They barely cry, staying awake and alert, with matching pairs of wide blue eyes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Within the blood itself he could perceive its separate cells, and see their colors in his consciousness, and the prisms of their molecules, and all of it was awake now, gathering power. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he was wide awake, remembering everything—the seal, his fear, the golden goblet. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I wouldn't care if it was just for an hour, as long as I was properly alive and awake. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I kept awake with them, but not very wide awake. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll do my best to stay awake...but I’m awful sleepy, Daddy.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Just restless. End of school does that to me. Keeps me awake. My brain won’t stop talking.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the dream I awoke and looked at the prayer card. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But presently I forget all of watching; and when I sudden remember that I watch, I find her lying quiet, but awake, and looking at me with so bright eyes. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Billy cried very little, though he often saw things worth crying about, and in that respect, at least, he resembled the Christ of the carol: The cattle are lowing, The Baby awakes. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t lie awake in bed for another minute, so I put on some clothes and climb onto the roof to see if the new kid’s on his. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She jerks awake, alert to fresh scents and sounds. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He awoke minutes later only to laugh himself to sleep again, and so he continued, laughing and sleeping and laughing again, all afternoon, until at last he slipped into a prolonged slumber. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re awake now?” he asked, still trying to grasp how it worked. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The old woman in the other bed is wide awake. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Park was alive, and she was awake, and this was allowed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

When he awoke the train was still at a standstill. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our new arrival slept all day, and Chester, whose curiosity had been aroused by the strange behavior of the rabbit that first night, had decided to stay awake every night to observe him. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

I lay awake a long time before I was able to sleep. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

As I slowly came awake, I realized that screaming was coming from behind me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shawn was the only one still awake when I got home. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I slept for the last fifty miles into Coeur d’Alene and when I awoke, I was sitting in the sheriff’s car outside the hospital entrance. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

This is day six of being awake again, and my first week back at school since November 14. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My stomach growls so loudly that I cannot stand it, and next to me Ida is no better off, just as awake and miserable as me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I would usually snooze through it, but it was a new day and I was turning over a new leaf, so I stayed awake. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Thor, god of thunder, mightiest of all the Aesir, the strongest, the bravest, the most valiant in battle, was not entirely awake yet, but he had the feeling that something was wrong. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Slowly, Amari returned to the world, sipping mugs of hot liquid, eating a little of the special foods that Teenie made for her, and staying awake for several hours at a time. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stood side by side, looking past the settling debris, not daring to talk in case we were dreaming wide awake. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In the shelter, even when I’m awake, I sometimes keep my eyes closed. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

But it was the wind, a medium wind in the pines had made some sound that brought him up, brought him awake. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started awake: he saw the light and knew her faithlessness, and without a word he fled from her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the beast’s shadow descended over me, I awoke with my heart slamming against my rib cage and my mouth as dry as ashes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And then I lay awake, trying to sleep, waiting for Tom to call. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wherever he may be, asleep or awake, working or resting, in his bath or in bed, he can be inspected without warning and without knowing that he is being inspected. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Their tearing coughs kept everyone awake at night. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She awoke with a start a short time later and looked about in puzzlement. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each night after that, Captain Flume forced himself to keep awake as long as possible. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Charlotte is awake, and if the queen is stronger. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Their seijeants would kick them awake when it came their turn to shrug back into their cloaks and walk the walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I slept in the daytime and we wrote notes during the day when we were awake and sent them by Ferguson. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Lazlo jolted awake and was astonished to find himself alone in the small bedroom. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was lying on my back, looking up into the white tent of the mosquito net, and wondering who else was awake. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Coach and I sat awake all night. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was awake, lying spread-eagle in his big platform bed, looking up at the trompe l’oeil painting of a domed and gilded ceiling that was open at the center to a pink sky. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

We awoke and dipped our handkerchiefs in the river to refresh ourselves, then poked our way along the bank. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the aisle, Mrs. Coulter sat awake and silent, her golden dæmon watching everything from her lap and exuding malice. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Lyra was awake before dawn, with Pantalaimon shivering at her breast, and she got up to walk about and warm herself up as the gray light seeped into the sky. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Reynie had just ended the letter when he heard Sticky rise and move about the room, and then, after a pause, whisper, “Reynie, are you awake?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

As they slept, the santana wind came up, and they awoke to dust and stinging sand strangling them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I awoke one morning to find my picture plastered on BYU’s home page. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I awake in a soft bed with clean sheets. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

‘It is done\\ The Earth Mother is awake!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The next morning she awoke to chaos, the sounds of running, shouting, and the scream of machines invading her dreams. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

‘But if you’re short of sleep cold water on the neck’s like rain on a wilted lettuce. There! Now I can keep awake long enough to eat a bit.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And while the ice was melting to form a flood in which I threatened to drown I awoke one afternoon to find that my first northern winter had set. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Jessie awoke to the sound of the electric garage door opening. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

For weeks I was awake all night wondering. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Lupita lay awake on the floor for a long time, listening to the daytime noises of the desert. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I lay awake in the dark for a long time. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When he awoke next, the rain had stopped. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

That night she lay awake very late, wondering about what she had seen, until she finally concluded that she had imagined it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like a nightmare, one that goes on long after I’m awake. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She spent nights awake shaking with fever, fighting against delirium, waiting until the house shook with the return of José Arcadio at dawn. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

At the end of twelve minutes Dev would open his eyes as if he’d been awake all along, smiling at her, full of a contentment she wished she felt herself. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

On the morning the rain finally stopped, they awoke to a world covered in fog so thick it was difficult to find one another in their small camp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I do. I do. But not the way I do here. I don’t hear ghost sounds. I don’t stay awake listening to walking in the kitchen. I don’t hear the doors and windows unhinging.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slept through most of it and awoke at first light and was startled when I couldn’t see any mountains, just a flat plain as far as I could see. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I think it is finally my atonal screeching that awakes them. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nelson bang-bang-banging on the back door got tangled up with my sleep, so that, even after I was awake, the next hours had the unsteady presence of a dream. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke the next morning to my phone ringing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

E.J. is awake but still lying down, looking at his phone. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

On Friday, June 12, I was awake at six o’clock, which isn’t surprising, since it was my birthday. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I stayed awake in my bed wondering what I would do if Amil never came back. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Hazel remained awake for some time, licking Buckthorn’s leg, which was stiff and tender. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes, he’s awake and rested. And I’ve washed his face and combed his hair. He’s a good patient. He tried to smile at me.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Never mind that Rufus is out there waiting for me—Dad never would’ve wanted me spending my End Day in this room, even if he were awake. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Curly awoke in his own bed, and why not? Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s much too early to be awake. The day has barely begun, and it will be a lovely, lazy, sleepy day.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A few days after Wu Tsing had arrived home, I awoke in the middle of the night. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay awake thinking about my mother’s story, realizing how much I have never known about her, grieving that my sisters and I had both lost her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But long after Edwin and Garvey fell asleep, Cole lay awake in the tent listening to their deep regular breathing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

At night, when Laura lay awake in the trundle bed, she listened and could not hear anything at all but the sound of the trees whispering together. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent forward chuckling when Yossarian awoke, and assured him in the friendliest tones that the deal they had made was still on if Yossarian didn’t die. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I just. . . want to see it again. Want to see you awake.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

How many times had she imagined him lying awake there, plotting murder and revolt? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I feel a hand on my shoulder, and spring awake. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She looked petrified, and when she saw that Harry was awake, pressed a finger to her lips, then pointed to the hospital wing door. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was only when Jinny moved to pick her up that she realized Ess was still wide awake, eyes staring at the bright stars overhead, the soft night all around her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I'm lying awake in the dark on a hot summer night and I'm thinking, Treasure in the sewer? Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The word was fulfilled one morning, before she was awake. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Seven could not remember falling asleep that night or changing out of her cloak and fighting gear, but somehow, she awoke the next day to sunlight streaming into her room. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Kaede fell asleep again; the dogs stretched out, content, on either side of them; but Taisin lay awake thinking for a long time. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I turn back just to make sure no one’s awake or watching me, then continue down the hall toward the room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

That night, however, Hornet read to keep them awake until Scipio’s arrival. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I came fully awake, I felt the damp sheet under me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When ten minutes had passed, he nudged his companions awake. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She awoke at dawn to hear Lady calling and glanced up. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

One day I awake to expectations and know I will not be allowed to live in my dreamland. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Again and again she tried to pinch herself awake. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful awoke from time to time, when the wind blew so hard it rang the church bells. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I told you it was a waste of time. Can’t you stay awake for five minutes? Must you go to sleep on me?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He looks as though I slapped him awake. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The ringing phone cut through the house, jarring him awake. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She stays awake for hours after they’ve turned out the lights, prepared to answer him, prepared to lie to his face. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was only aware of the sense that I had been walking in a strange place, and of a feeling of disappointment when I awoke, at finding myself still in the valley. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

If he had been awake when I’d arrived, this is also what I would have done. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He was amazed at how all the force and fire that was Lyra awake could look so gentle and mild when she was sleeping. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But his mum was awake, her bed in its sitting-up position. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Half awake, he sniffed to draw in the comforting scent of his boy. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I fear he may already have done so, Papa. I may have seen the fluttering of wings as I awoke this morning.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Amari dozed, then was startled awake by the rustling of leaves and the snapping of branches. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment I awake, I'm up and running, splashing across the pool, flying into the underbrush. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And after a while, I dozed off to sleep, but every time there was turbulence, I would jerk awake, thinking the plane was falling out of the sky and into the ocean. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog awoke and looked up at the sound of his name. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

After her grandmother’s death, Alba began to suffer nightmares from which she awoke screaming and feverish. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin had already gone to sleep, burying herself in her blankets so that she might not have to stay awake beside the person she had decided to be parted from. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lee looked for Hester in alarm, and found her sleeping, which never happened, for when he was awake, so was she. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At times I struggled to stay awake doing the repetitive work. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

When he got back he was awake sitting in the sand watching him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I must have been asleep, for certainly if I had been fully awake I must have noticed the approach of such a remarkable place. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the uproar awoke Mr. Jones, who sprang out of bed, making sure that there was a fox in the yard. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It's something they say at bedtime so you won't lie awake worrying all night like they do. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally awoke, an hour before sunset as usual, feeling sticky inside the sleeping bag. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And he can’t even stay awake, and his little back is all... all... Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he realized all that urgent loud noise was coming from outside his dreams in the real world, heralding another calamity, no doubt, and with a fatalistic whimper the volunteer awoke. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was jolted awake by the sound of gunfire in one of the neighboring stacks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I was sleepy, but at the plant I tried to stay awake so that I could watch out for the thug. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not only that but the entire neighborhood seemed to be awake now, so they ran back to their homes, hoping to avoid identification. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And when at last the Lion spoke and said, “Narnia awake,” he didn’t hear any words: he heard only a snarl. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re awake,” he says as he sits down on the side of my bed. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She closes the bedroom door behind her, but Helmuth is wide awake now. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

As always he had the air of a weary man; he looked reluctandy awake. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mama and Daddy stayed awake after I was in bed, whispering, laughing softly. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I awoke when something hot hit my leg. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We were certain that we would be ruined, and we wondered, lying awake in our loft, what would happen to us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I slumped down underneath the bathroom window and dropped Aileen, who was mostly awake from the jostling of the run, but still droopy-eyed and unstable. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were bright and wide awake and her face glowed When she had completed her toilet she walked into the adjoining room. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

His body was exhausted but his mind was wide awake, buzzing with the day’s turbulence. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trolley continued on its way, but every time Ophie glanced through her eyelashes at her mother she could sense the older woman was awake and looking at her, worried. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She clutches her hand, performing an agonized dance while I blink, fighting to stay awake. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He was just wide awake on coffee and cigarettes and Mini Thins, which are these small pills you can buy at Quick Marts or Truck Stops. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Later, after we’ve put away the food and cleaned up, after everyone has kissed good-bye and made good wishes for the coming year, I lie in my bed wide awake. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“He must have been awake the whole time.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

At last, as time was passing fast, and, for many other reasons, I wished to get her home at once, I shook her more forcibly, till finally she opened her eyes and awoke. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

When Shadrack awoke, the sheriff handed him back his papers and escorted him to the back of a wagon. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I lay awake a long time, waiting for them to go to sleep. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips, narrow and compressed when she was awake, were looser and fuller in sleep, and almost smiling, like her sleeping eyes. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Winterfell had been awake for hours, its battlements and towers crammed with men in wool and mail and leather awaiting an attack that never came. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, now that you are awake, I think it would be best to keep moving forward,” Wind Being said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When he awoke it was very well into day, and a fat black lady was nudging him with a biscuit gashed with cold bacon. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

After these dreams I do awake, and I know I’m really awake because there is the wreath, on the ceiling, and my curtains hanging like drowned white hair. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he undressed he knew his wife was awake. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Southeast Virginia. Now that you’re awake, I need to check on Zu. You two stay put, okay?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

If they’re suddenly awoken by a naked man trying to escape, their suspicions are correct. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Now that he was awake, he couldn’t understand how he could have slept through the racket the birds were making. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But my mind is a frantic mess of worries that pull me awake each time I drift off. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Independence Day morning, Mr. Whiskers tickled me awake with a lick of his sandpaper tongue. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

OST, I was jolted awake by the gut-wrenching sound of my Scoreboard alarm alerting me that one of the top rankings had changed again. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When he awoke, a small lamp glowed in the dark near his bed. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Her mother shuffles past me in the hallway, awake but not by her own choice. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The next morning I blearily awoke after two hours of sleep, bundled myself onto one of the wagons and proceeded to drowse away the morning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I awoke, I was bouncing in a cart pulled by a donkey. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

But I lay awake that night, recalling the sound when Grandma’s mailbox was blown to smithereens. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And late at night I was still awake when I heard the loud voices next door. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being the first one awake did bring some privileges, I thought with a smile. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They awoke to the last traces of mist floating above the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hopefully, my mysterious pen pal is still awake. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Wilson was quieter now and Michaelis went home to sleep; when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

When he awoke, he sensed he had slept a long time. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She awoke to the quiet sounds of seven creatures deep in sleep. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then yesterday comes rushing back to me, and I’m wide awake. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was breathless for sleep to come so that he could be with her, and tonight there was no euphoria keeping him awake. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

By now Will’s exhaustion had been wiped out, He was wide awake and possessed by wonder. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It walks beside you silently, jumps out at you meanly, pokes you awake at night. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His voice is a croak, but he is entirely awake, and I can understand him. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went to bed sometime between eight and eight-thirty only to be startled awake later when a horse-and-wagon clattered past her window at high speed. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke at six on Thursday morning, intending to do some Greek, but my Liddell and Scott was nowhere to be found. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He lay in his bed that night, wide awake, watching the clock on his bedside table. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Thunderstorm outside the window, that’s why she’s awake, they can hear, they sleep, they can be startled, even there in the soothing of the heart, like waves on the shore around them. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Citra awoke in a cabin, and for a moment thought she might have hallucinated all of it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They stay with me even then, as I lie awake and stare at the wooden beams in the slanted ceiling. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I stay still and hope they don’t discover that I’m awake. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear did not remember finishing the meal, but he awoke the next morning to see Crane-man swing himself down under the bridge by holding one of the struts, as he always did. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“We haven’t woken anything from the darkness that wasn’t already awake,” Cain says. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

We’re wide awake, the rain hits now, we will be slow and careful. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry—wide awake, no explanations—met me at the door in his bathrobe. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then it was as if I were suddenly awake. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled awake, sat up, and found he was sweating. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She suddenly snapped awake to find herself outside her body, and she panicked. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I hope I can stay awake long enough to read my poem when my turn comes. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sterling snored loudly and then awoke with a strangled snort. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom was smiling and doing something weird with her hands and the college kids were awake, at least the ones I could see in the photo. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t think you would be awake so early,” I say as we enter. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But even when I was finally able to fall asleep, I would start awake less than an hour later. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

As the night advanced, the air grew more chill, which helped keep me uncomfortably awake. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Exactly, like he'd been the surgeon himself, or like he was awake the whole time, taking notes. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat back down, wide awake now, my noggin sporting two lumps—one from the ceiling, one from the mosquito. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when he pulled clear into the other lane to kill a turtle almost on the shoulder of the other side, Lillian awoke. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brain is awake and racing, the way it used to be before last spring. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, he hadn’t fallen asleep in the chair yet; his fear of the embarrassment he would feel kept him awake. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever fallen asleep at the wheel and had to shake yourself awake?” she asks rhetorically. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to shout,” the six year old retorted grumpily, “I’m awake.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Doorman comes with me, of course, if he’s awake. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

To stay awake, I was scribbling a note to Margo— nothing I’d ever send to her, just a summary of my favorite moments from the night before—but even that could not keep me awake. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

With the meaning of awareness, it became beodan in Old English, meaning “bode,” and bodhati in Sanskrit, meaning he awakes, is enlightened, and thus Bodhisattva, and Buddha. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One after another, disasters visited his sleep and shook him awake. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The morning’s brightness drew me awake and I was surrounded with strangeness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt a moment of curious suspension, as when you have been awake for a long time you have certain moments of unreality, of numbness, of the beginning of sleep. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Refusing any anesthesia, he was fully awake when the surgeon cut open his leg down to the shin bone to drain the abscess. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

We rolled past another stop, where nobody got on, because nobody else in the world was awake right now except for the three of us, the bus driver, and the homeless man. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But Fernanda felt so moved that she thought she would go mad when Meme awoke at midnight with her head splitting with pain and drowning in vomited gall. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I woke for good long before it was light and heard roosters crowing and stayed on awake until it began to be light. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I must be awake because I am Divergent. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Kaede awoke the morning after the banquet with a thrill of excitement inside her: Today was the day. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But Tom now seemed wide awake and plied them with questions. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then Georgie got the bright idea to change channels while Mr. Potter was awake. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I would nudge her awake if she fell asleep before finishing the book, but sometimes, she just couldn’t help it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But Laura lay awake a little while, listening to Pa’s fiddle softly playing and to the lonely sound of the wind in the Big Woods. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had heard her words, heard them over and over again during the night hours in the hospital wing while he lay awake, staring at the strips of moonlight on the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And I awake with my heart pounding in my throat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Terribly. The night before it quite kept me awake.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning he awoke suddenly to a flutter of wings. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The next morning I startled awake, still in Maddy's bed, my body cramped, her face two inches from mine, her eyes wide open, willing my eyes open. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Despite my exhaustion, I lay awake a long time that night, wondering how I could possibly survive another week of lessons until such time as Hamlet came around again. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I bet she stayed awake most of the night, watching me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I lay awake and stared into the darkness. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I see it today, the ability to read awoke inside me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like he had just closed his eyes when morning came and he and Ernie were jolted awake by Grandma banging on a pot from the bottom of the steps. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then at once fear and hatred awoke in him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her heart was pounding in her chest, and she awoke abruptly, her breath rasping in her lungs. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the children she said, “Number Two is always hungry because she never sleeps. A person needs a great deal of energy to stay awake all the time, and thus a great deal of food.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ears straining, even in sleep, for the sound of footsteps on the stairs, not even footsteps, just the creak of the stairs, and she was awake, because it meant Miss Susan was coming home. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The first time we ever picked Boss up, Ohio was awake. I thought he would bite my head off, and I never got out of the van.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Every morning when I awoke hungry and sore, I thought it might be the day I would die. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A go-getter might have dreamt up clever ways of promoting the two unpopular titles, but I have no mind for business and considered staying awake to be enough of an accomplishment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And General Taheri, whose hopes had stirred awake after the Soviets pulled out, went back to winding his pocket watch. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I duck and glance over my shoulder, but none of them are awake; Mom has turned in her sleep, the air leaving her lungs in a heavy gust. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And then she was wide awake and knew it to be Rachel. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Nessa and the others will be awake soon. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, then, maybe it means—” “I ought to know when I’m asleep and when I’m awake.” “—maybe it mean Sister Florida wants you to work with the children in the church.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After their coupling, said the monster, the prince remained awake. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Half awake, I watched as he rolled off his mat and got dressed, except for his boots. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aureliano put him up several times in the silver workshop, but he would spend his nights awake, disturbed by the noise of the dead people who walked through the bedrooms until dawn. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I strove to wake, to brush aside those pathetic flutterings, but strive as I would I could not...at last I sat up, sleep and dream alike banished, wide awake now. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I’d known he was awake, if I’d known there was blood on the floor when I gave him that kick . Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the closing decades of the nineteenth century the sleeping giant of Russia had awoken. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

After a while Nettle nudged him awake and slipped the bottle of wine into his hands. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

People awoke in the mornings to find their eyebrows caked with mud, and somehow brown crud deposits turned up on toothbrushes and in refrigerator ice cubes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half an hour, perhaps a bit more—he kept looking at his watch once he was conscious but it was still blank—and he came suddenly awake. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember when my pregnant mother awoke from a nap and found my aunt and Dusty sitting close together watching television. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I awoke from a deep sleep to the sound of harsh laughter and pounding feet in the alley below me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’m jittery and awake and completely in knots, all from an email. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to have our lights off, but I couldn’t sleep and Jay was awake too, picking something from his teeth with a fingernail, then looking at it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The dog, awake now, trotted over and began to lick my face. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m the first one awake to build up the fires,” I explained. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure you can stay awake? Do you want me to sit up with you?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Yet sometimes at night Ishmael Chambers would lie awake because there was a war on in the world. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I came fully awake and realized that I was cold. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Could it be that the trees of Fangorn were awake, and the forest rising, marching over the hills to war? The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

How my whole body jolted awake at the feel of her lips against mine. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“If you hear something, come to Bellingham’s house in the night, across from where your ship docked this morning. I sleep in the shed room. Tap on the window and I’ll awake.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he leapt the wreckage of armor, Harry heard more shouts and screams; other people within the castle seemed to have awoken... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Boomer,” I say instead, nudging him awake. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mummy promises coffee to help me stay awake while the drugs are in my system. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Yet, still, I could remember nothing of the actual dream now that I was awake. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“That fellow Gay is moving in with us I guess. His wife hits him pretty bad. He don’t mind that when he’s awake but she waits ’til he gets to sleep and then hits him. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they turn out the lights on this night, though, Annabelle can feel her brother lying awake, and he must feel her lying awake, too, because now there’s his voice in the dark room. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When she awoke it was dark, and the night air was cool against her skin. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone on the ’tween deck is awake in an instant. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

One moment he was asleep; the next, awake. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I awoke later in the afternoon I found a package resting next to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She tried to sleep, but the horse’s anxiety and the keening of the trees kept her awake. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was the way D.I.’s awoke recruits when he was at Officers’ Candidate School and it remained, to him, the most efficient way to rouse soldiers from their sacks. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With hot food in my stomach and the open fire nearby, I was having a hard time staying awake. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ran through the Spector Lagoon, where ghosts were yawning awake and chatting with one another. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

One morning I awoke and understood the hole in the middle of me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to show her the Vietnam that kept me awake at night—a shady trail outside the village of My Khe, a filthy old pigsty on the Batangan Peninsula. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt perfectly awake while everything around me grew almost painfully bright. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I knew it was the wind rattling the door against its lock, and not Mr. Kendall, but it kept me awake nonetheless until the sound of Osh softly snoring soothed me into my own sleep. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Caroline was still awake when I returned to our room. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The fiesta was going on outside in the night, but I was too sleepy for it to keep me awake. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He tried to stay awake all night but he could not. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

In the hours they spent awake, through the darkest, safest hours of the night, Sefia practiced using her vision. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My domain gleams with moonlight when I awake to the sound of Stella’s calls. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

The question awakes inside me an animal rage that won’t be satisfied by sharp words or insults. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She stays asleep in the back for most of the trip, but when she is awake, she’s “lucid,” as Scoob’s heard the nurse refer to it. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

They seemed hardly to have closed their eyes when Glorfindel, who had set himself to watch while they slept, awoke them again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Several hours passed and I was wide awake. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The drivers looked awake, but the cars were moving at about one mile per hour. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Our presence awoke in them no sense of shame whatever, for we blacks were not considered human anyway. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept to the kitchen and cellar and woodpile when she was awake, but made my trips up island each day before dawn, looking over my shoulder at every sound, choosing a different path daily. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the sub made the entire day so dreary and dull that Emma had started looking for and counting weird things about the day just to keep herself awake. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Lying half awake, Descartes tried to interpret his dreams. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

‘I fell asleep again waiting for you, Sam, you sleepyhead. I was awake early this morning, and now it must be nearly noon.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I wondered what went through his mind that wrenched him awake. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He needed to renew his strength after being awake for almost twenty-four hours. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night when I lie awake I can hear it, quiet but unrelenting, undeniable: a whisper in my head, Slip away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We awoke before dawn to the sound of horns blown on plantations to call the slaves to toil. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“What you doing?” mumbled Alice, and instantly her dæmon was awake and growling softly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He disappeared into the darkness and I stayed awake. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I had decided that I was the only one awake when I saw David sit up. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

About two or three hours after we fell asleep I woke up to find Piper sitting up next to me wide awake with a look of naked terror on her face. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d cried for days when I learned I was carrying twins, and now I lay awake nights wondering whether my despair had poisoned her. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Listening to his father’s snores, he thought of how his father was actually sleeping his life away, sleeping even when he was awake, not really alive. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were closed, but Lee knew he was awake. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To stay awake and alert, the captain, a Greek man of middle age, liked to take up provocative subjects. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He had noticed that, as soon as he awoke, most of his animals also began to stir. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought that kept me awake was this: what if they were the same woman? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

With each passing minute she felt more awake. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’m wide awake now, lying on my back, looking at the ceiling. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He lay quivering, every nerve of his flesh awake. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

After a while, Dad asked me if I was awake. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He awoke, jumped to the floor, and walked slowly between my legs and out the door. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Every time I start to drift off to sleep, I remember. And it jerks me awake.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Abigail heard him out about the doomed course of the French Revolution but was somewhat more sanguine: “I ruminate upon France as I lie awake many hours before light,” she wrote. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We could barely stay awake, it was so late. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Two days later, coming back from school, Gogol finds his mother at home again, wearing a bathrobe instead of a sari, and sees his sister awake for the first time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I come awake slowly, languidly, until I realize what we’ve done. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I came back, the curtain was still drawn around Mr. Savo’s bed, and Billy was awake. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She was awake, but the terrors were clinging. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was sitting up in bed, as though ready to spring out of it, totally and energetically awake. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s grown accustomed to texting with Henry almost every day; the time difference doesn’t matter, since they’re both awake at all ungodly hours of the day and night. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I had to be awake when Vonetta walked through the door. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Good grief, I hope this one doesn’t keep me awake,” said Kate with a sigh. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And I felt more awake when I was around her. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

When he awoke he was relieved to see his leg still attached, covered in plaster from hip to foot. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

That night, I lay awake in my clothes, tossing and turning. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now that she was awake, she was hungry. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I turned my head a little to the left to see if Mr. Freeman was awake and gone, but his eyes were open and both hands were above the cover. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I go in broad daylight and tell him while he is awake where I am going, he will be all right. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Nathan was wide awake and wouldn’t be able to go to sleep for hours. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the night I awoke. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had no thought of letting ChiefTanyositlopai go alone to the place where the canoes were hidden, but the next morning when I awoke I found that Ramo was not in the hut. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was only supposed to feel that smooth base when the tree tips were green and the swallows were awake and singing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was eleven o’clock in the morning, and the girl was barely awake. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They awoke to a sun already risen in the sky. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are you awake so early, my little dummy?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I must fall asleep eventually, because I jerk awake at the sound of the door opening. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

At first I assumed he was keeping himself awake because he was afraid of nightmares, but then I started thinking that maybe he’d been asleep when they’d come to take his fingers. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle—and everybody else locked inside the library—was definitely awake. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

When I awoke it was day: an unusual movement roused me; I looked up; I was in somebody’s arms; the nurse held me; she was carrying me through the passage back to the dormitory. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

For Dr. Atchley, who’s doing some of the foremost research in the field, the questions suggest he’s awoken from his own blind faith in technology. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I could never stay awake when I was that little, and I wish I could, because my brother and sister talk about those moments sometimes. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She wrapped a thick arm around me, and next thing I knew she was tapping me awake. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dussel was undressing, but I took no notice and leapt up, wide awake, at the sound of the first shot. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He should’ve been home at five, to make sure she was awake and didn’t have to deal with the twins as she was getting ready to leave. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I awoke to find Pomp sitting near me, chewing seeds and spitting the husks into his hand. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

And then I am awake in the tool factory, and I know I have just screamed, but no one has heard me in the racket. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was just going to roll over and go back to sleep when she tapped my shoulder and whispered, “Jack, are you awake?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As soon as she was sure he was really awake and her errand done, Iris sped away, fearful that she too might sink forever into slumber. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’ve been wound up for hours, dashing around the house, thrilled to be awake so late. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was awake now, every prisoner, and we watched the roof and waited without a word, waited to see if one of the bombs would fall on us and kill us all. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She nearly awoke, but Elowen reached through that mirror and held her there, transfixed, half asleep, half aware, as she demanded, Who are you? Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was mostly his tone that kept me awake, the lingering question of it, the brand of itch that was his voice. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The proof was the odor of porridge bubbling over the fire when she awoke. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I take to getting up early in the morning, before Sarah is awake, to paint. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She came to the car and tapped softly on the window and I was the only one awake. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I was unsure if anyone else was awake, but I whispered my words anyway. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I study the applications, print out directions, and stay awake for hours after I’m in bed, staring at the ceiling and wondering if this is all really happening. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

At the sound of squishing shoes and a strange, rapid little clicking sound, the boys awoke to see Kate giving their radiator a bear hug, her teeth chattering furiously, her clothes dripping water. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

That night, he lay awake on the floor of the squat he’d holed up in and thought of what he wanted, of what would finally make things right for Jordie. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on a pale yellow. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It was like standing at the end of the world, almost like being alive and awake in his nightmare, the screaming, the emptiness— A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Retired worn out; slept soundly; awaked by mate telling me that both man of watch and steersman missing. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She expected the dragon wouldn’t return during the day, and this knowledge turned off whatever inside her had been keeping her awake. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The rain had not let up by the time Sefia awoke the next morning, and the little tent was filled with cold dingy light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He marched down the corridors, thinking about what he had seen in the dream ... it had been as vivid as the one that had awoken him on Privet Drive. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Most houses on the connecting four blocks give little indication that anyone is awake inside. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I awoke early on May 11 to clear skies and the relatively warm temperature of twenty degrees Fahrenheit. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the morning after I finally slept, I awoke with only your scent on my skin. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I awoke as usual to a scuffling in the wall next to my bed. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

If the other families in the tent were asleep before, they’re definitely wide awake now. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The children are awake, still in their pajamas, standing dumbfounded behind their mother, watching Mina and me and obviously trying to figure out what's happening. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When I saw old Sutic asleep on the earth, leaning against a tree when he should have been working, I nudged him awake. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the stars that were keeping me awake. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother lay in bed, awake; she was pleading with Gabriel, who had been out drinking the night before, and who was not really sober now, to mend his ways and come to the Lord. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She left them to rescue their boats and pedal back to the beach, and went inside to make some coffee and see if Will was awake. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway through the morning he awoke, stretched, and jumped down! looking warily around before stalking over to the stable door. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He's in no shape for company, Bobby, probably won't even be really awake until tomorrow sometime." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the night progressed, it grew stronger and stronger until finally it tickled my nose and I sneezed myself awake. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I awoke this morning he hath builded me a Fire in the Grate. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

As American casualties shot up, debilitating insomnia kept Johnson awake at night, prowling the White House halls in his bathrobe and slippers. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But a sign came down from the world of grownups, though at the time there was no child awake to read it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

That's what I picture, and what keeps me awake at nights. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The next day he stayed awake longer, and on the third day he had no fever at all, just as Mr. Ages had said. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Aurelia and Marcus, blithely ignorant of what was happening, hurried back to the atrium, to find the former sleepers wide awake and one, at least, in a state close to panic. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

At this hour of the day, the jungle was not yet awake, and she was more than happy to keep it that way. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I shook Hassan awake and asked him if he wanted to hear a story. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Mary Malone. I’ve never been woken so quietly. Am I awake?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘That’s enough! Don’t try and teach me my job. We were awake all right. We knew there were funny things going on.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When I awoke, the dream was still there. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The rude stranger in the supermarket—who knew what problems he was wrestling with, haggard and thin-lipped as he was—had intended to offend her but had instead prodded her awake. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They twitched in his sleep, and sometimes he awoke to find them shaping the words in his dreams before his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If you stay awake, the goblin will catch and bite you! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The smell of the burning pot jerked him awake. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

To help me keep awake, I imagined myself being stranded on an island and seeking help. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Two and a half years later, Mariam awoke on the morning of September 27 to the sounds of shouting and whistling, fire-crackers and music. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I awoke the next morning I saw what I had done. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Shortly after dawn, when the sky turned not rosy and welcoming as it does in summer but merely a lighter shade of gray, the midwife kicked her awake. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nick nodded, shouting, “Come on, Mom! We know you’re awake! You can get up now!” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Bill stopped off for coffee to stay awake and Kelly passed out as soon as they hit the highway. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The lights stay on and the nurses stay awake, but even though it’s still dark outside, you can tell that things are waking up. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jem sauntered from the living room, leaving Jean Louise wide-eyed and wondering if she were fully awake. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Next morning I awoke to the sound of galloping hooves. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She mixed the contents of one of the packets, a gray-green powder, in water, and then gently shook Timothy awake. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But I lie awake in the bed next to Helena, thinking about it anyway. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She awoke to the sound of her name. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, why are you awake? You weren’t on watch this morning.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how long I’d been asleep when I jerked awake. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

We were all still wide awake when it grew light. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

That night I was jolted awake by wailing sirens, one after another. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

In the darkness of our room, I lay awake, an insomniac once more. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, I am sorry, ma’am. But don’t be distressed. You’re awake now and it will go away. It was only a dream, ma’am.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he passed his grandma’s room, he saw from the light under her door that she was still awake. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Watching each person to see if they’re awake is taking too much time. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then I make a fire; and near it I make Madam Mina, now awake and more charming than ever, sit comfortable amid her rugs. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

"In the dream I flew down with the crow, but I can't do that when I'm awake," Bran explained. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’d lain awake all last night thinking about that very thing. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We stay awake talking for a long time, and she tells me about her boyfriend and makes jokes and giggles a lot. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw by the squinching of his eyes that he was awake. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Nothing keeps Daddy awake and I still can’t make myself get used to the loud voices down on the stoop below. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I awoke the next morning to hear the news. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

At the first two or three dousings, the prisoner comes awake, rocking back on his heels. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I stay wide awake for what feels like hours. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She wondered if he had been awake this whole time. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Even when she was awake again, with fifty-eight days to go till her marriage, she was still crying. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

How did she feel when she awoke from that dream a murderer? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He shouted something about Quidditch fouls when Harry roughly shook him awake. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Her worn-out eyes flip awake like a doll's, black, glassy, shocked. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They would be wide awake, or at least Mother would be. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Sometime during the night, she awoke with a strange feeling of peace. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben keeps me awake, chattering next to me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Through the pain, dizziness and my own screaming, I could hear my uncle calling my name, telling me to stay awake. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Tiptoeing down the stairs to the kitchen, she saw that the embers had burned low in the hearth and none of the servants was yet awake. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This morning, I woke up early and ran into my parents’ room, shaking them awake just like I do every Christmas. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She slept soundly until dawn and awoke with a feeling of hope. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she thought about the gussaks she suddenly knew why the brown bear was awake. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hardly know whether I had slept or not after this musing; at any rate, I started wide awake on hearing a vague murmur, peculiar and lugubrious, which sounded, I thought, just above me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then, shaking my arm, he said, in a very different, gentle tone, ‘Wake up, my friend, wake up,’ unaware I’d been awake long enough to have heard him discussing me like a cut of meat. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was awake with a flashlight and drawing the tern’s feathers again, the way they were supposed to be. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was fighting to stay awake myself, but I repeated the story to the larger assembly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He awoke to his alarm the morning of the hunt at four-thirty. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Only a constant stream of coffee kept her awake. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if I am awake, that means Tobias is too, unless I am wrong about him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I come suddenly awake once more from the nightmare. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I came out of the cave this morning, very carefully, on hands and knees, keeping my head down, he was already awake, though the sun was barely up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then in the dark of the stable one night, I awoke to the sound of the music. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Yet long after Shae had taken his advice, Tyrion himself still lay awake, his fingers cupped over one small breast as he listened to her breathing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the spring when the dragon awakes, I watched its turnings in the rivers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the early Gemini flights, we were worried about the machinery breaking, and so we decided it would be a good idea for one of the two men to be awake at all times. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he awoke he would be pleasant again, sitting in the fur- and scrap-filled room, making moosehide masks for the summer tourist trade. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, everyone was awake and gathered in the living room. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And if he’s really awake, is he always sleepy? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Then you, half-blood, shall help present it when the lord awakes.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

At one or two in the morning, I was fully awake, fully alive, and busy working on my novel. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he awoke with a feeling of fragments afloat in his sleep, but he couldn’t seem to grasp them and put them together into something worthy of telling at the ritual. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had to think what to do with an outlaw before I awoke him. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alfred kept looking over his shoulder as they slapped Griffin awake and helped him down the ring steps. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning he was awake in his cell when Max came. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he awoke one morning with the old fear but with a faint remembrance of the darkness behind him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

So I was still awake when the dawn started to think about showing herself. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Strange beds have rarely agreed with me, and after only a short spell of somewhat troubled slumber, I awoke an hour or so ago. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was still dark when he awoke, and, looking up, he could see the stars through the half-destroyed roof. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

De la O would be awake for two hours, straining his ears, alert for any sounds of someone creeping toward them—a snapped twig, the sound of fabric brushing against a plant. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The eyes of those who were awake stared listlessly into space. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

It’s also possible that me asleep is not that different from me awake these days. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Never knowing when he might stop by helped keep me awake and focused. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

My other siblings are half dozing, half awake while I find safety in Pa’s arms again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to catch her unawares with a blow to the face, but her anger awoke as her elbow snapped up and deflected, slamming into his fist and forcing it down. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When Sam awoke, he found that he was lying on some soft bed, but over him gently swayed wide beechen boughs, and through their young leaves sunlight glimmered, green and gold. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was awake when she was trying to sleep, and he slept when she was awake. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The tiger awoke with a yowl and leaped up, hitting his head on the projecting rock above. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I awake to find the parrot watching me from the foot of my bed. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I know because I spend a lot of the nighttime awake. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

We curl up together and don’t move until Nana nudges me awake in the morning. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He laughs like he does when he's awake. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I think of everyone who might be awake with me—insomniacs, thieves, anarchists, women with children who drowned in their baths. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only question was why Ralph lay awake whole nights, listening to Helen asleep in the next bed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The colour had come back to his face, and his eyes were clear, and fully awake and aware. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

If I was awake, I usually pretended to be asleep so as not to get in trouble. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Stable. I keep hoping for one of those TV miracles where he hears my voice and snaps awake, but that obviously didn’t happen. Nothing we can do but wait.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When she saw that Francie was awake, she told her to get up and get dressed right away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked a little unsteadily, like a man who was only half awake. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She was not dwelling upon any particular train of thought She had done all the thinking which was necessary after Bobert went away, when she lay awake upon the sofa till morning. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had been awake when Milton slipped out of bed less than an hour earlier. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When I came the next day, he was awake. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Bill startles awake, loosing a thick stream of tobacco juice in my direction. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how long I’d been asleep when I was jolted awake. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke in the night with a strange, uncomfortable feeling in my 261 lower belly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

After three pages of reading, it would be difficult to stay awake. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Before I was fully awake, I had Nico pinned to the floor of the cell with the edge of my sword at his throat. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Of course I’m awake—and very hungry. I think—I think I’d like a glass of warm milk.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

People seem to think that if Jesus could stop a lion from gobbling up a poor lame girl, he must be staying awake pretty good for the Christians—ha! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I am wide awake now, and I remember so many things that want explaining. Why were you delayed? You ought to tell me that at least.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

My roommate was awake too—I could tell because he jumped out of the bottom bunk and stared up at me; even in the dark I could see that his face was masked with panic. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Sometime during the night I awoke and, my fear forgotten, looked over. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he awoke the next time, dawn had crept into the sky. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“You awake? I want to ask a favor.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that evening, after the bus had dropped the boys off at their apartments around Clarkston, Grace lay in bed, sleeping, when he was startled awake: gunshots—fired just below his second-story bedroom window. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Ugwu sensed that Mr. Richard was talking too much, for his benefit, perhaps to keep him awake until the doctor came. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then the old man, who had been sleeping, awoke, and they gave him a bowl and the four of them went out on the road to beg. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Even with the shaking and urging, it took Kate a minute to get Constance fully awake. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He knew the boy lay awake in the night and listened to hear if he were breathing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Good, you’re awake. I trust you’ve healed enough over the past few hours to be a little more coherent, and a little less miserable.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Bigwig was wide awake on the instant and Hazel had never felt so glad of his sturdy readiness. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am finding it difficult to discern between asleep and awake,” Tara says, tugging at her lace cuffs again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A few rooms away, while his baby grandaunt snored, Estha awoke. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

How lucky Will was that she was awake now to look after him! The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Nately was a sensitive, rich, good-looking boy with dark hair, trusting eyes, and a pain in his neck when he awoke on the sofa early the next morning and wondered dully where he was. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But he felt more awake than he usually did on Sunday morning, and the streets seemed more alive than ever before. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jerked awake to her shaking me and screaming. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He pops out of the dining room, walks down to the far window and back, and knocks on everyone’s door, even if they’re awake and right in his face. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Was Mister Singer awake in his room upstairs? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

His Aunt Petunia was awake and it was her shrill voice that made the first noise of the day. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

We riders of The Beast try to blink ourselves awake. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The men's faces snap awake at the sight of her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Okay I’m thoroughly awake now, thank you very much. What’s this all about?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But then she comes awake and kisses him on both cheeks, and her bottom lip quivers lightly. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His mom was still awake, and his dad was going to be home any minute. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Instead of the cavernous chamber with its oversize hearth and red velvet curtains, the room in which Roza awoke was small, simple, neat, and so familiar. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He's dozed off again, but I kiss him awake, which seems to startle him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When he got back the boy was awake. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She felt awake for the first time in her life. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

On February 20, the crew awoke to find that their floe had been invaded by an enormous flock of Adélie penguins migrating north. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Celaena tried not to wince at the pain that shot through her shoulder and leg as she awoke. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My nightmare hadn’t scared them awake, so I had plenty of time to replay it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I had no idea if Devi would be awake at such an early hour, but it was a risk I had to take. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I awoke, sun streaming through my window, I realized it wasn’t just my grandfather’s life that Miss Peregrine had saved, but mine, too, and my father’s. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When she awoke, it was still night and, though she couldn't say why, her heart was racing. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He’s not thinking about Henry in the shower or at night, alone and wide awake in his bed. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Some others were awake, talking and drinking like us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel jolted awake in her little bed, blanket heavy on top of her, the small room just as heavy with night. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t very well succeed in their classes if they couldn’t stay awake in them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

At night, I lay awake and listened to the sea, knowing my father was out there. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

When either was away, the other was unable to sleep, but would lie awake, wondering when his friend would return. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He made her swear on the Bible never to tell and never to follow, but still he lay awake a long time. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I thought I ought to go back in and see if he was still awake. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As children, Henrietta and Day awoke each morning at four o’clock to milk the cows and feed the chickens, hogs, and horses. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mortals, now fully awake, were running in terror. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When the boy awoke in the morning, he went to the window. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, the boys awoke early, eager to get out on the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The young, strong body, now helpless in sleep, awoke in him a pitying, protecting feeling. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But his fear of meeting Mother Water Monster kept him awake. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Lupita awoke three times, startled, by a light shining on her and Salvador. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Jethro lay awake in his room that night and wrestled with his problem. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

A third had skinny black arms that stretched longer and longer until he awoke, sweating and shivering. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn't hurt, and anyhow I sort of like the taste of salt in my mouth, it makes me feel awake. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Only Hazel stayed awake to replenish the little fire under the cooking chicken. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes widen and I reach out, nudging her parents awake, and we all stand, studying their faces anxiously. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She was wide awake, sitting cross-legged holding hands with Grand-grand Uncle and his wife of sixty years who, for as long as Bandit could recall, had refused to address her husband. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hours later, Cole awoke feeling weak and confused. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Lidia is home on her couch, eating comfort candy, letting Penny stay awake. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, she stirs awake and mutters a prayer in Arabic. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

If they had two paddles, and if Alice was awake—But they didn’t. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When I awoke, all was stillness—the sort of stillness that makes you sit up and take your bearings. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Not long after, White was jolted awake by the phone. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

By chance, Rat said, he was awake to see it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we found him in a corner; hanging up he was, but he was wide awake and glaring. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Quickly, she shook the others awake, and they searched the surrounding area, shouting Tiara’s name. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I had to keep touching my arm, testing to see if I could feel, if I was really awake. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right,” said Lyra, quite happy to be moving again, with Pan and Will, alive and awake. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking I had slept and was awaking after dreaming of a tiger. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jack fell asleep and slept for a long time, then awoke, delirious. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pia was awake in the loft, moaning under one of the Mummers, but she slipped back into her clothes quick enough when she heard Arya shout. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have a brain tumor!” my mother says, shaking me awake. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I wished she’d pop awake and let out a demonic laugh and just go ahead and scare me witless. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He stopped talking, even though I think he might still have been awake, just staring up at the sky, so I grabbed my journal to write all this down. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“These children are awake while we are asleep!” he said. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy let out a small coo as he awoke, reaching for Taisin’s hand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When I awoke, I instructed myself not to bounce out of bed. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

On most days, by the time I am awake, Pa and my brothers are already gone and Ma is busy sewing clothes for the family or working in the garden. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took a certain degree of agility, and she was eighty years old, weakened by staying awake for twenty-four hours while floating near her ceiling, thinking only that she might drown in her own home. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She didn’t dream, but when she awoke, she couldn’t believe her eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Lyra was awake and interested, and Pan was buzzing around her head as a bee. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He lay awake, thinking about the needle jabbing into his thumb, thinking about Ebola starting its inevitable replication in his bloodstream. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, Nathan awoke and stayed in his room reading the third book in the trilogy. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But he drank the tea anyway, frying the taste buds off his tongue, because he didn’t drink coffee and because he wanted to stay awake. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They barked furiously and in due course awoke the men. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Now awake, I noticed his mask was sheer black. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One day I awoke and the ringing was gone. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

So convincing were these dreams of lying awake that he awoke from them each morning in complete exhaustion and fell right back to sleep. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

All night, I lay awake thinking about it, turning it over and over in my mind. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the first day of school I awoke with a sick feeling in my stomach. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day Tidings would come to my room and either leave me a note or—if I was awake enough to listen—tell me about the search. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jeanne had no idea what time it was when Michelangelo’s fat hand grabbed her shoulder and shook her awake. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Turner went to bed and lay awake most of the night. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

In the clatter of five girls dressing and squabbling over a single basin, Lyddie was forced fully awake and began to remember where she was. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

And the fat man and the little girl lay awake in silence. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rowsby Woof was sitting on the gravel path, wide awake and shivering in the cold. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now that he was awake, he was hungry, he realized. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maniac shook Grayson awake, but stayed the old man’s hand when he reached to turn on the light. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some prisoners were already awake, their hands and arms wrapped in rags sticking through the bars of the window. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head is foggy with sleep but my heart is awake and racing. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before dawn one morning, the kid shook him awake. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again Ash shared Gwen’s small attic room, and that night as Gwen lay asleep in bed, Ash lay awake, thinking. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As spring approached and the day of Lori’s graduation drew closer, I lay awake at night, thinking about her life in New York City. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

From which reverie he was awoken by Hassan asking, “So how the fug did a perfectly good Austrian Archduke end up in Shitsberg, Tennessee?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

They said bangles on the arm of a widow were unseemly and grew impatient with our staying up late and giggling, which kept them awake. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He fell asleep, and when he awoke the sun was already high. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even sound awake yet, but he joined her in jumping and dancing around. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But still, it was nice to know that I’d have a couple of relatives there who didn’t need to chug a can of Geritol to stay awake for the whole performance. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave a ferocious yawn and ran his fingers sleepily through his hair, as people often do when they first awake, which likely accounted for its disheveled state. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was not the only one in the house who lay awake at night. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dormitory was completely silent, and, had he been less preoccupied, Harry would have realized that the absence of Neville’s usual snores meant that he was not the only one lying awake. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Miss Bloom, would you fetch my flask of coca- wine? It seems I won’t be sleeping tonight, and I shall have to indulge if I am to keep awake.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But I’m the only one awake long enough to see it. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Now I know who the Dauntless leaders are, because they are the only people who are awake. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Despite the long travel time, Akhi insisted that I stay awake when we arrived. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Why couldn’t you have told us all this yesterday when we were awake?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Two days before the flight, I awoke in a cold sweat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It's barely morning and we're already awake, my grandmother in the kitchen ironing our Sunday clothes. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sunday morning, the phone rings and stops, rings and stops, slowly tugging me out of sleep until I’m awake enough to wonder why Dad isn’t answering it. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The night before my first life-drawing class, I lay awake worrying that I might get physically excited by the nude models. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

This time he stayed awake, but the hallucinations grew more and more intense. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, a term I use loosely since it was not yet dawn, the Colonel shook me awake. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

My muddled head did not register the great hullabaloo at first, but then my ears awoke. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not awake in prison with a feeling of dread; he was no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, because yesterday had brought it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

For a great part of that night Woundwort remained awake, considering what was best to be done. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed awake mostly through an effort of will. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All her life, Tally had been troubled by insomnia, lying awake most nights thinking about arguments she’d had, or wanted to have, or things she should have done differently. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

That night in bed, she lay awake trying to think of some way to stop Evan from selling even a single glass. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

When I awoke, the sun was high in the sky. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Just recently, while I was sound asleep, I awoke to the sound of gunshots. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even though I could tell he was awake. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Girl looks like she's been awake for a while already. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

"Good to see you awake. Do you know what day it is?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mostly they remembered only that it was a delight to hear the voice speaking, all that it said seemed wise and reasonable, and desire awoke in them by swift agreement to seem wise themselves. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Those who preferred to stay awake were gathered by invitation of Matthias and Methuselah to a party supper. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

That night, I was awoken by the sound of a struggle. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was so wide awake he felt someone must have called his name. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad you’d fallen asleep, but I stayed awake, worrying and hoping. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was jolted awake by shouts and thunderous knocks. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later I came awake with a sudden start, remembering the fright and tension that had accompanied my foray into crime. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He may be the High Exalted Emperor of Spitballs, but this guy has been staying awake in class. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had jolted awake, sweaty and anxious to get going, but then had to wait for Short-long to meet him in a safe place with the boat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The very idea of going to them when they awoke, and telling them about his scar hurting him, and about his worries about Voldemort, was laughable. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But they could never manage to do things sensibly if that meant acting independently, and since staying awake all night was impossible, they had both gone to sleep. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But I wait, kept awake by the thought of bodies hitting pavement, until his grip loosens and his breathing steadies. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the night, I awoke, my happiness draining away. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wood was the only person who looked truly awake. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The day faded and now the sun is sleeping and the stars are awake and dancing above us. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I awoke and instantly banged my head as I tried to sit up. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I bonk my head on the inside of my sleep cell as a soft voice speaks over the ship’s comm system, jolting me awake. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They knew that the castle was being searched again, and the whole House stayed awake in the common room, waiting to hear whether Black had been caught. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He’d count up how old everybody had been; that would help him stay awake. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They headed back home as the town awoke. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I email Brenda and send Finch a note, in case he’s still awake. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

All night I lie awake, wondering about Ruby. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He’s in bed, reclining against pillows, and I can’t tell if he’s awake or asleep. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I drift through the day awake but dreaming, trying not to think of Olly. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Within her crate, Songololo is now awake and down from her nylon hammock, standing at the bars and watching Otto curiously. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I think Uncle Shepsel was often awake, but he never said anything. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I at least need to be awake if I’m going to be alive. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I was still awake around midnight, staring at the bunk bed mattress above me, when I realized there was a strange light in the room. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When he awoke a final time to Number Two’s gentle shaking of his shoulder, Mr. Benedict saw that the day had grown noticeably darker. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, sir. I’m just trying to stay awake with him.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was awake, and she was planning something. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I put the pistol down, but slide it out of Kelton’s immediate reach, and shake him awake. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I laid awake for just a couple of seconds thinking about all that stuff Mr. Antolini'd told me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

In the morning when I awoke the bicycle-riders and their following cars had been on the road for three hours. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

At dawn, I was awake when the picture flickered back on and an announcer said to stand by. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

On Monday morning, July 15, he awoke facing the prospect of yet another day of mind-numbing routine, but when he arrived at headquarters, he found Detective Cuddy in an unusually good mood. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It’s seven in the morning, but everyone here is awake. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The distance awoke a longing in her like a cord pulled suddenly taut: She wanted so much to go back. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As long as Lazlo was awake, she was locked out on the doorstep of his mind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"I need you to consider doing this for me. I'll need an answer and a plan in eight days' time. By the Declaration of Heirs Ceremony, Charlotte must be awake. We must try." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When Sefia awoke, it was so dark she wasn’t sure if she had opened her eyes at all. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Adam went down into a heavy opium sleep though he fought to stay awake. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She gave up when he still hadn’t come home at midnight, but she lay awake listening for him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He awoke in a pool of sweat, and tried to clear his disorientation by downing a half-ounce of whiskey. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to lie awake nights wondering what would happen to me if I lived in the Soviet Union. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lay awake most of the night listening to Rachel cough, the sound rasping and sawing through her own body. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t just lie there, awake, alone, my mind ticking over all those opportunities that I could take or leave, so I got up and got dressed and started walking. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night I missed Papa so much that I lay awake until I heard him come home. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there they sat for a precious few minutes, Papa and his two youngest children, while the rest of the family awoke and the sounds of the city began its crescendo all around them. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Staring at the air above his head, I went dizzy for a sec and had a fully awake dream about diving off Mong’s bridge in San Francisco. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

On the way to the washroom, I shook Jay awake. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When this boy, son of the captive Princess of Corniculum, awoke, the flames evaporated, leaving him unscarred; some years later, as this prodigious conflagration foretold, he was crowned King of Rome. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And I remember wanting not to be awake. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The noise and movement from the train kept me awake. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Kabul awoke the next morning to find that the monarchy was a thing of the past. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she awoke, she wandered off saying nothing. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even after everyone else fell asleep, I lay wide awake, looking up at the stars through the wide hole in the ceiling. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He leaned his head down and called Tom awake. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke because of a dream, but I can’t recall specifics. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I was too tired to sleep but too drowsy to be awake, too sick to dream. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay awake in the dark next to Emily, listening to the crickets. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A long pale flame awoke, stretching upward like a girl on her toes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Which he only discovers when G’ma touches his leg and he jerks awake so hard, both arms fly into the air and he squawks like a startled chicken. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Mo was awake, sitting with his back against a tree, watching the morning light drive the night from the sky above the surrounding hills. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He thought she was beautiful like that, girlish, but he didn’t want her excuse to her parents, if they were still awake, to sound ridiculous. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when Buttercup was awake again, at dawn, with fifty-seven days to go till her marriage, she could not stop gasping. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A few hours later, she awoke to see her father dozing on the floor next to Paganini. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

On October 5, 1957, America awoke to the news that a man-made object launched the previous day from a Soviet space complex was orbiting overhead. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Instead, she was shaken awake in the middle of the night by her hostess, who urged her, “You must get up, your airfield is being bombed, your aircraft are burning!” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lucas jumped up and tried to look awake. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He snapped awake, confused, fixing his shades and wiping spit off his chin with the bottom of his T-shirt. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Alice’s dimly lit tree house was snug and better than a hollow tree because, when she awoke on warm days, Alice fed her. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you look much more awake. Are you ready?” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was an early departure, and I wanted to be awake and thinking about her at the moment her bus pulled out, so I could say farewell in my mind. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she said, trying for a smile, “the sleeper finally awakes.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Almost every night, he shouted himself awake from nightmares in which he pictured one disaster or emergency after another. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I awoke in darkness and lay still for several seconds trying to think where I was and when I had gone to sleep. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lying awake in the City, Ash could hear Gwen’s steady breathing in the dark, and she felt the distance between her and Sidhean for the first time, and it made her long for him. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay awake all Thursday night, but when he got out of bed Friday morning he had a plan. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Although he was very confused when he awoke, after he had been brought home and fed a good supper, he remembered what had happened. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems like only minutes later when Jackson shakes me awake, tells me I’m on watch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Grampa looked back into the living room and saw I was awake. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I lay awake at night thinking that she could die giving birth, and I would closet myself with Dr. Cuevas trying to figure out the best way to help her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time she slumped over with her eyes closed they shook her awake and made her say “uncle” again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Three days later, with an anguished groan, Herbie chopped his first snake in two: it had been curled up on his sleeping bag, happily snoozing in the glow of his bodily warmth, when he awoke. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked even more grotesque now than when they were awake. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as people there and across the country awoke to headlines and newspaper stories about Garfield's death, most felt sorrow and gloom. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I shoved him awake and said it again. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

A man entered the freight car and shone a flashlight in Bull’s face and then kicked him awake. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

In the still darkness of the shelter in the middle of the night his eyes came open and he was awake and he thought there was a growl. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was morning, and the birds were awake and calling to one another over the lapping surf on the beach. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I thought you was going to stay awake.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She began to lie awake listening for the awful sound, until finally, she knew she must send the child away— anywhere, just so she was not breathing this poison air. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But now that he was wide awake it hit him like a ton of bricks. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was awake but unable to speak, whether due to the swelling or due to emotion, I’ll never know. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

After all, he thought exasperatedly, I cannot make the hinges squeak, even if I stay awake all night. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

A few days later I awoke to her sobbing. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

At first we take turns having naps in the shadowy edge of the jungle, but by late afternoon everyone is awake and restless. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she went into the other rooms and awoke the children there. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She knew that as soon as she stepped out into the garden they would draw her into it, and she wasn’t awake enough for that. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She was constantly pinching her sons to keep them awake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He would come awake with a start, saying to himself, My God, there’s been an exposure. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I nudged Otto awake he was at the water’s edge, lapping away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Surely monks sleeping in other cells, their bodies exhausted from work in the fields and hours of prayers, heard me and lay awake wondering. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the lights didn’t really tell who was awake. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 3:20 in the morning, wide awake in his bunk, Ishmael heard the order delivered to the troop hold: “All marines lay topside to your debarkation stations!’ Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Later in the day, I awoke to find my father seated on my bed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Eventually she must have blacked out, because she awoke what seemed like hours later, with her eyes swollen nearly shut and her nose stuffy with snot. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I keep nodding off and then jerking awake with a start. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I am awake to see a Wednesday night turn into a Thursday morning. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

When the heat made her faint, she awoke with her head smeared into a rafter, her neck feeling like a chicken’s after Alice the cook tried to wring it for supper. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It’s Byrd, awake, like before when she’d ask, “Want to crawl in?” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In 52 percent of crashes, the pilot at the time of the accident has been awake for twelve hours or more, meaning that he is tired and not thinking sharply. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

She reached over and pressed the button on the machine the hospital had given her, which administered painkillers so strong she was never able to stay awake after she took them. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

When Christopher came up into our bedroom, I was still awake and sitting on his bed. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She awoke in the night, trying to remember the dream that had awakened her. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Lying awake in bed that night, I thought of Soraya Taheri’s sickle-shaped birthmark, her gently hooked nose, and the way her luminous eyes had fleetingly held mine. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I felt very tired in spite of my nap; I was yawning continuously and realized there would be no staying awake that night. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Fadi lay wide awake, a faded Batman comforter pulled up to his chin. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I’m almost there when something jolts me awake. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, she was surprised to find her mother awake in the sitting room, her hands folded over her lap, looking out the window. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Ben awoke and heard the unsteady voice of his father raised in a song that in the history of late-night homecomings was a traditional chant of warning. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Time to get rolling, Slick. You awake over there?” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Still, as soon as we hit the school parking lot, I was wide awake. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I knew the dream was an important message, but now that I was awake, I could remember none of it. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He slipped away then, back up the creaking steps, but Winnie sat upright, wide awake, her cheeks burning. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pity filled his heart and great wonder, and suddenly the slow-kindled courage of his race awoke. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they were just sleepy, though you would have thought fresh baths and the dread of a new school would have gotten them wide awake. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, each morning, we awoke safe and sound. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mariam awoke the next morning to the sound of sawing and hammering. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her father was sitting in the chair beside her bed, swaying a little, holding a plastic grocery bag and whispering, “Hey there, Molly Molasses, you awake?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Or maybe Finn’s problem was that he’d been asleep a moment ago, and his brain wasn’t fully awake yet. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

All I know is that suddenly I snapped out of it, surrounded by the sharp odor of my own sweat, and felt prickled and exquisitely wide awake below the waist. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penny peeks into my room, then, when she sees I’m awake, she climbs up on my bed and snuggles close to me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“But that means...that means I’ve been awake for seventy-two hours,” squeaked Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Rahel, on the other hand, was wide awake, fiercely vigilant and brittle with exhaustion from her battle against Real Life. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around midnight she awoke to hear her wolves in the distance talking softly among themselves—probably paying tribute to Amaroq as they moved along the trail, she thought. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I awoke, a blanket had been thrown over me, and the room was blue with a cold dawn light. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

One time in the night I woke up and knew that Catherine was awake too. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She stays away for a long time, and I try to stay awake until she comes back, but I just wait and wait and wait. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Outside, the birds were twittering loudly as if they'd been awake for hours. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Byron said, “Like there was anything to keep anybody awake in this carful of squares.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third time he awoke it was dusk. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her stepmother was standing at the top of the stairs in the dim morning light and said crossly, “Why aren’t you awake? Someone is knocking on the door! Go and answer it.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where is he? I haven’t seen him. He knows I’m awake, right?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Toño, let me call her or I will keep you awake all day!” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fires below awoke in anger, the red light blazed, and all the cavern was filled with a great glare and heat. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And he did nothing except lie awake in the dark, thinking of her body there in the funeral home, not her anymore, but a thing suddenly, cold and pale. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it’s not the dark that keeps me awake. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The next morning Clayton awoke in a foul mood and found it hard to stay wrapped in his blanket, with sunbeams streaming into his room. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

At this time of evening, at this season, in the old days, the whippoorwills would fly in and we would hear them singing in the pine trees, sometimes so loudly they kept us awake. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the early 1950s rural areas suddenly awoke from their trance and discovered that kudzu was eating them alive. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And on top of that, it was daytime—copperheads were wide awake. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

At night, while Gabriel slept beside him, Jonas lay awake, tortured by hunger, and remembered his life in the community where meals were delivered to each dwelling every day. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s awake and talking a little bit,” she says. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Even though his brain wouldn’t let him sleep because he’d been awake when the time-stop was initiated, his body was crying out for rest. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Last night, sitting awake in the dark tent, everything became crystal clear. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Jockey awoke on a surprise Sunday to announce his celebration and that was that. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I spent half the night lying awake wondering about it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

On Saturday morning Jimmy awoke to the sound of his grandfather Nyles’s voice. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I can’t help it. I don’t go to bed and decide I’m going to stay awake tonight and be mad.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The boys struggle to stay awake, but no air-raid sirens sound. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor could tell that everyone else in the room was already awake. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I pictured his cot with his shoes sitting under it, how he was prob-ably lying awake this very moment watching the ceiling, listening to the other boys breathe. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, my words must register because suddenly she is wide awake and sitting up. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He was met by his mother, who was now awake and irate. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Harry lay awake for a long time, looking up at the canopy of his four-poster and trying to convince himself that his feelings for Ginny were entirely elder-brotherly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Lice Peeking was actually awake and semi-alert when I stopped at the trailer. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

At first the Gangulis sleep most of the day and are wide awake at night, gorging themselves on toast at three in the morning, unpacking the suitcases one by one. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you’re awake. And dressed. How are you feeling? Not too groggy, I hope. Please come this way. Mr. Blunt is expecting you for lunch.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When he awoke, she was already up and about and was heating coffee for breakfast. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was gone when I awoke, but he left me Alice. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin lay awake on the platform bed, gazing up at the wooden canopy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I imagined August twenty-sixth, when I would wake up to see a made bed and think of Lily in Atlanta already awake and in the dorm room unpacking her suitcase, deciding where to put stuff. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Tonight in the palace, she was still awake when the vision began to pull at her, like fingers gently tugging her toward a deep blue pool. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They spoke no more about the strange woman that night, but long after Ivy was asleep, her grandmother sat awake, staring into the fire. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I awoke with my face pressed to the desk. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Major Major had taken it for granted that he was being shaken roughly awake again to stand barefoot in the mud and had left his shoes and socks in the tent. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how much longer past eight thirty my sisters could stay awake, but for once I’d listen to Lucy Raleigh. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He heard someone say, “Aw!” and he knew that Buddy was awake. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Archer was awake too, sitting upright, tense and alert. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be stupid,” Maya had said, but then the thought kept her awake all night. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He rustled about for a few minutes and then, satisfied that I was awake, began to speak. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Hair grew on this story until the bears were wide awake and the ex-boxer was using his deadly left hook to knock all five unconscious. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke one morning in August to find Tyler packing his clothes, books and CDs into boxes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She tried to egg him on to an argument so that he would get mad and stay awake. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As the prisoners awoke, with their rantings and threats, Zeitoun prayed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Ruby’s awake now, and she and Bob and I watch. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

When she could see it clearly, she had come fully awake and the sky city was gone. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The recruits in his squadron had all been shaken roughly awake only minutes before by the sergeant’s corporals and told to assemble in front of the administration tent. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

One morning when I awoke very early, I saw my mother walking up the hill to the barn. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It looked as though the whole of Gryffindor House was still awake, packed into the circular common room, standing on the lopsided tables and squashy armchairs, waiting for them to arrive. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Luke?” she said in this real low voice, testing to see if I was awake. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I am awake inside my head before I open my eyes. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The next time he awoke, he opened his eyes to an eerie stillness. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

After the girls fell asleep, I lay awake for some time listening to their soft breathing, thinking about going to Abuelita’s house and what might happen once we got to Hacienda Dorada. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m awake. You guys rest up. I’ll wake you at six. And don’t call me boss.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elsie arrives at the dorm just before lights out only half awake. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes my wife stayed with me all night—she was afraid I couldn’t keep awake, so she came to help me. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no lessons in high summer—the time that Bod spent awake he spent in an endless warm twilight in which he would play or explore or climb. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Long after Dovid and Haskel had gone to bed that night, I lay awake, listening to the leaden tick of the brass clock. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

James stirs, and I know he is still awake. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Groaning slightly, partly opening his eyes, the young soldier awoke for a moment, then dropped back to sleep. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I fainted and awoke many times, and each time I opened my eyes, it seemed as if the voices of those who carried me were fading into the distance. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Thank God you’re awake!” she said, her head propped up on one arm. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I was still awake when we came through a shallow mountain pass and the sun, behind us now, reflected off the tiled rooftops of the Valley of the Sun. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He knocked on her door ’round midnight to give it to her; he knew she was awake. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But now, tonight, the dead were risen, Earth was reinhabited, memory awoke, a million names were spoken: What was so-and-so doing tonight on Earth? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if she were coming awake after a disorienting dream, awareness flooded into her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had awoken from a vivid dream with his hands pressed over his face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Nancy Jaax awoke at four o’clock in the morning to the sound of the telephone ringing. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We laid the owl on the linoleum by the back door and, when it awoke, told Mother to stay out of the kitchen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was curled up on the floor, fast asleep, but jerked suddenly awake as they crept nearer. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I stayed awake awhile, though, letting Rondell’s last line float around in my head some. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I poke him in the arm, and he comes awake instantly, raising his hand as though to ward me off. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Percy remembered what Juno had said—-for months he has been slumbering, but now he is awake. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Normally the girl woke in a whirlwind, rousting awake all who were near. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then I was fully awake and the bird gone and the girl's image in my mind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t talk, Jake. Save your energy. I can hear the ambulance. Keep your eyes open, okay? I’m here. Stay with me. Stay awake.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They're all just make-believe, this dream I was having for a long time, and now I'm awake again and he's still filling the room somehow, even though we're outside. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The moment I budged, though, he would be awake and staring around in panic. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next day he awoke with dragons fighting in his skull. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Through the wall of the room, I heard P. D. snore, but in here he was much awake on the pages. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as I came fully awake, I saw it was a car aiming its lights at our bedroom window. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That classical music stuff makes you drift off worse than NyQuil, then fires you awake soon as the violins get to screaming. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Very early on Chinese New Year’s morning Grandma shook me awake. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week after Robin asked to take me to the doctor, I again awoke to her shaking me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It cut into his sleep until he opened one eye, closed it, shook his head and came more fully awake. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were supposed to keep awake and watch for enemies, but, as it turned out, they were all so weary from the feast that they soon slept too. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hours later, deep in the night, Thomas was still the only one awake. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I am here and now and not just awake, but Awake, and everyone can just deal with it because I am the secondfreakin ’ coming. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On that bed, a thin, huddled figure, Helmuth, a boy of seventeen, lies awake. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I was awake. I wish he would’ve knocked,” I said, also surprised—that he had been watching me in the first place. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He thinks momentarily about calling his father, who would be the only person in town awake at that hour, but dismisses the idea after trying to come up with an explanation to give him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

At night when I’m lying awake because my brain won’t shut off due to all there is to think about. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then at last, to keep himself awake, he crawled from the hiding-place and looked out. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I reached for my hearing aid headband and put it on, and now the world was really awake. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then I was no sooner asleep than I was awake again. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he awoke it was half-past nine, and he sallied forth to the restaurant car in search of hot coffee. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He awoke the next morning when he felt like it. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’d learned that it was best to be asleep before Momma finished the story because if she got done and I was still awake she’d always tell me what the story was about. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

By this time the girl was nearly awake, and the woman had to move more quickly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

This awoke the dogs who were sleeping near the huts. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

When she had awoken to the shrill scream of the smoke detector, she ran from room to room looking for him, for Lexie, for Moody. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dude was actually awake for once in his life. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The world was awake now, and Kino arose and went into his brush house. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is two in the morning, a week later, and I bolt awake from a dream of endless running and falling. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Too frightened by their words to sleep, I lay awake that night listening to the unfamiliar sounds. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Stripped of that, as she is now, there’s only a slight young woman, her wide-set eyes fighting to stay awake against the power of the drugs. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The old woman would be awake now, thinking about going shopping as she did each afternoon. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I lay back on the hay, I was determined to remain awake until Bear returned so I could tell him what I’d seen. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful awoke as the morning sun brought color to the tops of the trees. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“And then...if you’re still awake after all that, you slip your hand under the covers...you slide it back and forth, up your legs and down until...” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She no longer needed the coffee to keep awake. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boom of the cannon jolts me awake. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I can barely stay awake,” Metias had told me after his first night shift. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Afraid to go back to sleep lest I have another nightmare, I stayed awake, peering at the quivering blackness through the hole. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A light flares in the Commandant's study, and I start, surprised she’s still awake. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He probably needed a shower, but he could do that after the twins were awake. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I sat awake all night with little more than these thoughts running through my head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep awake, and succeeded for a while; but when the clock struck twelve it waked me from a doze, so I must have been falling asleep. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The bell for rising rang, Kira awoke with a sense that something had changed: she had an awareness of a difference, but had forgotten what the difference was. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not understand what she is saying and I scream myself awake. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell myself he’s probably asleep by now, that it’s just me who’s awake. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I lay awake thinking about Dad and what it must be like to be a cold, heartless Vulcan. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know, it’s Thursday morning, and Mom is gently shaking me awake again. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Annabeth was awake but struggling, barely able to lift her head. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When she was once more pronounced legally alive, she awoke to the unfamiliar but professionally friendly face of a revival nurse checking her vitals. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Most of the time the sound of someone else going from sleep breathing to awake breathing in the same room as me is enough to get me up. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

So he was awake, and listened, and snuck across to the other side of the house to look out the window there, where he could see what was going on out on the street. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I awoke, my head felt heavy enough to sink through the mattress. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if she didn’t get up right away, she could slide back into those delicious moments before Taisin awoke. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’m on my feet before I’m fully awake, quieting Viola and a groggy Manchee barking his complaints. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

George awoke before the sun and couldn’t fall back asleep. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I pretend to be nudged awake by Aliya in front of this blank building. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

"I mean the way things are. They dream. You can hear 'em. Have you been awake at night?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Wide awake now, he pushed back the covers, got out of bed, and went over to the window. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Muthu stirred awake, and his eyes had a glazed, feverish look. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“After you’re finished, let’s go and see if the others are awake.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Most of the day I slept, but I had many dreams and when I awoke everything around me was strange. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ignored the surge and crash of bitter emotions that awoke with the name. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It’s cooler now as I walk home, and even though I miss the Alabama warmth, the cold makes me feel awake. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I pretend to need to be nudged awake again, this time in front of Baba’s Pizza and Pasta. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I can work all day and stay awake for a whole hour after supper. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

A beeping goes off but I can’t stay awake to find out who it will summon. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The four children were awake too, but they were not in their bedroom. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes at night he lay awake imagining her face and form, and wondering why such a woman would ever want to marry him, of all the princes in the world. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But I had stayed awake the night before, and speaking with the rock and then the Villac Uma had left me exhausted. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Our neighbors in room 205 are awake, and they are watching an action film with car chase scenes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t have slept at all if he hadn’t stayed awake until I drifted off. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A summer rainstorm with soft thunder—it didn’t seem anything to worry about and certainly nothing to keep him awake. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

She curled up inside the blanket and slept until Wash kissed her awake. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t even apologize for not waiting until I was awake to open presents. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then again, Gaia hadn’t been awake since the dawn of humanity. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Rough claws seized Matthias, dragging him from the nest only half awake. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when she was in the deserted village at dusk, the wind awoke as day shifted into night. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Luna awoke again, Fyrian was still fast asleep in the crook of her arm. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And I am awake to hear it all. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

On the day of the picnic she shook me awake at dawn. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But, on the other hand, how did one feel at night if he awoke and remembered, “I’m the one that sent my cousin to his death.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He played and then he talked on and on, as drowsily and monotonously as he could; some of the hundred eyes would go to sleep, but some were always awake. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a long night, where I’m trapped inside a dreamworld and can’t decipher whether I’m awake or asleep. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He pulled the tarp about them and he lay awake a long time listening. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I jolt awake from an evening nap as my phone chirps, a message coming in. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He awoke each morning depressed, knowing even before he opened his eyes that something was wrong, something had gone askew in his life. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you have ever slept the whole night without moving, then awoke in the morning, your body stiff with inaction. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And I lay awake wondering if either one was bothered by it—the thought of those four graves.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a tearing noise filled the air, the crackle of dry brush inflamed, and the smell of smoke swept over Tally, bringing her suddenly and completely awake. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Soon I lie awake, staring at the ceiling as the light shifts across my room, everything giving way to numbness as morning drifts into afternoon. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Still only half awake, I began crawling upon my hands and knees from under the table, but the darkness was all around me, and I couldn’t see where I was going. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put down the pink phone, walked into my parents’ bedroom, and shook my father awake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

By this time the children were awake, and with a stem look I bade them to be calm. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would move as a caged panther might: because it was awake, out of boredom, for the sake of movement itself, or for no reason at all, and with no awareness. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Who knows—her mind was doing all kinds of weird stuff when she woke up. Maybe we all went through that in the Box, talking gibberish before we came totally awake. Just let her out.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Who has awaked me? Who has broken the spell?” she asked. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Jack drifted in and out of a stupor, first awake, then asleep. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I awoke this morning, it was raining. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

My cousins are all asleep, but I’m still awake, staring at the low white ceiling and counting my problems with every breath. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When I awoke at daybreak, I saw Juliek facing me, hunched over, dead. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A quick flash of lights near the volcano startled her awake. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

When he awoke, after a dull and brief sleep, Aureliano recovered the awareness of his headache. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But I had fed the fire at least six or seven times when I saw Denna stiffen and come suddenly awake. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I still feel weak, but my mind is awake, especially with his hand on me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Why not have let me know you were coming? Difficult though it would have been, for you I would have stayed awake.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He’s talking so straight and clear that for a second, I think he’s awake. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He had slept fitfully on the couch until finally, nudged awake by the household noises, he yawned and opened his eyes. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She moved through the living room slowly, so as not to walk into anything, and when she lay down, she felt wide awake. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger saw the tears in her eyes, although she quickly turned her face aside, and suddenly something like sympathy did awake in him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I would stay awake at night, even after the candle was snuffed, listening for any strange sounds that might suggest eating. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, the freedom that he enjoyed then and the time at his disposal awoke in him a certain curiosity about the town, which he came to know without any surprise. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Peeta’s awake already, sitting on the side of the bed, looking bewildered as a trio of doctors reassure him, flash lights in his eyes, check his pulse. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She remembered the old woman’s words when she had been half awake and mistaking Ophie for her previous caretaker: My dear, sweet Clara. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Now the hens were also awake, scratching, clucking, laying eggs. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Friday morning, March 4, 1881, after sleeping only a few hours, Garfield awoke to sleet and snow. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He thought himself awake when he was already asleep. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped awake with the noises of many vehicles beeping, children crying, people shouting across a huge crowd, all swirled in dust and chaos. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I hate to admit it, but I’m a little frustrated Dad is not awake right now. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was a fight for Nailer to stay awake. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

What I remembered was just the games, which, once I was awake, I couldn’t find, and the elf gloves, and the bow, and the lizard that was all mine. o o o . Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I lie awake, thinking of what I’ll do when I get home. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When the sun broke through the curtains at the window in the room I shared with Jay I was already awake, excited and nervous all at once for the first day of school. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Some are awake, sitting forward and staring into the fire. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The night awakes to buzzing and to cries and barks. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we are already awake, all four of us, smiling and jumping around my uncle: What'dyou bring me? Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

It'll be tricky to figure out how, though, because our doors are always locked, our window always barred, our guards always awake. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Ralph awoke much later when the clock began to grind and groan and slowly, as if in pain, strike eleven, the safe hour for mice to appear. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley awoke in a meadow, looking up at the giant rock tower. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

When I opened my eyes, the doctor was talking with my mom; neither of them noticed I was awake, so I just lay there and listened. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m humming like a bee’s wings, never more awake, more alive. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was awake this time, looking up, out the window and at the smear of stars across the dark blue sky. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The knight was awake, on his feet, gun drawn. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Gregor took the flashlight from her hand and in its beam saw that all the other Underlanders were awake, staring at them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Groans from the hapless radiators, coupled with the slamming of the wind against their windows, had kept them awake through the dark hours. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Marched off the porch, right out into the dead of night, where supposedly the animals were wide awake and walking around like human beings. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Wart lay awake as he had been told to do. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't mind it. Sometimes it reminds me that I'm awake." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It became his habit to creep out of bed even before his mother was awake, to slip into his clothes and to go quietly down to the barn to see Gabilan. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could barely make out, or perhaps only sense, the forms of the boys, stirring fitfully but not yet awake: Dominick and James, six-year-old twins, huddled together for warmth on a pallet on the floor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When I awoke, I thought I was back in the courtyard under the blinding lights, but it was only the sun in the window. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

If Uncle Abdullah awoke and found my mother asleep, she would be beaten again. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when Frank awoke one night in August and saw something very odd up at the old house, he merely assumed that the boys had gone one step further in their attempts to punish him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even in her sleep, the pain seeped in, warping her dreams into nightmares so vivid she couldn’t remember where she was when she awoke. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Harry awoke as though the sudden darkness were an alarm. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When he was asleep his voice was deeper than when he was awake. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Baba was awake then, groggy and tired, but awake. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I lie awake until dawn, listening to Queenie snore and feeling utterly miserable. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

One night I read some of my old notes about how to pile wood so I could get to it under the snow, and I laughed until Frightful awoke. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reyna had been awake for less than an hour and already she was restless to get moving. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The first time I dreamed this scenario I can’t really say whether I was still awake or had fallen into a feverish, colorful sleep. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, in Hamburg, the boys awoke at five and struggled to unload the Husky Clipper from the Manhattan in a hard, driving rain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Pong knelt at the side of Father Cham’s mat, not sure if he was awake. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Why are you awake? Go back to sleep.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Not when we were afraid, but when we were wide awake and lucid, my mother funneled China into our ears: Kwang- tung Province, New Society Village, the river Kwoo, which runs past the village. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I He awake in my bedroom for at least an hour, too upset to sleep. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Seeing The Baron changing his mantle for winter awoke the first fears in me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the middle of the night and he didn’t want to sleep, didn’t want to be awake, didn’t want to be or not be—only wanted to hate. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anna and I kept each other awake very late. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered how his gut had clenched when he was kicked awake at dawn with the big man looming over him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She spoke of her long, dark hibernation and of how she had awoken to find the Nest caved in around her. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“We never dreamed that you ladies were awake until we heard your voices.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Two nights later, Stanley lay awake staring up at the star- filled sky. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“He’s back awake now—they called from the hospital. We think it’s his kidneys. Remember when he had that really bad attack a year ago?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He kept himself awake by counting the strokes of Uncle’s paddle and trying to gauge how far the canoe traveled with every twenty strokes. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, we are woken early, shaken awake by someones meaty fist. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he awoke from his thoughts: a strange feeling came to him that something was behind him, that unfriendly eyes were upon him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I lie awake most of the night, excited, a bit scared, wondering, waiting for the first rooster crow to signal time to go ashore. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Only a few claps from the senators who are still present and awake. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Henry awoke to a face full of brown river water. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The crystal merchant awoke with the day, and felt the same anxiety that he felt every morning. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know exactly when it happened, but despite all their talk and my resolve to stay awake, we all fell asleep before dawn. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I lie awake wondering where I would be if I could be Calvin. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Now I was bolt awake, and the goose bumps were back. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was awake and dressed, pacing the narrow corridor between the beds, before the four-thirty bell. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The night crew here has been complaining about him. He keeps the others awake. So he spends nights with my family.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then she bolted awake and gagged again, and after a few dry heaves, she finally crawled forward, away from the mess, and curled into a ball. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When my eyes fall on Peeta, whose head rests right by my feet, I see he’s awake. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I guess he was used to making coffee that helps people stay awake. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He should tell her what’s keeping him awake, but he’s just not sure what it means to send those words out into the air. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They ate greedily, and within a very few minutes Lyra was fully awake and beginning to be warm. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Still, sometimes I lay awake, wishing for the warmth of another just like me, asleep in a night nest of tender prayer-plant leaves. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

When Mo shook her awake, at first she thought it had all been just a bad dream—but his hand was over her mouth. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she awoke gasping for air as if she had been in the midst of a nightmare, but she could not remember what she had dreamed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to reach over and shake them awake, but I couldn’t move. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Like the guy in the old vaudeville skit, the guy in the folding cot that won’t stay folded, Jerome flipped straight up, wide awake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

That night he went to bed as usual, but in the early morning hours, he awoke with a start and jolted upright in bed. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When she poured the first cup and stood across from him at the kitchen island, already looking more awake, Toby dove back in. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Alex lies awake that night, drunk on Shiner and way too many campfire marshmallows, and he stares at whorls in the wood panels of the top bunk and thinks about coming of age out here. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The next morning, before his parents awoke, Ku-Ang peeked into the rice jar. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But my presence was enough to keep him awake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she wondered if he was fully awake. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He was awake, and we were video chatting within a minute. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looks at me in a funny direct way, poking me awake with his eyes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay for a long while awake, but there was gathering cloud and he saw no more falling stars. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much later on that night, Bloom suddenly awoke out of a bad dream and discovered that she was up on one elbow staring at him. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the company of this dreamer made her feel awake for the first time, even as she tried to sleep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It catches him when he tries to sleep and startles him awake, follows him on laps paced up and down the floors of the Residence. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“The moon wanes to her dark,” Vetch murmured, awake in the dawn, when for a while the cold wind dropped. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

That thought alone was enough to keep me awake at night. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning, when they awoke, Morrie hopped out of bed. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling old Ackley'd probably heard all the racket and was awake. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“So it’s like five in the morning, and suddenly I’m wide awake, which is weird, and for some weird reason I’m thinking something’s weird.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Fully awake now, I simply lay there as though paralyzed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus, tired out, had slept through the night, but he had awoken at dawn with a stifled pain. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Before she can change her mind, she crawls over to her sleeping laptop, propped open on her bed, and taps the keyboard to nudge it awake. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Liam’s face turned in my direction, and for the first time, I realized he was actually awake—his eyes were swollen shut. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His mango-colored wheezing keeps me awake, and finally I have to move him to his usual spot at the foot of the bed. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Every fiber of his nervous system leaps awake. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She slept and slept and still there were hours awake to worry when her mind skimple- skombled back on itself like threads in a snarled loom. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The house was quiet, but they weren’t the only ones awake. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later she was awake for real, remembering why she was so tired. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Still only half awake, I go into the bathroom and, by force of habit, turn on the shower, then realize I forgot to get a towel. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The forest broke open with a great crack, and Arm fell into darkness until— —he was shaken awake by Ear. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I know that Dante and my mom and dad were still in the room, but I couldn’t stay awake. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

When I go back into our bedroom, I find Helena awake, in my spot in the chair, watching Max sleep. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

At night he breathed through his mouth and it kept her awake. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She fell into a deep sleep and when she awoke, they were gone. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We will be home late,” Lady Isobel said to Ash when the carriage arrived, “but I will expect you to be awake to attend us when we return.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were working in two-man teams—one man on guard while the other slept, switching off every two hours—and 1 remember it was still dark when Kiowa shook me awake for the final watch. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the twig cracked my eyes snapped open and I was wide awake. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Sometime in the afternoon Ralph awoke feeling hot, cramped, and restless. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry! I was so pleased to find you awake at last. I will go now, but you must drink this water and eat some bread. Shall I bring meat?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

After a long time, Granny stirred slightly and seemed to come awake. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A few blocks south of Yesler, in a shantytown sprawling along the edge of Elliott Bay, children awoke in damp cardboard boxes that served as beds. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I expected to be shaken awake at the crack of dawn, but when I finally woke, the sun was streaming through the gabled windows. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We were piped awake at sunrise and mustered in preparation for disembarkation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to stay with her to help keep her awake. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I awake to the sound of my alarm clock, blaring rhythmically, and it seems as loud as an air siren, shouting at me with such ferocity that it sort of hurts my feelings. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

In reality, the pounding is of fists on the front door, and I bolt awake. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She awoke with a start and then decided to drag herself off to bed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon was fully awake before she was, trying the shape of an arctic fox before reverting to his favorite ermine. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

With a quick movement he jumped from bed, and began to pull on his clothes,—all the man in him awake at the need for instant exertion. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Thanking them, Jinjoo shook her siblings awake and made them drink all the water. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It’s a hard thing to live with in the dark, and I lie awake cooking up plans to go hunt for him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Oracle awoke after one of her wild, prophesying nights, she probably had no memory of the things she’d said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

What she wanted to know was why, and what next, but Lazlo couldn’t tell her that and Eril-Fane was still awake. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Neither awake nor asleep, my chest filled with an excitement like joy, I tried to think whether or not I was afraid of the strangers, and the thought made no sense. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slept very little that night, kept awake by my longing for my home and by Hari’s coughing in the next room. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The other guys looked perfectly awake, like it was lunchtime or something. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

That’s how it feels here, somehow—wide awake at midnight in a strange place, duty-bound to make it work. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Some nights I lay awake for hours trying to remember my mother’s face. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a bad idea just as much as it’s a bad idea to skip meals or stay awake in bed in the morning or stop taking your Zoloft, but there’s no hope for me now. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I bolted upright, suddenly awake, my mouth dry as paper. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Lyra was gradually coming more and more awake. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

StaffSergeant Max Mayhem and Private Jasper Jacks awake in a dark, empty room approximately twelve feet square. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Cari would tell him bits at night if they were both awake. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

To get myself shaken awake I jumped up and down a few times and clapped my hands. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, in a jarring, disorienting lurch, Taisin felt Mona’s hand on her, shaking her, calling her name, and she awoke on the floor of the cottage. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

If I have to be awake for eons, Ben just ensured I’ll have his favorite stories to listen to. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was awake, lying on his side, watching Sister’s paw twitch as she slept. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seemed like neither one of us ever really got awake that day. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was the first night that I was awake alone without having a migraine. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

At the police academy, they found that Joe had been lying awake there all night. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Across town, in the lightless Zebra Room, my father was trying to stay awake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Hugo awoke and saw his wife standing over him like a goddess with a fiery ball in her hand. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Night had fallen before Madam Hooch awoke with a start, told Harry and Ron off for not waking her, and insisted that they go back to the castle. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Because the Sleeper is awake,” she cut in. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Several times, I drift off briefly and then snap awake, guilty and angry with myself. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The hour of the wolf found him still awake, wrapped in layers of heavy wool and greasy fur, walking yet another circuit of the inner walls, hoping to exhaust himself enough to sleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then he was awake, on his bed, on his back, staring at the darkness in his cell. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

With that, Bongo started snoring—for real this time—but I was still wide awake. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Not really sleepy. The rain does that to me. Keeps me awake.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Even so, I had more such dreams—and sometimes, I’m sure, I was still half awake when they began. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I awoke feeling able to talk to him coherently and understand what he said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Ray,” squeals Leda, awake since the first bump. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then I heard the gal say, 'Daddy,' soft and low in her sleep and I looked, tryin' to see if she was still awake. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t I been lying awake nights, fretting over the very same thing? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Now she awoke to the sound of the peacocks, and got out of bed, with the shape of her day familiar and her routines unthinking. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I still had one arm draped over Bluie, in fact, when I awoke just after four in the morning with an apocalyptic pain fingering out from the unreachable center of my head. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t believe that just a few days ago the Earth Mother had awoken and almost destroyed everything Piper held dear. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“You spoke out and kept me awake. I really think you should see a doctor.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was having a dream. I don’t know what it was, but when I woke up, I had this awful realization that I was awake. It hit me like a brick in the groin.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was still dark when Maniac awoke on Christmas morning. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each night, I lay awake, waiting until I heard her retire to her mattress to sleep before I allowed myself slumber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And Thomas, Isaac, and I started to sleep less during the day, staying awake to whisper with one another. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he shook himself as if trying to rouse himself awake. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

When an author wanted a character to be awoken at dawn, Colin figured the author just used the literary tradition of the crowing rooster to make it happen. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The next day I came blearily awake to the sound of the hour being struck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a subtle thing, but he’d learned to look for it at the tables—the moment a player came awake to the fact that he might have a winning hand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Francis is wide awake and wearing his favorite-slash-only bathrobe, like he’s some kingpin whose business makes him stacks on stacks of money instead of a technician spending the little he makes on us. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I awoke one morning and it wouldn’t move. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The sailor was as I had left him, neither sleeping nor awake. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Once I was awake, I tried to separate the other aromas of my grandparents’ house: Some mornings the meaty, spicy scent of sausage came up the stairs; other days the sweet fragrance of fresh muffins. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was awake, peering up at her, his head on his paws. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I’m awake while I’m supposed to be asleep, staring at the plastic glow-in-the-dark stars on my ceiling and wishing I had listened to him. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Matthew must have been awake and waiting, for before the rapping ceased they heard the bolt slide back. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid to fall asleep, but staying awake also brought back painful memories. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I knew Dante was probably still asleep, but his parents would be awake. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Asleep was the way Harry liked the Dursleys best; it wasn’t as though they were ever any help to him awake. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Uhmma,” I call as I walk down the hallway, not because I need something but simply to say I am awake. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

A shock of startling pain—and he was broad awake, awake and fiercely angry. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like that matters, like everyone shouldn’t be awake to hear what Byrd did. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When my father awoke in the morning, his entire body was trembling like a baby bird’s. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

This dream Squelch was so realistic in every detail, even his smell, I realized I must be awake. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

At about midnight, I felt an arm on my shoulder, jostling me awake. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hand with sharp fingers shook him awake roughly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Later in the night, lying on the wooden plank for beds, I keep Chou awake by tossing and turning. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I awoke my eyes opened on two gray eyes in a white stroobly head. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rumble of bombs had quieted and the sirens had finally wound down, and I wondered if all that apocalyptic noise had been keeping me awake. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

All you have to do, practically, is sit down on the bed and say, "Wake up, Phoeb," and bingo, she's awake. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Those nights when I’d shudder awake from a nightmare, I’d remember my grandmother’s instruction to make a sign of the cross in the direction of my window. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt myself struggling to awake to some call of my instincts; nay, my very soul was struggling, and my half-remembered sensibilities were striving to answer the call. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

When it stopped, she would awake and rise. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I return to my cot early that morning, and Tobias is already awake. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was awake, she guessed, but he kept his eyes closed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Once he dreamed he was a butterfly, and when he awoke, he thought he was a butterfly dreaming he was man. There’s no doubt this story was confused as well.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

That night, filled with hopelessness, he lay awake in his prison cell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Martin lived with his mother, Bridget; his brother, Stephen; and his sister, Teresa, who was now shaking him awake. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

She lay awake and her muscles were stiff. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When I awoke the next morning, my neck was bruised and my wrist swollen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After that, their voices lowered, and I lay awake in the dark, worry about the future buzzing like a mosquito in my head. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe a goatherd,” I said, shaking the others awake. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I slept for a good half hour and then awoke with a start, having forgotten every word of the important discussion. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then morning comes, the wavering grey turns to gold, there is a stirring within me as the sleepers awake, and he softly departs. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I startle awake and jump at the sight of Ivy's dark veil leaning over me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Before the sage could die of fright, Vishnu awoke and took him back into his mouth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Were you sleeping? Sorry, I thought Penny would be awake by now.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

So I stayed awake as long as I could, ignoring one episode of Tommy Queue after another. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Surprised—it always surprised him to find himself awake without prior notice—he rose from the bed, stood up in his multicolored pajamas, and stretched. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

All the children were awake, waiting for their morning meal of rice water. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we'd been awake so long, we decided it was better to rest, change clothes, and freshen up. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She wondered if Anya would be awake still, at her daughter’s house in Rook Hill. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

These past days, hunted by nightmares, she’d felt their presence even while she was awake. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Once they found its den, they would use shushrooms to sneak up on the Nightbeast, then flood the den with sleeping tonic and dispatch any cucos that were awake with foxglove blow darts. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Later that night, after everyone had gone home, I stayed awake in my bed, wondering what on earth Carmen meant about wearing a disguise. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I awoke when the car hit the first utility pole. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A high ululating cry brought him instantly awake. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He shakes himself awake now, looks at the half-moon, and says, “I left my keys on your kitchen table.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I hung my head over the edge and for a moment, in the bounce of a flashlight, I saw Minerva’s face, wide awake and without fear. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

For the first time in a long time, Mama stays awake for the whole movie. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The body is awake now, and it knows what it wants. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was almost asleep, twitched, and was wide awake. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at that touch Frodo stirred and cried out softly in his sleep, and immediately Sam was wide awake. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

On Saturday she slept badly and awoke screaming in the middle of the night. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was awake now, manning the catwalks or struggling with the frightened animals below. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Because Edward’s eyes were painted on and he could not close them, he was always awake. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

When I awoke, Aaron was gone and Frightful was circling me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d stay awake at night and wait for the satisfying shriek. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry lay awake for a very long time in the darkness. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I was the only person in the place, besides the snaggle-toothed old man who ran it; he was in the room next to mine and kept me awake with his loud hacking and spitting. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lily, barely awake, had waved her small fist. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

But here she was: not awake, not asleep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She awoke when the students came tumbling into the room. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that night I dreamed of my grandfather and awoke depressed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one o’clock in the morning, I awake to tapping sounds on the window. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt all the dogged argumentativeness of my nature awake within me as I answered him:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She awoke in the morning with a smile. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He awoke to such a dream one morning in late 2008. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Or would he be lost without his mother coming in to make sure he’s awake? Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

By two or three in the morning, most of the prisoners were asleep, and those who remained awake with Zeitoun were quiet. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Nation was on one side, Simba on the other, and though no one said a word, I knew they were both awake as well. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I had known Martin was awake for at least ten minutes; his breathing had become much lighter, and he had stopped doing his weird little lip licking and grunts. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But I also stayed awake worrying that she would be mad at me. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I took another deep breath of the frozen air before I opened the door, confused that I should be so awake after such a long day. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Caruthers had been awake all morning, longer than any days previous, and the old woman was clearly feeling better because she was growing crankier by the hour. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

On the edge of sleep a new sound jerked me awake, the sound of footsteps, I thought, moving stealthily on gravel. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw the golden faranji—looking unwell—still awake and working. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was wide awake, noticing every little detail. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Because Gaia was the earth, and the earth was awake. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Even when he was awake that terrible rattle echoed through his mind. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mom shook me awake and sent me up to bed, where I crashed onto the pillow, still dressed, pockets full of bills. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Pain rushed at him as he came fully awake—cracked ribs, aching knuckles. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mami had no sympathy as she shook me awake this morning. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When it did not come, hunger awoke him; he ran from his roost to Miyax, pecked on her boot, and fluttered his wings for food. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she jerked back awake and looked at me, embarrassed that I'd seen her weak. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But the moment the lights in my hab-unit went out, I felt energized and wide awake. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Filthy, stinking drunk—and I jolted awake, shame washing over me like a wave. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m not supposed to sleep. They want to keep me awake to monitor my head. Make sure I don’t have some hidden damage or something.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

They reflected the crackling fire in the middle of the hogan and looked like a forest stirred awake by strong winds. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Startled awake by the lechuzas’ bloodcurdling screams, Pita sat up and screamed almost as loudly as the winged witches. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It seemed to be getting bigger, now, and more awake. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I lay awake in bed that night waiting for Harry to come home. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The dogs, who had already been stirring awake, backed away and began to growl low in their throats. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The twins were awake, and they both looked blindly and earnestly up at the wind-moved leaves of the oak tree. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jack’s awake when we get there the next afternoon. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Want 'em to fight like crazy and be extra careful and completely awake all the time? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blanca, weaker than her mother although she was taller, younger, and heavier, sighed when she was awake and sobbed while she slept, in an uninterrupted lament that had begun the day of the beating. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was awake, lying on his back with his eyes open. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I was walking, Mom, but I was definitely awake.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Alex asked, but he did as Jimmy told him, banging on his sisters’ bedroom door until he was sure they were awake. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

"I was asleep when the twisty things were fighting and when they went away I was awake, and I saw something big and horrid moving in the trees." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Each morning Asha awoke hoping she might see the sun, only to face another day of snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I could read to you a bit? Now that I’m awake? We’re so close to the end.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Thoughts of the nurse girl followed me through sleep and lingered after I awoke. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He lay awake at night, reading scriptures over and over, racking his brain for some meaning to words he’d been fed and had preached time and time again. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I startle awake from the dream, flustered and irritated with myself. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He kicked Ranofer awake each morning on his way out of the courtyard, tossed him a copper to buy bread or jerked his thumb toward the storeroom to indicate that there was food laid out. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

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

My stomach grumbled, loud in the silent basement, reminding me that now that I was awake I should be finding it some food. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The hunter and the hound weren’t the only ones awake that night. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the Trojans were awake, before they realized what had happened, while they were struggling into their armor, Troy was burning. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grasping at my arm, covered with twigs, he spake to me; I heard the violin all around us; I awoke. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It was so early that I felt as if I were the only one awake in the world. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He jerked awake when the final blast of water jets hit him, and he found himself slumped against the wall of the air lock, his hands still gripped around the pipes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time she awoke feeling torn up with loss, the sight of Kaede departing as painful as a fresh wound. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

One morning in February we awoke to gunfire. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Actually, Captain Flume slept like a log most nights and merely dreamed he was awake. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He drifted off to sleep and awoke to find a lunch of tea and cream crackers covered with a thin layer of marmalade. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed his wrists, looked him in both eyes, and said, “Now, promise me you’ll stay awake.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

When Sidhean pulled the horse to a halt, she awoke and saw that they had reached the edge of the Wood. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Johnny,’ he said at last, ‘are you awake?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke several times to gasps and flights of movements and murmurs that it had happened again, he’d stopped breathing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Chasca may have seen one as she awoke. It was morning, not twilight. There is no danger.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Even percolated black coffee wouldn’t keep you awake, if you were reading these. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I went to bed, but I was still awake hours later when I heard a pickup roar up the hill. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The thought of going had been heavy upon him from the moment he awoke; but he guessed now that they would not go further that day. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His presence reverberated through the cramped rooms and crooked hallways as every thug, thief, dealer, con man, and steerer came a little more awake. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was sitting up late, waiting for Pa, and Laura and Mary meant to stay awake, too, till he came. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was out of my bed and running before Osh was properly awake. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Half the time when he’s awake, he’s not making a ton of sense. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Helmuth lies awake for a long while, wondering if Germany deserves to win such a war. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice he heard Ron stir and was sure that he too was awake, but they were sharing the sitting room with Dean, so Harry did not speak. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later I had to start talking to keep Miles awake. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They were sitting beside the fire in the common room; the only other people awake were fellow sixth years. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Now, in these quiet moments as I wait for the world about to awake, I find myself going over in my mind again passages from Miss Kenton's letter. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

There is only one me I’ve ever really liked, and he was good and awake as long as he could be. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When she shook me awake, it was dark outside the plane. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Early one morning that September his wife, Hazel, arose to find Ulbrickson already awake, sitting in his pajamas at an old typewriter, assiduously pecking at the keys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t not no dream. I was as wide awake as I am this very minute.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mark was still awake. Reading something stupid on the internet, I’m sure.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“No, thanks. Keeps me awake. Did you have something you wanted to see me about?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If I keep ahead of everything, and that includes me, I should be able to stay awake and here, and not just semi-here but here as in present as in now. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They were dazzled and dizzied by the vision of the future they planned to share, which Lexie wanted so badly, sometimes, that she lay awake at night thinking about it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Like so many other Po-2 night bomber regiments on the front, their strategy was to keep the German troops awake all night. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I lay awake at night, rubbing my feet with my hands, trying to warm them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I lie awake for a long time, listening to insects and little creeping creatures. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter lay awake in the entrance to the cave. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The next morning he awoke at the Cocoon Inn, awash in recriminations. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Shadow woke with his heart jackhammering in his chest, his forehead clammy, entirely awake. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“You tell me what you were talking about, and I’ll stay awake.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Yet in that dream he had had, just before he had awoken with his scar hurting, Voldemort had not been alone ... he had been talking to Wormtail. . . plotting Harry’s murder. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When he awoke, it was evening of the tenth day. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The idea goes straight to my groin and jerks me awake. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My mother is awake now and in the kitchen, and smiles when she sees Amelia heading up the path. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I lay awake thinking and my mind jumping around. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It’s still early, and I’m not ready to be awake. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The boys sat in their chairs half asleep but Mack was awake and his eyes were on the puppy. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was dreaming about every move at night, and when awake, all I could think was, I've done fifty routines in practice and I haven't fallen on one. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I lie awake thinking about it and I ache. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie hated when his mom told him to go to bed after he’d seen something that was going to keep him awake, for like, the rest of his life. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The principal, valedictorian, guest speaker, and the rest of the graduation speakers gave their speeches as Woody fought to stay awake. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When Benton awoke the next morning, he found himself alone in the tent. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Come on, then. I could do with a walk to keep me awake.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She awoke in a narrow bed, with that comforting engine rumble deep below. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Am I really awake, or am I having a horrible dream?’ is a question we seriously asked ourselves many times. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she awoke, it was dark outside and Amari could smell a hint of a pleasant, flowery scent. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I’m giggling before I’m even properly awake. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked hard to end this nightmare, to shake himself awake. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke later, in the backseat of a strange automobile. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But late in the night the watchmen cried out, and all awoke. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He awoke to Nipper pecking at his ear. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

When it is time to march again, officers move from man to man, shaking them awake and ordering them to their feet. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

An eerie, hair-raising creaking of riding boots, a crop striking leather, a peremptory footstep that makes me shake myself awake and turn on lights all over the house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was already awake at 4:00 a.m. when the alarm on my wrist- watch began to beep; I’d been awake most of the night, struggling for breath in the meager air. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

My first week back in Cambridge, I awoke nearly every night in the street, having run there, shouting, asleep. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

You went to bed in the dark and awoke in the dark and were counted in the dark so you would be ready to work when it was light. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

If she were in a panic, or terrified, or jerked awake during a fire, she would not remember how to produce those American sounds. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou was not the only girl awake under a three o’clock sky. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Lying awake in the dark that night, unable to sleep, he thought that he would have given anything to feel the heavy thud on the bed that used to announce the old dog’s arrival. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I awoke with snow in my ear. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

An hour and fifteen minutes until the lullaby of soft violence stops and she blinks awake. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The following morning I felt marvelously alive when I awoke. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She had begun coughing, a dry, painful cough through the night that kept both Betsy and Amelia awake, though not Lyddie. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke to Granddaddy hanging his dripping oilskin on a nail. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He began experiencing severe nightmares from which he awoke screaming. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She’d had to stay awake and read maps, to find roads without tolls. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was startled awake by a deep rut in the road, she could see the fiery redness of the sun above the trees in the distance. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had tried to keep awake, but it had been impossible. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or the year she stayed awake thirty-two hours straight when fever from the chicken pox had me full of delirium, so sick I wanted to die. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

A few hours later, Seattleites awoke to alarming headlines and radio news bulletins. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If you can remember how that first terrific stretch feels, pleasant and painful, then you may understand how my mind felt after all these years, stretching awake on the rooftops of Tarbean. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Me too. Can I come by again when he’s awake?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The nodding off and the snoring and the being elbowed awake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Lancelot went to sleep at once—but the buzzing of the flies kept Sir Lionel awake, and while he was awake a curious sight came by. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had lain awake all night, imagining how he was going to beat the best barons in England, and he had not been able to eat his breakfast. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is now quite awake, and look so well as I never saw her since that night at Carfax when we first enter the Count’s house. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She lay awake reaching her conclusions, mentally switching the light on and off, until she began to see other things. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was not a human creature anywhere, not a leaf stirring, not even a bird awake. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m awake,” Ashoke says, though his voice is still small from fatigue. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had tossed and turned, awoke often covered in sweat, images of men in black uniforms dancing through his dreams. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t stay awake, and he couldn’t sleep, either; his head was spinning, a daze of strangeness hung over everything, and his hand was sore and throbbing. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It is absolutely imperative that you keep the potentially concussed patient awake at all times." Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

When they awoke on April 11, their hearts sank. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It felt like Becky shook me awake the moment I fell asleep. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel, even before he came fully awake, how tired he still was. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I lie in my bed, wide awake, listening to the faint sound of drums coming from Madrina’s basement. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I awoke tied hand and foot, my side throbbing rhythmically, my jaw not throbbing at all. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Black stick fingers smeared yellow paste on his eyebrows, stinging him awake. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay awake every night, heart filled with dread, recalling the dangerous offer made by the boy in the floppy red hat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

An invisible thread tugs me toward sleep, but I want to be awake. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They were wagging their tails as they awoke and saw each other. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your job is to keep me awake,” the trucker said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I make small stirring noises, so he knows I’m awake, alive. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

So she was up and dressed when Tea Cake awoke from the fitful sleep that had come to him just before day. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then we would lie awake and listen to his dreams. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When he awoke, he was blind, and the trees were gone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When I was awake after the operation I had not been away. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It starts with a scary chase sequence and ends with me falling off a building, where the fall feels like an intense forever as I scream and scream and then I finally jerk awake. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Sean lay on the couch barely awake, his hands covering his ears. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Make sure he’s still awake. Were going to need his help. You got that? Find Grover!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

‘What else do I do? What else do I lie awake at night and do but think of them?’ Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

There weren’t any coffee smells to fill the morning air, which meant no one was awake to ask me to do things. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Cole awoke during the night to strange noises deep in the trees. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

In the mornings she was always awake before I was. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Too tired to read, but too awake to sleep, she just stared at the crackling fire. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Werner feels as though he and Neumann Two are the only souls awake in the world. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was awake, too, out for a stagger with a bottle in his hand. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But often at night I awoke from night mares in which I saw Tenorio shooting Ultima as he had shot Narciso. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept jerking awake with itchy watering eyes, wishing he could talk to somebody who would understand: Jomo, his aunty, Anulika. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

What I hope is to get to Judd’s house before he’s wide awake, take him by surprise. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee began to come slowly awake, blinking in the blaze of morning. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went down to Hazel and found him awake and talking to Fiver. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madam ran me like a donkey all the next day, then demanded that I stay awake all night to make rolls for breakfast because the bakers in town were rebels, and they had fled. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He awoke in a panic, the shrieks and screams spilling into the conscious world. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I lay awake in a funk nearly all night with Paul’s dratted gun in my hand, my ear pressed to the trapdoor listening, expecting him to come back and try again under cover of darkness. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I lay awake most of the night, with him hot and restless at my side, and I made my decision. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time, when the system saw that I’d drifted off, it sounded a warning klaxon in my ears, jolting me back awake. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He brooded on this and drank coffee to stay awake. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He awoke some hours later, and awoke with a start. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

David had sat awake through the long hours of the night, past midnight, sailing steadily. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jolt awake when I hear someone pounding on a door. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He’d slept in a chair that first night, and Fujiko had stayed awake pondering ways to extricate herself from this situation. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I cried a lot when I was awake. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled half awake and half asleep, and then suddenly, in the middle of my fevered, stolen nap, utterly awake. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shook awake and Ma jumped to her feet. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The best thing to do is to stay awake and blink sympathetically. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bigwig and Silver were awake, but all the rest were still napping uneasily. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke earlier than usual the next morning and knew, before I was completely awake, that something was different. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was as if he’d gone blind and couldn’t shake himself awake. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

At five thirty in the morning, my eyes are closed but I am wide awake. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Both my parents snored loudly, and I lay awake all night. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Early next morning, before the other two were awake, Harry left the tent to search the woods around them for the oldest, most gnarled, and resilient-looking tree he could find. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was still awake when Nancy arrived home at one o’clock in the morning, looking fresh and clean, having taken a shower and shampooed her hair on her way out of Level 4. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed awake the rest of the night and so did the cap’n. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

She looked so different now, awake and alert—standing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She awoke to find the conductor leaning over them saying quietly, “Sumimasen.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I would awake in a soft bed, snuggled under a cozy comforter with a rainbow on it. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the second scream came, he said, “I hope to Christ she don’t keep me awake all night.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chemicals in his brain were so depleted he wasn’t going to come awake even for the storm. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were only partially open, so that Ophie could not truly tell if she were asleep or awake. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And I don’t think your brother is going to be awake much longer. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as they lowered Toby down, he startled awake—nearly jumping off the mattress. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The wolf dreams had been growing stronger, and he found himself remembering them even when awake. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need to go,” Matt said, only half awake and pulling his pillow tightly over his head to cut out the noise of the train. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would go to the water fountain in the corridor and let cold water run over my wrists, chilling my blood, hoping in that way to keep awake. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was instantly awake, his heart pounding wildly. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

At last when he felt his eyes closing and knew that his struggle to keep awake could not go on much longer, he wakened Frodo gently. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The words awoke a plaintive echo in Bernard’s mind. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Garvey started his dance lying on the ground as if he were asleep by the fire, then slowly awoke and sat up. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I brought out my father’s notebook and pen, and started to write, knowing that when Uncle Abdullah awoke, I would need to hide them again. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He awoke with a start to a loud slapping sound. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Three a.m. would come and Maya would lie awake in bed and watch lights from the cars outside pass across her ceiling, lighting her room before it fell dark again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

On Halloween morning, Harry awoke with the rest and went down to breakfast, feeling thoroughly depressed, though doing his best to act normally. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

By the time she had him hard again, he was awake and she was wet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But he could never stay awake long enough to reassure her. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He lay awake and counted the hours before they could leave for the airport. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing that happened was we started sleeping most of the daylight hours so we could be awake at night when everyone else was in bed. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loss and fear had snuffed it out: He felt as though he had been slapped awake again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I tried it, but felt wider awake than ever.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain had stopped and the last rays of the sun were disappearing when I awoke. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having possessed Esther, the carnal man awoke, seeing the possibility of conquest everywhere. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When I’m finally convinced he’s gone, I lie awake on the couch for another hour. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Watching the flames, Bran decided he would stay awake till Meera came back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For the first month or so, Helda would shuttle back and forth between all-night diners, drinking coffee to stay awake. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog had returned to its kennel; but although it was not to be seen, he felt that it was awake and watchful. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she sank back into her body and awoke. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I blinked to make sure I was awake, and the whole world seemed to listen. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I remember how on our wedding-day he said: “Unless some solemn duty come upon me to go back to the bitter hours, asleep or awake, mad or sane.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He was wide awake, chilled, the floor cold beneath his feet. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most nights, Scruggs drank heavily until he finally fell asleep, only to jerk awake, angry and agitated. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The twins are awake, crying with the hunger, but Dad stands in the middle of the room, staring at the ceiling. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They remained like that, linked by icy index fingers that did not transmit anything in any way until she awoke from her momentary dream and slapped her forehead with her hand. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t expect anything to happen, but you’d better be wide awake if it does.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My class was American Literature, a lecture about Frederick Douglass in a mostly empty auditorium, and it was incredibly difficult to stay awake. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“How can you see something that isn’t there?” yawned the Humbug, who wasn’t fully awake yet. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we stopped to rest in a copse, we did not all sleep, but one at a time stayed awake to watch the Serjeant and make sure he attempted no act against us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Camp that night was two tents thrown up hastily in the middle of dense bush with the spring bugs newly awake buzzing at the tears we hadn’t had time to repair. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It was a yellow disc in a lime-green sky, the colors of six o’clock in the evening and the time when the wolves awoke. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was already high when he awoke. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one meeting, as I lean against the straw wall and slowly fall asleep, a loud scream shocks me awake. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel tired at all, but I guess at some point I must have put my head on the pillow, because a moment later, Judy was shaking me awake. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was going to be one of those restless nights with the baboons awake and the dassies foraging. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As quietly as he can manage, he whispers, “Are you awake?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The king and his company slept no more that night; but they saw and heard no other strange thing, save one: the voice of the river beside them suddenly awoke. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I want to dive back into bed and tell her it's too early to be awake, but she knows what palace life is like, and I need to learn from her. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In the morning, I awoke to hear—not the bird of joy—but angry sounds in the distance. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time she closed her eyes, something made her sway and lurch as if she were at the brink of a precipice, and she snapped awake, tense with fear. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When he awoke, it was as though he were a feverish, frightened ten-year-old; his hair was wet, his shirt cold-damp and clinging. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

So next morning, when she awoke in the dormitory, she was curious and ready to deal with whatever the day would bring. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You awake?” he said again, reaching over and switching on the princess lamp he’d bought for her at a yard sale. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Finally I had him awake, out of bed, and bathed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Doorman’s awake and demanding coffee, and all I can do is stare at the gun. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I sat at the table, jolted awake by the coffee, petted Gretchen on top of her domed head, got a tail wag and, in as positive a tone as possible, said: “Used motor oil.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was curled up, as though she had long ago decided to take a nap tucked into the space and never awoke. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

"Why are you awake, may I ask? Were you warm enough?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he spoke to Auntie Idris about me, too, before I was awake and listening. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

As soon as everyone was awake enough to look around we all bunched up and hugged up around Momma and Dad, even cool Byron. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She jerked awake, stared at me blankly until she seemed to realize I was staring back at her. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Is it like being sleep, but awake, like sleepwalking? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

No one else was awake to see the tank rumble by. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I asked my amah, who always managed to appear next to my bed the instant I was awake. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, he awoke to a strange void: No kapo was yelling at him or trying to beat him over the head. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning Cole awoke early and went for a soak. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“When the boy awoke, his humans cried out, ‘Stay still! The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Only Lee Scoresby was awake, calmly chewing a thin cigar and watching his instruments. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I jerk awake, my eyes wide and searching, and I see Tobias kneeling over me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was wide awake now; he sat up and said, ‘Who is it? What do you want?’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father and Mother and Mr. Dussel were awake most of the night, and I’m not exaggerating when I say that I hardly got a wink of sleep. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He’d slept most of the journey to Boston, the conductor poking him awake once they’d reached South Station, and he was the only person left in the compartment, the last to get off. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The end-of-lecture review would not require his attention, which meant it would require willpower instead—it would be all he could do to stay awake. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was wide awake and ready to go. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Runt shook himself awake and rolled to his feet. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The other two babies were awake lying naked on blankets on the floor quietly playing with their feet. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I've just lain down and started to snooze when someone shakes me awake. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Palmer had no trouble staying awake in the dark. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Two days later, Henrietta awoke terrified, disoriented, wanting to know where she was and what the doctors had been doing to her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Once inside the office, Arm could only be kept awake by having ice cubes poured down his neck. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

After they had left his room, he lay awake, and was more ashamed than ever before, because of what he had felt, because it had been Mr Hooper, Mr Hooper... I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The shoe poet was already awake, staring at my boots. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I startled awake in bed, confused as I listened to Chubs snore and Zu toss and turn. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

On the morning she awoke after the fairy kisses, when she went to the window, she saw fairies fluttering about. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

With Pinkeye awake, she dared not go back to her bed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She came fully awake and saw Con and Taisin, too, reeling from the water’s chill. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Now, sitting with his friends in the mess hall, Jason felt so awake, he doubted he would sleep for a week. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

By Easter Mrs. Caruthers was no longer so dependent on the doctor’s tinctures and she began to spend more and more time awake. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was awake, jerked suddenly into consciousness in the black stillness of the house. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

One evening after going to bed normally, I awoke to another kind of shaking. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Taisin awoke, evening was falling in lush, soft shadows around them, and Mona was pulling an iron teapot out of the fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He found Pipkin close to the mouth of the burrow and already awake. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, someone gently shook him awake. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A few hours later, he was jolted awake by the sound of exploding shells. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Her own slip was wet-dark and clinging to her body, and she was now thoroughly awake. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Hours later, I awake to Cook's hand on my shoulder. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He's breathing with his mouth open—they sound like the snores of a drunken man, even though he's obviously awake. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He came awake, bolt upright, opening his eyes into total darkness. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Surely the sailor would be awake before the day was done. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The man lay awake for a while, thinking about the days ahead and of the animals, for the sheer misery in the young dog’s eyes haunted him. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was quickly awake, and he listened further, aghast at the sharpness of this woman’s eyes. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He came into the parlor, and when he saw that she was up, he smiled and whispered, “Good! You’re awake. Come on—you can help me catch some fish for breakfast.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over in the poor white neighborhoods of East Durham, C.P. also lay awake, thinking about the evening. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she awoke, the world was on fire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Those were the scenes she decorated in blood when awake. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Some guys in bathrobes saw me awake and came over. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the Southside residents who were awake on such nights, it gave all their thoughts and activity a quality of being both intimate and far away. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wide awake at once, he scrambled to his feet, and his eyes went automatically to the upper room. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

There was a definite end-of-the-holidays gloom in the air when Harry awoke next morning. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“If I’d bin awake, it wouldn’t ha’ seemed so bad to think about. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around six o’clock the next morning 426, who was sleeping near the top of the bridge against a vertical web, awoke. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The pain kept me awake; my own thoughts kept me awake. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ron’s room when he was being shaken awake by Mrs. Weasley. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There’s a knock on my door, jolting me awake from my uncomfortable nap sprawl in the hideous green armchair by the window. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There was no despondency when she fell asleep that night, nor was there hope when she awoke in the morning. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and saw that Sam was now standing beside him, looking round with a puzzled expression, and rubbing his eyes as if he was not sure that he was awake. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Dicey awoke the next morning, she saw filmy shadows, as if the inside of the trailer was swathed in veils. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun began moving over the hill, I came back to the house; he was awake and wanted to go out again, this time to the front porch. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh, good. I hoped you’d still be awake,” the Crown Prince said, and Celaena jumped from her seat to find Dorian approaching. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

No offense to the dead, but soccer is a really stupid thing to stay awake for. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Before he was even fully awake, he said, “Food.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy had brought his little radio to the sugarhouse to keep him awake in the night and to keep him company. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until that night, as I lay awake in my bunk, that I realized I would only ever have one chance to run—and I hadn’t taken it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He makes sure to be asleep by the time his father comes home from drinking, and to be out of the house before his father awakes. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him that he awoke them, and they awoke him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I lay awake in the soggy darkness loud with rain. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

At midnight, I awake and paint a large canvas ignited with reds and whites, each color betraying the other. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How long have you been awake?” he asked. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

There was only the long stretches of being awake, my head filled with pain and questions, and then not. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t know I’m awake, doesn’t know that I know she does this every single morning—that she opens the door and just stands there and stares at me before she wakes us. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“If it please Your Grace, may I present the Lady Val? Her sister Dalla was—” “—mother to that squalling babe who keeps us awake at night. I know who she is, Lord Snow.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Kaede awoke after dark, and when she opened her eyes there were lights dancing on the ceiling, reflected from the city below. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A certain somebody lies awake for about fifteen minutes, listening to the sounds of the night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Love you, King,” he says, but I don’t know if he’s still awake or if he’s fallen back asleep. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She awoke trembling and terrified of finding him there. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I lay awake, praying hard but gaining little comfort. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ama watched timidly, for now that the strange girl was awake, she was nervous of her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They want to transform Finnick into a rebel leader as well, but first they’ll have to get him to stay awake for more than five minutes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Mark shook Trina awake and scrambled to his feet, pulling her up with him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When Bobby awoke, he wrote a letter of apology to her, but she didn’t answer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly awake, he glanced at the alarm clock’s luminous face. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, I was awake and dressed, and when he drove up a few minutes later I was waiting expectantly at the curb. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

AT MIDNIGHT, I was awake and staring at the ceiling — images from the trial were still rattling around in my head — when I heard steps coming down the hallway. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another voice had awoken in the back of his brain. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I feel as if I’ve been awake for days and running hard; my chest hurts, my muscles cramp as if they’re out of sugar. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry suddenly noticed that every single one of the old headmasters and headmistresses in the portraits around the walls was awake and listening in on their conversation. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They went up, dragging their gear along with them, and Ishmael felt wide awake now. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I’m here. Listen. I’ve kept you awake all night anyway. Could I come over to your place for a drink? Wouldja mind?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

At some hour, I awoke to the sound of the cannonade renewed; others slumbered still, clutching their heads to impede the sounds of detonation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“One of the ones who stays awake and keeps track of the ship.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Or worse, that they should all be awake to tell Axel that they knew. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t have the energy to sleep, or to be awake. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the moonlight I could look up the length of the bed and see Dad still awake and when Oliver cried in his sleep Dad reached for him and held him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I awoke from a heavy, dreamless sleep to find myself lying on Francis’s couch in an uncomfortable position, and the morning sun streaming through the bank of windows at the rear. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I think I heard your Papá cough. He might be awake now,” Mamá said. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

At dawn, the alarm clock buzzed him awake like an angry rattlesnake. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tip of a boot as it dug into my side, forcing me back awake. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Lee came slowly awake, back to the misty world. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Ophie pushed open the door to her parents’ bedroom she was startled to find her mother awake. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

"You weren't awake to have an opinion," he says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When you’re infamous and invincible, it’s hard to picture being anything but awake, but I make myself concentrate because this is important—it’s life or death. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t even sure he was awake at first; his eyes barely opened, but he licked his lips. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

His head felt very strange indeed, but he was coming awake into the moming as from a long way away and he could begin to hear the bugles out across the fields. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was already awake—she believed in waking up with the dawn whenever possible—when she heard the bells of a Buddhist monastery chime from her phone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The cop shook Oppenheimer awake and demanded an explanation. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my alarm goes off in the morning, I awake to find Mango sitting on the window ledge, no doubt planning his next attack. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have to wake you up. You should be awake and ready like the rest of the men. Like French, here.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Late that night, as I lay awake in bed, with Mme. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

You might expect me to say “life,” having just woken up and all, but it’s only when I’m awake that I think about dying. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And in the morning, long before she was fully awake, she felt a longing so bitter and tight it yanked her out of a sleep swept clean of dreams. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she shook Constance awake—or at least into a groggy stupor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a news announcer talking in front of our dorm, then interviewing Hammie, who looks awake and dazed as she clutches a blanket around herself. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Go get your own feed, then. Boss man’s kid eats first. And tell the boss he’s awake.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I picked him up and took him outside and left him there, and when I went back the others were awake. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was awake then and slid down the ladder as fast as she could. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She realized that although his eyes were closed and he wasn’t moving, he might be awake. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

For several nights he stayed awake as long as he could, but weariness always overtook him long before the hour at which the hinges might have squeaked. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I shout above the others, shooting her my most extremely awake look. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

In that foggy time between sleeping and being awake, before I even open my eyes, I already remember that I am class president. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Someone shook me awake with the toe of their boot. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And then he was awake, and he knew he’d gone mad because she was here, in his cell, kneeling beside him, her hand resting gently on his chest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I gathered dried leaves to light the dung in the stove so the water for tea would be boiling when the family awoke. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I came suddenly awake early the next morning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I will be awake, reading,” the doctor said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

With a dawning lightheadedness, the feeling that he was dreaming but awake at the same time, he stood up and looked around for the cat, his guide. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I awoke the next morning, the air was thick with orange dust. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tayo brought his knees up in front of him and concentrated on staying awake. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I thought she might sleep, especially after staying awake all night, but she didn’t. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Several hours later, I awake in alarm—have I overslept? On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hours later, drifting awake, Cole became aware of a tickling sensation on his left arm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I was shocked out of this resignation two weeks into the fall semester, when I awoke one night to a blinding pain in my jaw. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She lay awake, holding him in her arms and staring into the darkness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push on her arm, jostling her awake. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When she saw that Gabe was awake, she turned away from the little ones. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The girls were awake and looking at the courtyard, the well and the two big ambulances in front of the farmhouse, with three drivers at the well. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But then there came a loud knock on the door and the man jerked awake, raising a wand in his right hand and a short knife in his left. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Of course I’m awake! How can I sleep in this blinding glare?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“And keep awake and steer. You may have much luck yet. “I’d like to buy some if there’s any place they sell it,” he said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several of the rabbits were already awake and feeding on the edge of the wood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it awoke, she hardened her breasts against the milk that crying loosens. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were awake, for the bird’s eyes were bright and the moth’s feelers waved languidly, but they weren’t animated, as she would have expected them to be. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She jolted awake, smiled, and greeted both of the boys in Arabic. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

When he awoke, darkness still hid the island. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He sighed, pulled up off the floor and lay on the cot, half- awake, half-asleep. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe this was a stupid plan, but anything was better than another night awake in bed feeling sorry for herself. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The length of the school day, though, was something else; I was frequently awake until one in the morning, doing homework. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Run to Ben’s room and tell him I have to take Joel to Dr. Bottom’s house and he should stay awake with the others until Christopher comes. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I got up to go to the bathroom, and as I headed down the hall, I realized my parents were still awake. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Quiet, gal. There’s enough trouble awake without stirring more. We’ll talk on the boat.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I lay awake an eternity, waiting for a sign, a whimper or a whisper, from the next room that he was still alive. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, to her surprise, his face, awake and animate, conveyed none of the brutality that had been her first impression. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z