itself, everyone was still happy and excited. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z And then, as she ate the slice of peach, she began to cry. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I didn’t take much with me: a dozen jars of home-canned peaches, bedding, and a garbage bag full of clothes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “There’s fried chicken, baked beans, coleslaw, and peaches. Want me to make you a plate?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “I want you to pick that peach up there on the highest branch,” Aunt Sponge went on. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” he said slowly with a touch of regret in his voice, “that is very sweet of you to offer, but I have two cases of peaches left over from last year.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Why, the peach, of course! Our whole ship is made of food!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z And without waiting for an answer, she quickly produced a length of silk thread and attached the end of it to the peach stem. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z This makes it more or less impossible for it to get its teeth into a vast smooth curving surface such as the side of a peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He chased out the last bit of peach, the fork rattling against the empty jar. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I was terrified of what she’d say, because all this time, I had held on to that one memory like a peach pit in my pocket. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “It would take us weeks and weeks to make any sort of a dent in this enormous peach. Surely you can see that?” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z There were fresh peaches and plums and white bread with sweet cream butter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Quickly, the five hundred and second seagull was caught and harnessed to the peach stem... James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “They will eat up the whole peach and then there’ll be nothing left for us to stand on and they’ll start on us!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “If you care so much, buy him a peach.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The emperor, already licking his lips, waved his hand for the peach to be brought to him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z "Fruit and water and shade," Dany said, her cheeks sticky with peach juice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “If only you were my mom,” Thomas murmured, “life’d be a peach.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z During my visit I ate a sandwich atop a particularly inviting stone and looked through a stand of peach palms over the treetops to the water seven miles away. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There was a large front garden and a maize field bordered by rounded peach trees. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Nan closed her eyes, took a slow bite of peach, and got a far-off look. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z In church when she knelt, in the yard when she beat rugs, beneath the peach tree when she picked fruit, Desdemona’s feminine elaborations escaped the constraints of her drab, confining clothes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He could see the peach swelling larger and larger as clearly as if it were a balloon being blown up. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z She stepped off the elevator wearing a peach- colored pantsuit. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The peach was rushing closer and closer to it every second, and closer also to the towering white cliffs that came first. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I gave her a hug and could smell the shampoo in her hair, something like peaches. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Afraid that the man had tainted it somehow, ruined it, that she would bite into the soft cheek of a peach and fall away dead. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It was very quiet now on the top of the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel was damp and murky, and all around him there was the curious bittersweet smell of fresh peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The day before I’d gone to first grade, T. Ray had found me in the peach stand sticking a nail into one of his peaches. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything is bright: bright peach walls, bright blue furniture, bright sunlight streaming in through big bright windows. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They had autumn peaches picked from the trees and sliced in golden cream, mounds of wild honey, and apples that Nancy’s little boys had polished until they gleamed rosily against the white cloth. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I occupied myself with memorizing the room; the striped pattern of the couches, tan, peach, cream, dull gold, and tan again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z There was a bowl of tinned peaches and ice cream to follow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He guessed at the amounts and put the beef dinner and peach dessert on to boil, then went back to the lake and brought water to mix with the orange drink. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z They were just standing there, staring at the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll try a slice of peach,” she said, and gingerly picked out a slippery pink-orange furry slice with her long fingers. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “He’s just a runt. His peach fuzz ain’t even come in yet.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My favorite denim dress—with pockets big enough to hold my doll, a peach, and anything I found out in the marsh while I was running around—was ruined. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The old man looked at the soil that fed his peach tree. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She thought about the mayor, down in his room full of plunder, gorging on peaches and asparagus and wrapping his huge body in elegant new clothes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The sky was painted pale blue and pink—the same color as the lake and the peach trees along its shore. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The old man then turned back to his peach tree. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I wanted a room full of steam and the smell of lavender or peach. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Empty paint buckets, paint brushes, stepladders, stools, saucepans, frying-pans, rotten eggs, dead rats, bottles of hair-oil—anything those brutes could lay their hands on came raining down upon the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Apples, peaches, and plums grew abundantly on the plantation, as well as dozens of vegetables that Amari had never seen. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z On a wet Saturday night, before Aunt Jimmy felt strong enough to get out of the bed, Essie Foster brought her a peach cobbler. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She collected Jungle Red and Youth Blend safely, but Sunny Glow, which had tipped completely over and lost its protective disk, exploded in light peach puffs under the weight of the raindrops. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They were peach tinted, fading in and out, and the kitchen was completely silent. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You might like this kind,” Sairy said, retrieving a tub of freshly made peach ice cream. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z No one she knew had seen a can of peaches in years. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z If I hadn’t been eating peaches all the way to the city, Minli said to herself, I’d be the first one climbing the tree. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The vendor’s loud voice had attracted attention from passersby, and a small crowd began to form in front of the peach stand. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The Centipede rushed over to the stem of the peach and took the silk string in his teeth and bit through it with one snap of his jaws. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “I’m a bit worried about the peach,” James said to the others as soon as all the dancing and the shouting had stopped. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Tidbit shimmied to the ground, a peach in each hand, and looked at her strangely. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The giant peach rose up dripping out of the water and began climbing toward the heavens. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I was sweeping the kitchen floor when Jay came in lugging two peach baskets full of ripe vegetables and plunked them on the table. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It was said that Green Lake was "heaven on earth" and that Miss Katherine's spiced peaches were "food for the angels." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “This way, the skin will slide off and then you can slice the peaches off the pit.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Another man, but he was crazy, said that someday there’d be a way, maybe ice, maybe some other way, to get a peach like this here I got in my hand clear to Philadelphia. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I walked about outside to get my legs working, leaning on a staff I cut from the peach tree. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I shoved a whole slick slice of peach in my mouth. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Because I was pretty sure the Virgin Mary was not back there on the peach farm standing in for me the way she’d stood in for Beatrix. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Little bits of peaches or pineapple are mired within it, suspended in red jiggling transparency. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She threw a handful of kiwis and a few peaches into a paper bag and insisted I take them. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It simply bent over more and more as the peach got heavier and heavier. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The mood doesn’t lighten up until Mom brings out the peach cobbler that Lee Lee and I made. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And if any young knights in armor dared to come calling on their white chargers and plead with me to let down my hair, I would pelt them with peach pits until they went home. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Behind the peach, skidding about all over the place in the peach juice, came the Mayor’s limousine, and behind the Mayor’s limousine came about twenty other limousines carrying all the important people of the City. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Minli turned around and saw a wrinkled, poor man begging at a peach stand. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Every summer Miss Katherine would pick bushels of peaches and preserve them in jars with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and other spices which she kept secret. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z We ate peaches in brandy and peanut butter and caviar sandwiches. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z We had a small peach tree in a tiny patch on one side of the house and on the other side my grandmother had a driveway. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “The peach was so delicious, I wish for all of you to be able to taste it. If you would humor an old man and stay a little while, I’ll share my good fortune.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z One of them was a can of peaches. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I held up the peach pit I had been clutching in my hand. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s right!” they cried, running to the edge of the peach and peering over. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Soon, the tree was heavy with them and the air was full of the enchanting smell of ripe peaches. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Except this: Those lepers were out there for years while we were right here, just across the water. But we never sent peaches or figs or blankets. We never stepped foot out there, either.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Thursday afternoons were usually a big peach day, with women getting ready for Sunday cobblers, but not a soul stopped. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the 1980s and early 1990s Clement measured peach palms throughout the Amazon basin. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And now, as though at a signal from the leader, all the other sharks came swimming in toward the peach, and they clustered around it and began to attack it furiously. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Some mutant hermaphrodites lost their self-incompatibility and became able to fertilize themselves—a process exemplified by many fruit trees such as plums, peaches, apples, apricots, and cherries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Two women at a U-Pick farm stand offer her a bottle of water and a huge organic peach. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She hesitated for a moment on the front walk, poking at the peach tree, where the blossoms were shriveling and turning brown. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Amá even chose the worst color imaginable for my skin—peach. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Sweet peaches,” I said in a low whisper. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then again, if we were going to take cover on the mountain when the Feds came, I didn’t understand why we were canning all these peaches. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When he arrived, he’s not sure—can’t say he remembers the return journey—but there are all his most familiar things: impeccably neat entryway, empty peach bowl on the table... Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z She saw him hide the peach in a box. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s wearing a short-sleeved polo shirt, as if he’s standing in a Georgia peach grove, and I’ve just cut and pasted him randomly into winter. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I notice Allys’s face is damp, with a dull yellow pallor, while her hands remain a cool, creamy prosthetic peach. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z It occurred to him that he had yet to eat his peach and that he should consume it before any more disasters occurred. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z People say peaches taste better when they come in a glass jar. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But the glorious golden peach was casting a warm glow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I would ask her, rubbing my skin against the fur of peaches. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The apple and peach orchards were in bloom again, and the redbud was almost ready to burst. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Wild peach was rampant in South America, too. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A minute later, they were out in the open, standing on the very top of the peach, near the stem, blinking their eyes in the strong sunlight and peering nervously around. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Nothing except the roots of the old peach tree...and a whole lot of earthworms and centipedes and insects living in the soil. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “The peach could keep him from getting old or sick, but he could still be killed. Even immortality is not invincibility.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He only had one plate so he set it on the stool next to the three peaches Minli had left, and both sat cross-legged on the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Or did we need the peaches so we could bunker down in the house, like the Weavers, and fight it out? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Hagar believed she could spend her life there among the cut glass, shimmering in peaches and cream, in satin. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma and Mrs. Holton gave us all big servings of good things then Ma carved up some pieces of her peach pie and dropped one on everybody’s plate. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Everything from the fact that a peach is not a funny-looking apple to how having long hair doesn’t make someone a girl. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Up and up they went, high above the highest clouds, the peach swaying gently from side to side as it floated along. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Nan handed me the map, passed a bowl of peaches, and said, “All right, Jubilee, let the search for substance begin.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I thought of it standing there, all lonely, at the bottom of our small hillside, producing its peaches for nobody. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z And then suddenly, while he was doing this, he happened to notice that right beside him and below him, close to the ground, there was a hole in the side of the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Imperial servants line both sides of the entrance, heads bowed, hands resting in front of them; their faces are angular with peach lips, rosy cheeks, brown eyes, and milk-white skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Can I trade you jars of peaches for it?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Only one shilling to see the giant peach!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I would hear their echo in the chirp of crickets, in the squish of peaches dropping into a glass jar, in the metallic chink of an SKS being cleaned. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Nora, one of Alex’s chambrays thrown on over her bikini, floats barefoot in and out, keeping all their glasses filled from a pitcher of sangria brimming with white peaches and blackberries. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The giant peach swayed gently from side to side as it floated along, and the hundreds of silky white strings going upward from its stem were beautiful in the moonlight. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z His family owned most of the peach trees and all the land on the east side of the lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Haze hung under the trees, and every inch of air smelled overripe with peaches. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The hailstones were no longer smashing against the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Are you gonna eggplant emoji, peach emoji, two dads with baby emoji? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z In the yard of the Afric Queen, peach trees were already in blossom. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Qarl confessed that he had never seen a peach, so she told him he must join her on her next voyage south. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All at once, they spun around and grabbed great handfuls of hailstones and rushed to the edge of the cloud and started throwing them at the peach, shrieking with fury all the time. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “Those peach trees are exactly the direction we want to go,” Minli said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He got a can of peaches from the bag and opened it and sat before the fire and ate the peaches slowly with his spoon while the boy slept. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z If it were not for the peach, all would have doubted the reality of the Queen Mother's visit. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The skin of the peach was very beautiful—a rich buttery yellow with patches of brilliant pink and red. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z They both lay on the ground, fighting and clawing and yelling and struggling frantically to get up again, but before they could do this, the mighty peach was upon them. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z And while some are easily guessed as ginger with peach or curried coconut, others remain delicious mysteries. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Look at this peach. They bruise so easily, they need a Shield to escort them.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He wished he’d kept on trudging toward the diamond ring that might have brought his family a can of sliced peaches. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z But what fell out were a dozen cans of peaches. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He pointed to the peach stem, which was standing up like a short thick mast in the middle of the deck. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z She noticed that every time someone plucked a peach from the tree, a peach from the fruit stand disappeared. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z They delivered the peaches to Teenie and returned to their chores without comment. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z And suddenly—everyone who had come over on the peach was a hero! James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z But on the hill, you could see beautiful things, like the peach orchards of the nearby farms, and the terra-cotta roofs of the town center in the distance. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Why, Mr. Bankvole! So nice to see you! How’s the back? Better now? Good. Here, try a drop of this peach and elderberry brandy.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The floor was soggy under his knees, the walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z It looked so innocent, that modest little brick house, with its clean white door, the peach tree in the front yard ruffled with soft pink blossoms. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We spent the next day boiling and skinning peaches. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Yeah. He’s a peach,” I say with cut in my voice. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The first time she reeked of peaches and said, “I just had to go to my car for my lotion so I thought I’d say hi.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The protection is little needed; peach palm wood is hard enough that in the Beni it was used for saw blades. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Almost without knowing what he was doing, as though drawn by some powerful magnet, James Henry Trotter started walking slowly toward the giant peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Each morning when she wakes up in the pink bedroom she shares with Theo, she tells Vincent in this first letter, she looks “straight at that beautiful flowering peach tree of yours.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Someone who copies poetry about peaches on the bathroom wall. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I pulled out the garbage can from under the sink and started pitching—lettuce, both rusted and soggy; fourteen-day-old moo shu pork that looked deceptively edible; and peaches with skin like a mummy’s. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They began to move, the whole Corps in mass, at slow march forward through a flat farm, a peach orchard. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the peach...ah, yes...the peach was a soft, stealthy traveler, making no noise at all as it floated along. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z But from where they stood, almost directly underneath the peach, they couldn’t actually see the travelers up on top. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z ‘Mr. Blount, would you care to take a peach puff and a glass of wine?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The peach fan beat the air like a giant moth. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Once again the giant peach was sailing peacefully through the mysterious moonlit sky. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z But the Cloud-Men were much too busy with what they were doing to have noticed the great peach floating silently up behind them. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Apple trees and pear trees, peach and cherry: Mr. Clutter’s orchard, the treasured assembly of fruit trees he had planted. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She wears no make-up apart from something glossy on her lips; two small brown moles by her right cheekbone are the only things that distract from the pale peach of her complexion. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I don’t like avocados, peaches, green beans, or peas. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The smell of peaches and cheese eddied about the car, filling his nose with pleasure. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The orchards of peaches with the lush fruit weighting down the dwarfed trees. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I had a lot of sulking to do. and this peach project might just get in the way of that. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z You simply did not find cans of peaches and applesauce and creamed corn on the back shelves of markets. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z After the corn bread is cut into wedges, the peaches washed and dried . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I grabbed another peach and stuffed it into her mouth. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The second giant was still rummaging through the peach cans, which meant Beckendorf s left arm was free. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “We are getting close to the peach trees,” the dragon told Minli, “and they are getting angry.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The apples and peaches fell from her left hand and rolled out of the bag. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The sweet fragrance of ripe peaches and sun-dried hay settled over us. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z And there She was: taller than I expected, and slender, and dressed in a fussy peach dress with too many jet buttons. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Then I saw that the piece of Ma’s peach pie was gone too. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Then she picked the largest peach on the stand and handed it to the old man. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Now I had to face the possibility that we really could lose her, and my heart felt like a soft, damaged place in my chest, like a bruise on a peach. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I got one of those “young man peach tree” switchings over that. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Chris took canned corn and peaches and cherries and lots of jelly of different kinds and a wonderful big white cake. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “When Del Monte took the peaches out of the tin and put them in a glass container, people said, ‘Ahh, this is something like my grandmother used to make.’ Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Doc filled his pipe with dried peach skin and tobacco leaves. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, my family boiled and skinned peaches, pitted apricots and churned apples into sauce. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I unscrewed the lid and grabbed a peach. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “What was it like, Dad,” Ben said, throwing him the ball, “shooting at a peach basket?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only Leon to consider, but what of the antique peach and cream satin dress that her mother was looking out for her, for Arabella’s wedding? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z |
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