I tug on the straps on my backpack. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Minho was still crouched over his backpack on the ground; he glanced up at Thomas with a look of disgust. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I end up in Simon's passenger seat, with Nora in the back, digging through her backpack. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He plucks the mystery gift from his backpack and wades back toward me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Lugging my backpack, I rush through the school door, down the steps. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“Kool Koffee coffee is the worst,” Dylan says as we step out of Dream & Bean with a fresh cup of coffee instead of refilling his thermos in my backpack. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby popped out of my Story Box backpack, where she’d made herself at home. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The man had a baggage cart, but Armpit told him that all he had was his backpack, which he carried himself to the limo. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Holly folded her shirt and put it in her backpack, then sat back down again. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I pointed to the empty seat across from mine, and then moved my backpack over to it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

James grabbed his backpack without looking at it and followed Emily as she marched across the library and disappeared between rows of bookshelves. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I reached in the back and grabbed my backpack. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I leave the plank, close the shed, and grab my backpack before walking down to the stop; the bus comes right as I arrive, opening its doors like an invitation. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

As if she knew of her impending fate, Ma gave Kim the backpack with her jewelry sown in the straps, as well as her favorite shirt, on his last visit to her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped and got out her jacket from her backpack. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Stanley put his backpack, change of clothes, and towel in what used to be Barf Bag's crate. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He looks like nothing but a backpack that got thrown down there. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Brenda picks up her backpack and sweater and keys and phone and all the other things that are spilled across the table and dumps them onto the floor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Matt shouldered the backpack, tied extra water bottles to his belt, and set off through the grape arbor. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paolo was the type of guy who travels around the world with nothing more than a backpack, who talks to strangers on carousels and in wax museums. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mini shoved the sprig of youth into her backpack and grabbed Boo out of the air. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Alicia feels it hit the backpack, so she pulls the zipper closed, swings the bag behind her, and loops the straps back over her shoulders. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached back and across the aisle to get my backpack, and Annette held it out to me, glaring like I had been chatting with Renee about Annette’s mother or something. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few moments later, my door opens quietly, and Max slips in with a teal backpack at her side. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As Abby stowed our supplies in her backpack, I noticed Holly’s car in front of the Fabric Barn. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Ready, Your Majesty?” she asks, and when I nod, she straps on her backpack and rests mine in my lap. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The only response for that is to pick up my backpack and mumble, “Math class, late,” before exiting the locker room. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

In the smallest pocket of my backpack, I find the next tape. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

With the bathroom door shut and locked behind me, I dropped my backpack on the toilet seat cover and went to work sorting through its contents. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I feel inside my backpack for my debate packet. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

As always, I threw my backpack at the bottom of the stairs—one of my mom's rules—before heading into the kitchen to grab a snack. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then she pulled an energy bar and her canteen out of her backpack for some approximation of lunch. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as Axel drops his backpack, Ray and Axel race out of the house. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin unzipped a pocket in the backpack and took out a clump of paper. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaisha had a hand on his back, her bulging backpack slung on the opposite shoulder. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, we stuff our notebooks and pencils into our backpacks and file out of the classroom door. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Anya pressed her lips together and reached out to put the backpack over Germogen’s wings and clip it around his chest. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I take out my history book and notebooks and organize them in my backpack. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I snagged the remaining half bar of chocolate Jenna had given me from my backpack and broke off a square for each of us. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Chairs scraped as the other kids gathered up their backpacks and shuffled towards the door. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

For now, the backpack keeps his head above water. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I hike my backpack up on my shoulder. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She grabbed her backpack, climbed out of Harold, and slammed his precious, fragile door behind her. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The clothes and backpack in her lap tumbled to the ground, and she bent down to pick them up. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He got off the ground okay, but then fell over sideways so his backpack dragged through the grass. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

McCormick rummaged in his backpack and found his flashlight, but it was dead, and he realized that he had forgotten to bring batteries. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had held on tightly to the backpacks Mama had given to us the entire way home, because they were the first things that we had ever owned. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theodore Finch pulls on a backpack, his T-shirt riding up across his stomach where an ugly red scar cuts across the middle. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Moss watched Javier pick up his backpack and his bike, one after the other, and wondered when he would discover the catch. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were back at the Shack an hour later, filling backpacks with as much food and supplies as they could carry. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I pulled the card out my backpack, allowing only the letter side—M and N—to show. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wes, finally satisfied, moved from his mother’s bed so he could put the last of his toys in his backpack. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She didn’t even have a suitcase to put them in, so she stuffed everything into her backpack. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She helped Hazel out of her chair, handed her her backpack, and led her out of the kitchen. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The backpack wasn’t within reach—not even close—and his legs weren’t long enough to touch the ground. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I stuffed my notebook into my backpack and walked out, humilated. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Even farther in, Nathan had to take off his backpack and crawl on his stomach. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Fina has my backpack strapped to her shoulders, chock-full of stakeout supplies: binoculars, a flashlight, and lots and lots of snacks. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

If he had known what was coming up for his day, he would have been begging me to smuggle him to school in my backpack. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Margo stands up, slings her backpack over one shoulder, and reaches her hand down for me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

My eyes flicked to the backpack on the dresser—only for a second, but Gum Baby saw, and an evil smirk crossed her face. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I pull my backpack out of my closet and stuff a change of clothes in it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She grabbed her backpack and crept toward the tree, looking around carefully as she went. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I put my sweater inside my backpack and sloppily hung my tie over my shoulders without even buttoning or tucking in my shirt. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She hopped off Nathan’s backpack and made a secure point on a crystal edge. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She opened her backpack and then remembered that she didn’t have a change of clothes anymore. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She pulled a wrapped gift from her backpack. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I’ll look it up,” said Mini, and she dug in her backpack. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was in the wayback of the minivan again, rifling through a backpack or something. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I could hear a bee buzzing nearby, and I tugged on the straps of my backpack, hurrying up the porch steps. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

A piece of the broken mask is sticking out of his backpack. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He and a friend would be backpacking for a year or more—Europe first, then Asia, ending up in the Philippines. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Holly adjusted the trim on her backpack and flew in for a closer look. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

My sister wiggles out of her backpack’s straps. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“She can’t talk. Dumb as a sand fly. Dustfinger has a photo of her in his backpack. She's probably helped him quite often. And I think he’s in love with her.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Head low, backpack straps clutched in both fists. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“One day we bundled gifts in our backpack and crossed a bridge outstretched like the universe. And we made it to the other side, thirsty, in awe.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Long ushers a student through the metal detectors, as if he never left, and Tate checks a backpack nearby. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Emily tugged on the straps of her backpack and assessed the building and street. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Otto stuffed his notebook in his pocket, dropped his backpack, and clenched his fists. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The Green Book wasn’t even in his backpack; it was under the pillow in his bunk. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Hayley and Enrique were asleep off to Moss’s right, both of them curled up with their heads resting on backpacks, a single blanket spread over the two of them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The main door opened as she and Brandon unzipped their backpacks. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Cars occasionally sped by on the highway, a backpacking couple on mountain bikes pedaled past. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I watch children run past us on their way to school, backpacks heavy on their shoulders, clothes fresh, faces clean. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I knotted the two loose straps together so I could sling the derelict hulk of my backpack over my shoulder like a satchel, gathered my stuff up, and hurried to gym. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I twist away and put on my backpack. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The table clipped her backpack, knocking the gas tank clean off. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She was wearing her backpack, her white Nikes with the orange reflectors on the heels, and, hanging from a shoulder strap, our video camera. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then he gets the map out of his backpack along with a college-ruled notebook. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Families, couples, elderly men and women carrying their belongings in backpacks, suitcases, garbage bags. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The third is too focused on reaching his target and pulling the handgun out of his backpack. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mini rummaged in her backpack and pulled out a small purple compact. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was almost to the top of the chemistry room’s ceiling when she spotted her red backpack in the wreckage beneath her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He pulled a small lunch cooler out of his backpack and became completely engrossed in pouring out individual portions of raw almonds and golden raisins into cereal bowls he’d wrapped in plastic. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the flyer crumpled now at the bottom of my backpack. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He rolled his eyes and got a pen out of his backpack, then reached over and took one of her books. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I shoved the paperwork into my backpack and hustled down to my homeroom. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She grabs her backpack, which has been inked all over with band names and quotes, and fishes out her wallet. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my backpack and board and made for the front door. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I unzip my backpack and pull out the consent form. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His backpack lay on the seat next to him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I jumped back and grabbed my backpack and opened it up and yanked the coiled rope from inside and dove back to the edge of the crevasse. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I hear the clumping of shoes, the thumping of backpacks on the floor, the screeching of chairs as the room starts to fill behind me. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Nathan put his backpack on and walked forward with renewed energy in his steps. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The backpack ripped, Eddie’s journal tumbled out, and bright green light flared in a blinding flash. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I stopped short of an old dock, while Abby hopped over missing planks, walked to the end of it, took off her backpack, and settled down on one of the potentially rotted boards. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She stared down at the ravine, and then turned and walked slowly back to her backpack. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Now, an hour later, Mai's arms ached from carrying her heavy backpack. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

They carried suitcases, backpacks, duffel bags, all crammed to the point of bursting. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I returned my seat-back tray to its upright and locked position and bent forward to dig pills out of his backpack. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I nod and leave, holding tight to the straps of my backpack. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She sat up and looked around her room, then got down from the bed and opened her backpack and unloaded everything—all of the books and folders and notebooks—and hid them under the bed. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

By the time I loaded my backpack and strapped on my crampons, most of the rest of Hall’s group was already ascending the ropes toward Camp Four. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Canton waited, but Joseph just zipped up his backpack and stood. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Put them in here,” Ivy said, holding open her backpack. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Slung over Rex’s shoulder was an army surplus backpack, filled with Stroh’s. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He reached in his backpack and dug out the last bit of food from his trip—a stale bagel. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I check his backpack and pull out his binder. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I had a backpack full of stuff just for the train: my CD player, snacks, a book to read. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was surrounded by starched backpacks and stiff denim and kids who smelled like fresh plastic. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I returned a few minutes later, Katz had accumulated a small, appreciative crowd and was demonstrating the use and theory of various straps and toggles on his backpack. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He closes his sketchbook, stuffing it into his backpack. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

A second backpack joins mine on the steps, and I know who it belongs to without looking up. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It lifted its trunk—the same trunk Aru had been using as a backpack hook for years—to its forehead. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Emily went to grab her notebook from her backpack when she saw the time on the Lees’ grandfather clock. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She was bent over a little, from the weight of her backpack I guess, and when he noticed, he slipped it off and carried it for her. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Alex is Angel’s cousin. He told her him and his friends took the money from my backpack.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

A ceiling tile crashed next to her as she rushed past the desks with her backpack clutched against her chest. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I open my backpack and give her my gummy worms. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As if Max has sensed what I'm thinking, she zips up her backpack. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

As he pushed his backpack ahead of him, it suddenly fell downward. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes, when the weather is good they go backpacking all the time — even the doctor. They’re all real outdoorsy,” she told me quietly, examining her shoes, too. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I wiggled out of the backpack I’d packed that morning and pulled out my dad’s high-powered Maglite and flashed it around the room. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dylan tosses the thermos at me like it’s a grenade and we pass it back and forth before I finally throw it in my backpack. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Martin sits across the stage, a few feet away, zipping his backpack so slowly it must be deliberate. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I stop and adjust my backpack, shifting the weight of an old clunker of a laptop. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

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

I drop my debate packet into my backpack and get the rest of the Cheerio dust scraped into my hand as fast as I can. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He reaches into his backpack and pulls out the Legos, pouring some of them into my lap. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I slide one arm free and swing my backpack around so I can unzip it. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She caught him looking at her when she pulled her binder from her backpack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, I pause by the mailboxes and take out a textbook from my backpack. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“The field guide and my mom’s research proposal. They’re in the backpack.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

A boy who was almost falling over from the weight of his backpack looked up at her and smiled. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

When they reached the end of the passage, Minho slowed to barely more than a walk and reached behind him to pull out a notepad and pencil from a side pocket in his backpack. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

James worked the zipper of his backpack up and down until finally he said, “I think we should get rid of it.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She held a backpack and a walking stick like she was prepared for a long journey. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Rose wiped her nose with the back of her hand and watched me grab a book out of my orange backpack. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And on Tuesday, I’m not bringing my backpack to the clinic, only me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no idea how the master bolt had gotten into my backpack. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Canton pulled a notebook from his backpack, along with Dusty the broom dog, then set the bag down against the stop sign so he could sit and have a little cushion. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The Toad was stuffing his recaptured possession into his backpack. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Fred dropped the album and postcard into his backpack and put his glasses on his face. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She fell into her chair and plunged into one of the tiny books she always kept in her backpack. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I pulled a little notebook and pen from the outside pouch of my backpack. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I lift my backpack over my shoulder and walk to the front of the bus. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Some pass Ben, their hips swiping his backpack. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry I left my earmuffs by my backpack. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He opens his backpack and begins stacking his books on his desk like a pyramid. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I took my cell phone out of my backpack pocket and opened my inbox. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Minho got up with a grunt and put on his backpack. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then he slung his backpack over his shoulder and nodded down the road and we set off, two miles, and it wasn’t any twenty-one degrees. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

At the start of class, James bent over his backpack and pulled out a handful of long, skinny strips of paper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And schools across the country were banning trench coats, backpacks, black clothing, white makeup, Goth music, computer gaming shirts and symbols. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hop off my electric skateboard, pull out its straps, and swing it over my shoulder so that it bumps against my backpack. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He finally approached the detector, put his backpack down on the small table, and then passed through the machine uneventfully. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He threw his backpack on the ground and took off his coat. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Sir returned from the office with Stanley's backpack and clothes. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Pradeep heads out through the turnstiles, clutching his backpack in his arms. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I ran behind Sookie, my backpack bouncing up and down on my back, and saw an opening between two older ladies in short terry-cloth beach dresses. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I slide the warm pastries back into the silver sleeve and put them into my backpack. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I submit my answers and sling my backpack over my shoulder. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He reached into his backpack and pulled out a copy of West Side Story, some play his English teacher was about to put on in front of the whole school. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Emily gripped her backpack straps and looked up to the front door. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She digs a couple of books out of her backpack and hands them to me so I can have a pillow, too. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jamie fishes in her backpack and hands her a compact with kitten ears on it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I lock my seat belt in place, and Mommy holds my overstuffed backpack toward me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Is it wrong for me to want to at least correct the misplaced apostrophe before I rip it off the wall and stuff it in my backpack? Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’m about to toss my backpack and my coat onto the couch, but Jay snaps from wherever she is, “Hang that coat up and put that backpack in your room!” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then he grabbed his backpack and went through the motions he'd planned in his head. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

As I picked up my backpack, I found a Post-it note attached to the underside of the left shoulder strap. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she unzipped her overfull backpack, The Maltese Falcon tumbled out. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then I wiped everything else dry on my apron and closed my backpack, bringing my water bottle back with me into the kitchen. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Hastily, she pulled The Gold-Bug from her backpack and stepped closer to the pile. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And finally, I have a small black backpack with handles—that one is for my piano music. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Fadi’s mind wandered for a moment, mentally going over the items in his backpack. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

And he took Octavian Nothing and looked at the first page and then looked at me, and I said, “It’s supposed to be hard,” and he shrugged and stuck it into his backpack. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I should have gone to my locker first and gotten my backpack—I forgot about the books that are in here. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell had called four rows of students, and the room was filled with the sounds of zippers and backpacks being dropped onto wooden desks. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

So I stuffed everything into my backpack underneath a sweatshirt. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He just stood there, wings out, and she realized he was making it easier for her to put the backpack on. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I cleaned it up a little and unpacked my school backpack. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the morning, I was in the living room filling my backpack with the new notebooks Mom bought for me over the weekend when Trevor’s storm door creaked open and shut. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the village, Anya shifted her backpack straps on her shoulders. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She reached down into her backpack, rustled for a minute, then pulled out a tampon and placed it next to the pen and highlighter beside her book. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my extra socks and my hiking boots out of the backpack and put them on. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I heave my backpack onto the counter, unload it, and scarf down some food. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Delia threw her backpack on the floor and kicked it to the corner of the room. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He nodded as he slipped off his backpack. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I always walked like I had on a backpack, even when I didn't. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He slipped them over his shoulders as if the Athena Parthenos were a giant backpack. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The weight in my backpack, like a bowling ball. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Alex put the vegetables and the juice boxes and the spinach and the lima beans and the rice and the Cheerios into his backpack. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I toss my books inside and grab my backpack. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He unpacked a coil of metal that twanged and glittered from a steel box in his backpack. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nodding, I close my laptop and rummage through my backpack for my pajamas. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I take the time to reorder my supplies, wad up the sleeping bag, and messily stuff everything into the backpack. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I paused writing and got out Marcus’s last letter from my backpack. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m Zoe Washington,” I said as I fumbled through my backpack and yanked my journal out of it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, Thomas let the vines fall back into place and swung his backpack over his shoulders. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I set my backpack down in the wings, kicked off my shoes, padded over and sat on the floor next to her. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the morning that we left for Mattru Jong, we loaded our backpacks with notebooks of lyrics we were working on and stuffed our pockets with cassettes of rap albums. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I put Max's backpack next to me and think how lonely it looks without her. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I duck into the girls’ room, drop the backpack on the floor, and open the letter real slow. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

His backpack hadn’t yet morphed into a bow and quiver, which was probably prudent. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Tobias secures his backpack on his shoulders and grabs one of the beams. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When she gave him a thumbs-up, he threw her pink bag over one shoulder and my backpack over the other. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Seriously, Charlie,” I tell him, bringing his backpack to his bed. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Maria Isabel takes the backpack, which contains a change of clothes and one picture of her daughter. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

With difficulty, owing to their bulky backpacks, the nine of them crowded around the old boot held out by Amos Diggory. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger couldn’t help smiling when he thought of Farid’s eager face and the way he had burned his lips when he secretly took the torches from his backpack. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

So I put the books in my backpack and wheeled my bike up to the feedstore. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I grab the backpack, ignoring the pleas and cries for help. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t cast it aside now, even though Mom did offer to get me a new backpack. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I slide my earmuffs off, zip them into my backpack, and remember Melba and Raymie and being brave. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I pull my backpack over my shoulder and step out of the car. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But before she could say anything to fill the awkward void, Brandon opened his backpack, pulled out a book, and flipped to the first page. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The moo-cow kid comes into the lobby with his teenage babysitter, who’s wearing a pair of headphones and fumbling in her backpack—for her keys, I’m guessing. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I’m shuffling through my backpack to find my English notes when the house phone rings. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She spun the dial and tugged the door open, ducking her head inside under the pretext of sorting things into and out of her backpack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I reached out and grabbed the straps of my backpack and the handles of my duffel. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I slip between onlookers and keep the backpack close to me, trying to make myself as slim as possible. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I brought you my best stuff,” Alex said, unloading the backpack. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Phil rifles through his backpack, pulls out a napkin, and holds it to my knee. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

A second later, I hear her backpack vibrate. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Men take off their jackets like they’re slipping off backpacks, and women swing their purses like empty lunch boxes. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s the best I can do, unless you’ve got a sirloin steak in your backpack.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She reached for her backpack to grab the book, but Mr. Quisling held up a hand. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I started to worry that maybe he was having a heart attack or a stroke or something, but before I voiced my concerns, I noticed something at my feet right next to my backpack. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He checked Stanley's backpack and allowed him to keep it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Ah, you must depart directly if you mean to catch the current,” said Vikus, slipping the backpack with Boots onto his shoulders and leading him to Ares, who was already carrying his dad. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

With our backpacks, purses, and the few provisions we still had in the car in tow, we started down the road heading east. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I stacked my deck of cards, put a rubber band around them, dropped them in my backpack, and said, “Way to go, man,” and wished I hadn’t. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coworkers warned me that the first time they donned the backpack vacuum they felt faint, but not me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tab shoved her lunch bag into her backpack. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

My backpack was loaded down with some extra books that I had borrowed from the library for the science project. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay my sheet of plastic over my upper body and position my backpack to block the wind. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Max reaches into the front pocket of her backpack and pulls out her cell phone. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

On long marches, the boys shouldered heavy backpacks. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Otto grabbed his backpack from the grass and retrieved the camera, looping the strap over his neck. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I blink to clear my eyes of tears, flip my hair over my shoulders, and walk back to the art room to get my backpack. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When I get down there, Nora is already inside, and she has a backpack with her. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I sling my backpack over to the passenger seat and slide in behind the wheel. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I scramble to get the backpack off my shoulders. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He wiggles a shoulder out of his backpack and slings it around to his chest. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I reach into my backpack and find the MS. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“We’re safe for now,” I say, sliding the water canister from my backpack. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

My backpack from last year has a giant hole in the bottom. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Before she could back out, Ivy took the picture she drew last night out of her backpack and slid it through the mail slot in June’s front door. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I hopped over the gunwale, shouldered my heavy backpack, and walked down the pier in the rain. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

All my friends and I are obsessed with these animated tigers called Ti-grrlz, which are suddenly everywhere: on TV, clothes, backpacks, stickers. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The way Pearl leaned over to close the zip on Trip’s backpack, the way he leaned down to smooth a stray curl out of her face. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We set down our coffees, shrugged off our backpacks, and went straight to the kitchen. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Great,” he muttered as he grabbed his backpack. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Fadi opened his backpack and pulled out his notebook just as Mrs. Palmer put down her chalk and turned back to the class. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I kicked off my shoes and stuffed them into Abbey’s backpack. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“This is it,” moaned Mini, holding up her backpack. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I slip on my backpack, turning for the last time, flinching at the horrific flames destroying our camp. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m leaving enough money to pay for these backpacks they bought us,” Dallas said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He slips and falls—away from the tracks, luckily—and lands on a backpack padded with a shirt and an extra pair of pants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Matt started a fire with a lighter he found in the backpack. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slung the backpack over my shoulder and carried the package upstairs, closing my bedroom door behind me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Emily pulled her notebook out of her backpack and the pencil from her ponytail and copied the symbols down. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I tightened the straps on my backpack and held the front screen door open with my foot. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I ate an apple from my backpack and shared a couple of granola bars with Beau. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His backpack was on the grass next to him, with a bushy tail spilling out of it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Instead, she grabbed her backpack from the floor, pulled out two soft black bundles, and tossed one to Jamie. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“How about you start from the top—of the story, not the backpack.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I threw my lunch bag into my backpack, zipped it up, and slipped on my sneakers. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I reached for my backpack slowly, trying not to show fear. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure it’ll go fine,” she said, and then she looped her hands into the straps of her backpack. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stand looking at the empty walls, so I opened my backpack and took out my folder of pictures and articles I had up on the walls of my room back home. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When I’d hung up the phone and come outside, he was sitting right where I’d left him, by my backpack in the trees, waiting for me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Patterson was on his porch, drinking a cup of coffee, so I walked over with my backpack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I picked up Joseph’s backpack and handed it to him. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The last group is elementary school kids wearing backpacks that look huge on their backs. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t say anything, but he moves his backpack onto his lap to make room, so I know it’s okay. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I find a quarter in my backpack and drop it into her open case. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She was a lamentable splotch, her black hair and brown skin and green shirt and blue jeans and purple backpack a speck in this eternal whiteness. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Thomas flipped up double thumbs; then he and Minho pulled on their backpacks and entered the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I let Mom buy me a terrible pink backpack so that she’ll let us leave the store. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He set the backpack on the oak table, and in the dim light from above the stove, he began to pack supplies. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I hooked my arms through the straps of my backpack. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Out of her backpack, she pulled out the box of wisdom cookies. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He pulled the egg out of his backpack, knowing where he wanted her to eventually hatch. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The rest of us emptied the contents of the backpacks and lay on several rumpled layers of clothing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Since this was the end of Virgil and Gulliver, he hugged his backpack close to him and decided to take a nap. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She dropped her backpack to the floor and sank into the booth next to James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I slip in, open my backpack, and take out my earmuffs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

A small black backpack strapped to my shoulders. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I'm in front of the wide steps that lead up to the museum when my backpack starts to ring. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I swung my backpack over my shoulder and probably whispered, “Excuse me,” but when I moved around him, I purposely avoided his eyes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

When I’m done writing, I close the notebook and put it next to Daddy’s in my backpack. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

With my backpack in my hands I climbed up inside and clanged the door shut. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Frank hurled his backpack at the sea god’s head. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mini hadn’t been lying when she said the backpack wasn’t hers. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The woman loosed her grip slightly and Hazel lunged for the nearest thing—which turned out to be the arm strap of her backpack. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Tyson could carry three full duffel bags over his shoulder as easily as I could carry a backpack. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Very slowly, he reached into his backpack and brought out the leather-bound book. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He sighs and pulls the road map G’ma gave him from his backpack. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The shutters were closed, so she crouched underneath and listened, clutching her backpack in her hands. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Fadi put on his backpack, glanced at the school map on the back of his schedule, and headed toward the cafeteria. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

My backpack does little to soften the blow. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His hands tremble as he throws down his backpack. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I shoved the book in my backpack and thanked him. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Annabelle wraps up a few bagels and muffins in napkins and puts them in her backpack. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Spider hung off the top handle of his backpack, threading their safety line. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She pulled Håkon’s blanket out of his backpack and draped it around the three of them as much as possible. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Same lettering as the sign in my backpack. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Soon I’m on my bike with my headphones, my backpack, and my dad’s chain tucked under my hoodie, headed to Clover Street. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I squeezed the straps of the backpack until they cut into my palms, but I still didn’t say anything. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The wires lead into a small backpack she's got at her side. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They slipped off their backpacks and began to look through the top box. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The boy might have been carrying sneakers in his backpack, if only he’d been wearing a backpack. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I step onto the front porch and slide the umbrella into my backpack with my sketchbook and colored pencils. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Metal desk legs screech against the floor, students bump into one another, backpacks fall with the thud of heavy textbooks. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I pull it out of my backpack and give it to Ethan. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Lucy dropped her backpack and put her hands on her hips. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Emily pulled her pencil from her ponytail and her notebook from her backpack and handed both to James, curious to see what he’d come up with. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my school backpack, dumped out the books, and put in some clothes and Mr. Sheep Sheep, and my Micro Machines, and the peach pits. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I emptied the contents of my backpack onto my bed at home, making plenty of space in the bag for my guaranteed earnings. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He picked Boots up and wrestled her into the backpack. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Still wearing his backpack, Ken pried open the manhole cover and slipped inside. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s odd to see him in the toy aisle, trying out a scooter with an owl-shaped backpack over one arm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I reach into my backpack and pull out the book I brought home. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I swung the backpack in a circle and slammed it—and Gum Baby—against the trunk. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I ran upstairs, pulled the proposal out of Fred’s backpack, and looked down at the cover page. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He slung a blue nylon backpack off his handlebars and tossed it to me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There I would empty my pockets and, when I had my backpack with me, I would have to open it as well. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maya gasped, grabbed her backpack, and pulled out a tube of paper that was folded in thirds and slightly bent at the top. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I stand in the hallway, leaning so my backpack is pressed against the wall. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The floor was piled high with duffels, backpacks, and cardboard boxes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I put my backpack on the floor, took off my clothes, and got into bed. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maysilee Donner turns out to be pretty resourceful herself, for a girl who leaves the Cornucopia with only a small backpack. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sits on the edge of the hole, her backpack secure around her shoulders, and drops. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

After loading his few remaining possessions into a backpack, McCandless set out on July 10 to hike around Lake Mead. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sara puts her backpack on the ground as if she has a long story to tell. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The seventh grade hallway is already jam-packed with bodies and backpacks when I arrive. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Axel pulls up his sweatshirt’s hood, loops one thumb under each backpack strap. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I did a perimeter check, took note of the men—real or not real?—standing on the roof, and shouldered my backpack. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I had prepared a written list of instructions for my friends in case I broke with Marburg, and I had sealed the document in an envelope and hidden it in my backpack. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the weight of the Walkman in my backpack. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I drop my backpack and start opening my locker. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Instead, I hand her the teal backpack that kept me company when she was gone. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I mumble, “Thank you” and stuff both boots into my backpack. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I quickly pull my backpack closer to me and start drawing a cloud in the window’s condensation. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I strap on my backpack, and Fiona helps me down the ramp. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Stashing backpacks and jackets in a window seat, they began exploring the second floor of Delia Dell. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I fish my keys out of my backpack, but I don’t need them. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He felt her tiny legs crawl out from his jeans and then her body moving up on top of his jeans to his shoulder and then into the backpack. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She took the canteen out of her backpack and drizzled them with the water Ben had given her the day before. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Before I grabbed my backpack from behind the counter, I went ahead and left the mason jar of air freshener. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I shoved my pencil case into my backpack and zipped the whole thing away. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m surrounded by bulging backpacks and loud voices and people who laugh as they shove one another. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my backpack and board and tapped my father’s foot. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

But then in math class, when I finish rummaging in my backpack for my homework, I look down at my desk to see a folded piece of paper. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

My backpack was resting on the counter while I zipped it shut. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I dropped my backpack on the floor because I knew it’d startle her, and even though there were only the next fifty-some summer days between me and high school, I wasn’t above these immaturities. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He shifted his backpack from his left to his right shoulder. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He sat on the floor, inspecting the inside pocket of his backpack. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I called as I shed my backpack in the kitchen. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Most ditch their backpacks shortly after entering Mexico. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He strapped Hazel’s sword to his belt, morphed his backpack into a quiver and bow, and raced toward the piazza where he’d fought the cow monsters. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her backpack was missing, along with Daedalus’s laptop. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Here’s a backpack, water bottles, lunch pack, some shorts and T-shirts, other stuff.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Keep them in your backpack in case you need a smile. Or something to barter with.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Which...she wants him to carry her treasure box in his backpack? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“You mean the rat in my backpack when you know I’m scared of them? The mayo in my shampoo? What about stealing my lunch money?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then I reach for my backpack hanging on the rack near the front door. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I fold the napkin and go back to my seat, where I slip the cookies into my backpack. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Everyone makes such a big deal about the last day of school,” she tells me, stuffing her lunch into her new backpack. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As I run, I swing the backpack around my body and open the zipper. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I went inside and dropped my backpack on Gus’s tattered easy chair. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

All I had to do was put the debate packet into my backpack. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He must have stuffed them all in his backpack that morning. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was rearranging the straps on the backpack at his feet. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I pull my backpack onto my lap and unzip the largest pocket. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Pascal had a kilo of sugar cane and a defunct World War II handgun in his backpack. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I stood at the reception desk to have my backpack examined, the woman said, “I think you’re the best kind of friend.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I nod, grab my backpack, and change the tape as I head for the door. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Kim is by the front door, backpack slung over her shoulder. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen I picked my backpack up, slipping one arm through one of the straps and bounced it up on my shoulder. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As he slipped the card into his backpack, he saw the tight expression on his father’s face. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I hoist my backpack over my shoulder and shut the door behind me on my way to class. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Just grabs her backpack from where it sits at her feet and leaves. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He put his backpack under his desk and smoothed out his schedule on the scarred desktop. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

A scarf is wrapped tightly around her neck, a pair of gloves on her small hands, her backpack slung over her shoulder. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He swiped the contents back into Mini’s backpack and handed it to her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It's slowing me down, and I can't afford to be slowed down a single beat, so I wiggle my way out of the straps and let the backpack fall to the ground. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had seen people carrying kids in specially designed backpacks, but his family didn’t have money for that sort of stuff. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I get to his house, he’s already waiting outside his door, his backpack on. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He watched me study him, but when I squeezed the straps on my shoulders, his eyes latched on to my backpack, and a suspicious look crossed his face. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Calder reached for it, and his backpack swung off his shoulder, knocking both him and Petra sideways. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Armpit felt pretty silly carrying Coo to school on Tuesday, and wished he had taken his backpack. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I had the urge to run over and kiss him, but I quickly stuffed it back in like a tampon flying out of my backpack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I can tell Jasmine’s thinking hard, her face all scrunched up and her balled fists clutching her backpack straps tight. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I dutifully pulled the cards out of my backpack. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Levi hangs his backpack on the fence post. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to rip open my backpack and say, To make them more like these! Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

My backpack’s at the foot of the stairs, and the light from the room is enough to reveal no one waiting to pounce. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I'm at the table now, my fingers closing over the tiny orange backpack. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“They were supposed to drag me and the backpack into Tartarus.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Radar was furiously swinging Alex’s backpack in his mouth, shaking it like a rag doll, spilling notebook paper and sheets of homework everywhere. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sohrab held up his red nylon bag, the kind with draw-strings that doubled as straps to make it into a sort of backpack. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Levi leans over and pulls something from his backpack. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I drag a stool in front of the workbench, drop my backpack to the floor, then sit down. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I made certain this time that our room was entirely clean and the beds were made before I grabbed my schedule and backpack. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They ripped the backpack off him, searched it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But his eyes were on the red backpack dangling from her hand. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I took a pencil and paper out of my backpack and grabbed the flashlight under my bed. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In my room, I put away the bag of LEGOs and slid my heavy backpack over to my desk. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Janie and Rachel walked away, and Grace hitched her thumbs under her backpack straps, which suddenly felt like they had betrayed her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I threw on an orange backpack, which was stuffed with dry socks, dry gloves, and two Thermoses full of hot coffee. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Samar was next, a backpack slung over her shoulder and books clutched to her chest. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I pull my CD player from the front pocket of my backpack. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, pulling my backpack away from her. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Keep them in your backpack in case you need a smile. Or something to barter with.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She wrapped her arms around his shoulders, engulfing him and his overstuffed backpack. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

How could I have lost my backpack already? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I stop and throw my homework folder, container of tahari rice, and water bottle into my backpack. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She pulls her notebook out of her backpack and fishes around for her pen. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She snagged the most feminine backpack off a line of hooks and left through a back exit into the casino’s service hallway. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After I wash all of the dried dog slobber off my hands, I switch my dog-walking backpack for my school backpack in my room. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I walked back over to my bench, grabbed my backpack, and to keep my part of the deal, headed out. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She stands up and walks over to where we were sleeping, to her backpack. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

When it was truly black about them he unfastened the straps on the backpack and pulled out the blankets and spread them over the boy and soon the boy was sleeping. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I place my backpack in the foot of the bag, then slide in after it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I get my backpack out of my locker and toss it onto my shoulders. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Sara slides her sketchbook into her backpack without saying another word. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He wore an ordinary backpack and wheeled Aunt Gloria’s suitcase on wheels behind him. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie was a tall Haitian kid with long locks who had shown up midyear with a goofy grin and wild drawings covering every surface of his clothes, his backpack, his desk. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Isaac gets up from the table and gets his sketchbook out of his backpack. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I’m curious to know what Nico is talking about, but as the bell rings, he crouches behind his desk and rummages through his backpack. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I drop my lunch bag into my backpack, put on my coat and earmuffs, and start for the door. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I put my phone, headphones, and backpack into the gray bin before walking through the metal detector. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I shrug and pull my lunch out of my backpack. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

For once, I went a few minutes without looking at the clock, so I was surprised by the bell ringing, and took longer than everyone else to get my backpack packed. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I put the rest of our food back inside my backpack. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

My stomach grumbled, and I thought of the sandwiches and apples in my backpack. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Nunu took her backpack from Radar and dropped it in the front hall. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I swallow hard and grip the straps of my backpack as I follow Sneaky in. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

While everyone grabbed the next cupcake, I ran to my backpack, which I’d left inside the supply closet with the aprons, to get my bottle of water. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But when I grab my jacket and backpack, she sure doesn’t stop me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He’s young, with a beard, carrying a book and a backpack. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah," Park said, holding on to his backpack. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Mama doesn’t ask for the pineapple key chain, so I slide it inside my backpack to give it to her later. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When Dustfinger bowed and put his balls back in the backpack the spectators were slow to disperse, but finally only Mo and Meggie were left. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I push away and grab my backpack from the floor. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I dropped my backpack on the floor next to my chair and went, reluctantly, to the front of the class. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I dump the contents of my backpack on my bed, hoping to at least do some homework before I fall asleep. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Spider hopped from the top of his backpack to Nathan’s shoulder; then she jumped in front of them. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Emily resumed walking, her backpack slapping against her with the forcefulness of every step. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I glance at Michael’s open backpack again while Ms. Tannenbaum circles the room. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The girl with the backpack was waiting for something, and that was when Barry spotted the boy crouched down, tying his shoe. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

While he reads an inspirational quote, I slip an individually wrapped Clorox wipe from my backpack and clean my desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I decided to witness the exchanging of the captive,” he teases, grabbing my backpack and slinging it over his shoulder. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I clutch at the straps of my backpack, turning toward the stairwell at the end of the hall. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, there was Rose, sitting on a log about twenty meters into the bush, her backpack at her feet. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They shouldered their backpacks and walked into the village, looking for Ebola. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slide my backpack off and set it on the kitchen floor. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

By morning, I’ve even filled out the entry form for the debate tournament and put it in my backpack. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I put my backpack over my face so I wouldn’t have to see anyone and, maybe, no one would see me either. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I shifted my backpack on my shoulders, feeling the weight of our eggs and their armor, trying to move as little as possible so they wouldn’t break. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Dulcet quickly helped Gregor into a backpack and slid Boots inside. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He says, “I had to ditch my backpack.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Mini slid her backpack to the floor, nudging it closer to Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He dropped his backpack on the floor and flopped down on the couch with a big dramatic sigh. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After a moment’s silence, he added: “Each of us will be allowed to bring his personal belongings. A backpack, some food, a few items of clothing. Nothing else.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph looked down at the floor as he walked across the kitchen and laid his backpack on the counter. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I threw down my backpack and ran past the Vampire Mirror to the kitchen. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She’d changed out of the stained shirt she’d been wearing into her red Chuck E. Cheese polo, and was sitting with her backpack in her lap, drinking a container of school milk. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She swung her backpack to her front and tucked her chin to hide her nervous swallow as she unzipped her bag. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I pushed my backpack up against the seat in front of me and got comfortable, then watched all the dumpy backyards and trash-filled alleys slide by as we pulled out of Baltimore. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Diego packed his playbook in his backpack and we both smiled and nodded and then walked past the cafeteria toward the classroom buildings. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

On the sideline, he unzipped his backpack carefully, as though it contained something fragile and precious, which in a way it did: a single black oversized sneaker. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I grip the straps of my backpack hard. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The women were boiling eggs, roasting meat, preparing cakes, sewing backpacks. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rose slid off the back of the log, snaking a leg behind her and dragging her backpack as she went. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She picked up the backpack and threw it into the air. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tom Yew reached for his backpack, got out two bottles of beer, and flipped off their caps with his Swiss Army knife. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She fastened a small bundle to the base of the backpack. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I unlock the front door and walk straight up to my room, across the rug, and into my closet without even taking off my backpack. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I slip the note into my backpack and find my mood spiraling even further downward. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward to unzip my backpack and rifled around inside until I found my CD player. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Max slips her backpack off her shoulders and gives a quick nod to the store we're standing in front of. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After forty minutes of volleyball, we hurry back to the locker room to change and get our backpacks and stuff. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The girl with the backpack was waiting for something, and that was when Barry spotted the boy crouched down, tying his shoe. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He’s at the Cornucopia, armed with weapons and a backpack of choice supplies. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rashid unzipped the backpack and pulled out three of the five small pieces of broken, charred tile he’d taken from the wreckage before they began reconstruction. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I throw my backpack into my room and go downstairs to the kitchen. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Jamie pointed with one thumb over his shoulder at his backpack. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I thought he had you when he grabbed the backpack. Did your family go over tonight?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand flew to the backpack where the whistle was. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I nodded, fished my phone out of my backpack, and turned it on. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Her friend with the pink backpack has followed her in and sits down on her other side. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Virgil peeked inside his backpack to check on Gulliver. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I open my backpack, and Mom cleans her glasses on the bottom edge of her shirt. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the rock that Nathan had taken out of his backpack. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He put the tape and five more X-comics into his backpack before he went to bed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She leaned over so far that her backpack was almost parallel to the ground. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Frank sprinted up the steps, slinging off his backpack, which instantly transformed into a bow and quiver. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If so I would like to know how he was injured, for he always carried enough rice in his backpack + he had arctic clothes + plenty of money. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my dog book in my backpack and walked down the steps. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I popped open my locker and shoved my backpack inside. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I reach for my backpack and pull out my daddy’s gold notebook, which I’ve been reading, like, every day since I found it when we still lived in our apartment. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“I have a Wonka hat,” he says digging into his backpack. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

One strap of the backpack was now gone, heading to wherever that freaky little tree led. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He dashed toward the kitchen, dodging both Emma’s backpack and the family’s cat, Rocket, lying in the middle of the floor. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Emily pulled her pencil from her ponytail and her notebook from her backpack and handed both to James, curious to see what he’d come up with. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Open instrument cases sat on chairs and were strewn across the floor, along with dozens of backpacks. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He rested the backpack against the wall and reached for his phone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“That whole street was full of people,” Mark said as he and his friend walked back to the cargo room.They both carried a fully charged Transvice and had backpacks strapped to their shoulders. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The first period bell rings, and Simon stands, tugging the straps of his backpack. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I unzipped my backpack and withdrew my gear and laid it on the rocks. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph put Octavian Nothing back in his backpack. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was carrying her backpack now, wearing it across his chest and his own on his back, but she still had to walk fast to keep up. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I could practically feel my marked-up papers jammed into the bottom of my backpack, weighing heavy on my lap. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The actors walk in a few minutes after the final bell, and after a few minutes of conversation—often raucous, frequently profane—they put their cell phones in their backpacks and walk up onstage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Did you get to take your backpack into the dressing room?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I swallowed hard, shoved the pen in my pocket, and hoisted my backpack. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She slipped her notebook into the backpack and looked around. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Grab your backpack so we can stick my box in it, and let’s head out.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Tad tightened his grip on the black backpack. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Every day after school she would come home, hang her backpack from the stone elephant’s trunk, and creep toward the Hall of the Gods. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He sat down and dug into his backpack for the trail mix of nuts, raisins, and chocolate that Nali had packed for him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t own a suitcase, so I end up stuffing as much clothing into my backpack as it can fit. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go. Trash in your backpack. Leave only footprints,” exclaims Jamie. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I felt myself relax inside my feather nest of a coat and, settling in, I accidentally kicked my backpack, forgotten beside my feet, a couple steps down. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Wolf and the others had disappeared into the distance ahead of him a long time ago, even though they had been given 55-pound backpacks to carry. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

June helps him stuff a backpack with jeans and a pair of shoes and a broken-in copy of Prisoner of Azkaban, and he stumbles into a clean shirt and out of his room. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He ran straight for the woods with his backpack over his shoulder. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I pull my backpack onto both shoulders and tighten the straps. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

George sets my backpack in a back closet of the plane. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before he says anything else, I shove my stuff into my backpack and run out the door. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In her mind, Ivy ran through a plan that involved running up to Drew in a panic, saying that she saw a potentially lethal bee fly into his backpack. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She told my mother, when she brought the backpack to our door, that she's not just our landlord, she's also our neighbor and friend. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He could hear it sloshing in Tam Lin’s backpack. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without waiting for an answer, Molly gets up and retrieves her laptop from her backpack. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The rest of the students shifted in their seats, packing up their backpacks. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Winking Moon Face swings a backpack over his shoulder and then mouths bye to me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

In his bedroom, I showed Trevor everything I’d packed in my backpack for our adventure, and we went over our plan—quietly, so his mom wouldn’t hear us. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He remembered halfway there that he’d need a flashlight and went back to get it out of his backpack. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Finally, one of the Hunters brought me my backpack. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I brought my sketch pad and backpack upstairs to Mom’s office and plopped everything on the floor beside her desk. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

From my first moment in the Games, when I ran for that orange backpack, to the firefight in 8, to my impulsive race across the square in 2. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Arriving tourists are hailed by “guides” with backpacks full of phony ancient figurines and ethnically incorrect souvenirs of Mexica drawings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

When she turns off the TV and opens her mouth to say something to me and Charlie, I sling my backpack over my shoulder, yank up my basket, and brush past her to the door. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

James yanked his backpack zipper closed with a ferocious tug. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I put the legal pad on the step beside me and slipped my mom’s research proposal out of the backpack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But Joseph had one end of the backpack. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I had just hit the last landing when he tugged on my backpack. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Virgil waited for him to open the backpack, discover Gulliver, and destroy him. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Tickets and money were passed back and forth; backpacks were handed over and hoisted aboard. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He recognized one as himself, backpack on his back; he could even see, amazingly, the torn place on the sleeve of his jacket. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He hauled himself up and off the road, fished his backpack from the field. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I crouch down to look through my backpack. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He took my backpack and slung it over his shoulder and walked me toward his house. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Gus stopped in the middle of the clearing with the bones right in front of us and slipped his backpack off one shoulder, then the other. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Instead, he tripped on a third grader’s backpack. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Dallas, whatever happened to your backpack? And your sleeping bag?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to turn around to check and make sure there wasn’t some other kid standing behind me, stuffing chips in his backpack or something, but I knew there wasn’t. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She reaches into her backpack and pulls out a notebook. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I turned back around to get my math notes out of my backpack. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Until he pulled the stuff out, I’d forgotten that Bobby Gene had rescued the backpack from the moped seat at the scene of the accident. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I arrived in my neighbor’s kitchen, my backpack slung over my shoulder, ready to test my theory that music could fix Dad’s mood. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Get in the back seat,” he said, and I got in and Joseph picked up his backpack and got in and he shut the door, and Mr. Canton turned the heater to high. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I pulled The Canterbury Tales from my locker and dropped it in my backpack. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was stuffing away the rest of the supplies in my backpack. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She’d taken to always carrying The Gold-Bug and the Poe collection of stories with her, too, but because her backpack was so bulky she almost removed them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I brought a backpack, too, and I shift it on my back as Nora opens the Hideout door. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I slide my sketchpad into my backpack, climb down the ladder, and take off for the trailhead. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Once in the house, I sat at the foot of the stairs and unzipped Fred’s backpack, the smell of cinnamon gum leaking into the air. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I put the bag-wrapped drill in my backpack and got on my bike. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Ugh!” he said, swearing softly and removing his hand from the backpack. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I put Daddy’s notebook in my backpack before Sneaky can clown me for what I’m reading. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

As I sit down, Mitch pulls his backpack in, so that I’ve got more space at my end of the table. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He might even help Finn buy new ones and put them in a brand-new backpack they couldn’t afford. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I adjusted my backpack, pulled the straps tighter against me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I moved away from the door and put my backpack on the hallway floor. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

That also meant that he wasn’t paying attention when I got into his backpack and emptied a tube of fire ants from the colony I’d found in the woods. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Two days before she would arrive in London, Jule was on foot, trudging up a San Francisco hill with a heavy statue of a lion in her backpack. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I reached into the side pocket of my backpack, pulled out a small gold box, grabbed the closest truffle, and popped it into my mouth. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Not very deep, but deep enough to remind me that I was wearing Abbey’s backpack. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I raced to my room and returned with my backpack slung over my shoulder. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The rosemary citrus room freshener I’d made for Holly sat in my backpack, and I decided to leave it right where it was. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I chewed on my cheek until the fleshy part was raw, and went to pack my backpack for school, because today was just another day. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Miranda’s mother is picking her up today. Do you want me to carry your backpack, sweetness?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

No one's near, so I say, "I got in, and I printed out a long list of names. Can I put it in your backpack?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like the main hallway was the river that led into the ocean of backpacks, ball caps, and braids. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She pulls on her backpack straps so that they dig into her shoulders. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I unzipped my backpack and dug around for the card that said THE DEFENDERS, COACH, in black block letters. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A few yards away, his backpack smoked and dissolved into a puddle of goo. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Instead, my backpack experienced a non-passive failure, splitting across the seam holding the main pocket together. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

For breakfast, I devour the other PB&J from my backpack along with a can of peaches from Phil’s stash. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I head over to my special table by the window and drop my backpack on it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Tiny Cooper is splayed out across the thin carpet, using his backpack as a pillow. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I throw my backpack on the floor and kick one of the boxes in the room. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She put her lunch tray on the table, plopped her backpack on the floor, and sat down across from me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I wince at the dent this makes in my funds, then check my backpack to make sure both items are properly stored. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Emily concentrated on the slap of their feet, the weight of her backpack bumping against her, urging her faster, faster, faster. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Audrey dug through her backpack, but if she whipped out a pad or tampon right now I was going to kill her. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I ease my shoulders into my backpack as we walk toward the doors. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A doorman asked if he needed help with his luggage, but Armpit told him no thanks, showing that his backpack was all he had. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I slipped off the backpack and held it in my right hand. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I balled up my shirt and stuffed it into my backpack. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Roza dug around in her backpack and pulled out a paper bag. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Big Ben, step into my office,” Dylan says, removing his backpack from one chair so I can sit. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I threw my arms around her, and we hugged, which was awkward, because we were both wearing backpacks. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sputtered and clutched his backpack close to him, both arms wrapped around it like a life raft. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I stood up, picked up my own backpack, hiked it high up on my shoulder, and faced them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“They thought they were awesome. In fact —” I pull my backpack zipper all the way down. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was around the back of the bus, muscling a heavy backpack into the trunk. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As the woman examined the contents of my backpack, she said, “So you decided to go up anyway.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the longer they looked for these kids the more he wondered if maybe the backpack had been black or green. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She gets up and searches around her backpack for a moment, and then reaches over and grabs The Bell Jar, and reads to me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Will you keep it in your backpack for me?” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I put down my backpack and went into the kitchen to fill the teakettle. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I looped the straps of the backpack over my shoulders again and kicked the sheet off. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We strap on our backpacks and meet him at the car. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is nothing left to say, so I get up and put on my backpack. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A bellman retrieved their backpacks from the car and led them to Benji’s Presidential Suite on the top floor. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

His green backpack sits at his feet, and it’s sopping wet, too. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Roy reached into his backpack and whipped out his mother’s camera. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

By age fifteen he was carrying around backpacks full of money. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She reached into her backpack and pulled from it a yellow scarf, which she tied around her neck. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom asked me to get you,” he answered, picking up my backpack. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

In no time at all, the three kids had cleared the table, loaded the dishwasher, and hurried to the front door to grab their backpacks. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I got the cards out of my backpack. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light source was on the other side of the backpack. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I unzipped my backpack and pulled out the sketch pad. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I busted out of the house to scoop up the backpack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She adjusts her glasses up on her face and swings her backpack onto her lap. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I keep his notebook next to mine in my backpack. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Realizing the gravity of the situation, they started rummaging around in their pockets and backpacks for anything they could contribute to the cause. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When I get to my room, I pull Isabella’s top out of my backpack and hold it up so I can check myself out in the mirror. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He heard kids whispering in the seat behind him, followed by a hasty gathering of books and backpacks. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben slings his backpack to the ground, takes out his book, and starts sketching. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

When we got to his cab, I tossed my backpack on the floor in the back, slammed the door, and lay down on the sticky leather. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I slip my backpack off my shoulder and place it squarely between us so he has to back up a little. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

One more minute and I would melt in the aisle between the chips and the sodas, so I grabbed my backpack and ran straight for the door. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Back in the apartment, she took the lion statue out of her backpack and poured bleach on it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I open my backpack and reach for a blank card. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach Fortes shook his head when he saw my pile of books and the remains of my backpack. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He puts the plastic bag in his backpack and walks beside me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Once she sees a row of three children facedown, backpacks on their backs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Because most of our gear was carried by yaks and human porters, my own backpack held little more than a jacket, a few candy bars, and my camera. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled the notebook out of my backpack and started writing without thinking, stopping only for a second to count and make sure. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I reached into my backpack and pulled out my list. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Get your backpack. You can get at least three math problems done during the commercials.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And Gabriel could walk down the hall and not risk having his backpack thrown into the trash can. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When she arrived at our table, she dropped her heavy backpack onto the floor. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my wallet out of my backpack and ran for the visitor’s center. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Ivy backed up toward the door, stuffing the clothes into the backpack. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I glance at my backpack in the cubby. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“That gun of yours—it’s in your backpack, right?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mai loaded her backpack with new books from the school library and walked to the bus stop. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I reached into my backpack and pulled them out. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spider crawled onto the handle of his backpack and they kept going. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I said, throwing my backpack over my shoulder, suddenly wondering if I should go back on my promise to myself about not saying anything. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Their backpacks and the bowls went on a faded portable table and were slid across so the guards on the other side could have them ready in case of a possible search. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I go so far as to fish his number out from the bottom of my backpack and punch it into my phone. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I nodded, swallowed, then took a step forward and dropped the backpack into his straining hand. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But Jesse realized last night that he didn’t know how to knot a tie; moreover, He’d forgotten to pack the shoes, which was why Eric’s borrowed pair were in his backpack. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, James,” I call over my shoulder as I throw my stuff into my backpack. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered, and I reached into my backpack. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex pulled a camera from his backpack and asked Gallien to snap a picture of him shouldering his rifle at the trailhead. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The manager dropped his handle on their backpacks. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When I put the panic button back in the pocket of the backpack, it wasn’t for me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I took the letter out again and stuffed it into the bottom of my backpack instead. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I’m down to a minute and a half by the time I tuck the folder in my backpack and walk outside. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Lowering my bike to its side, I took off my backpack and set it on the wheel, my eyes fixed on Digger, who was retrieving the basketball and still hadn’t said a word. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mini opened up her backpack and held it out. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I ask as I put my new lunch bag into my new backpack. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I take my homework out of my backpack and try to focus on it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I did,” I said, grabbing my history book from my locker and stuffing it into my backpack. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Even though he was only in second grade, he was technically free to backpack through Europe, or go on safari in Africa, and breeze through customs upon his return. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He scooped up Seed Collector and put it into his backpack. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

If not...Don't think about it Hide the backpack. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

I kicked his backpack hard, sending it sliding out into the aisle of the bus. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He quickly hoisted his backpack over his shoulders and came over to the van with his bags. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When the first period bell rings, I throw my backpack over my shoulders and head for class. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I pulled two trades from my backpack and handed them to her. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She didn’t find the laptop because it’s still in my backpack. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I stomp up the steps and grab my key from my backpack. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I placed my backpack on the seat next to me, and as nonchalantly as I could, placed my leg over that. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed his backpack, took out the bag of gummy bears, threw it on the floor at my feet, and flew out of the apartment. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Vacuuming is the most disturbing video, actually a double feature beginning with an introduction to the special backpack vacuum we are to use. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, don’t forget and don’t lose it, boy” Mrs. Sharpe was eyeing the duct tape on Calder’s backpack. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

They stand out in their bright, expensive sneakers, American haircuts, backpacks slung over one shoulder. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I unzip Max's backpack and take out the walkie-talkie and the phone. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Calder reached into his backpack and pulled it out. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my fleece jacket out of my backpack and slipped it on. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then he slung his backpack over one shoulder and jogged down the stairs. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I reach down to the bottom of my backpack for my stash of money, which I keep in one of Daddy’s old socks. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

When it was time for recess, I went and hid under the coats and backpacks by the cubbies. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Diego tosses his backpack on the couch, points at me and goes in the kitchen to make his own pieces of bread. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my backpack and threw my journal inside. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Once I see the park to my left, I slow to a fast-walk, heaving breaths, my shoulders burning beneath the backpack straps. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Hi, guys,” Noah said, appearing from out of nowhere, like he had a GPS tracker in Stephanie’s backpack. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I reach into my backpack for my prop and walk down the aisle to the stage. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She reached for her backpack to grab the book, but Mr. Quisling held up a hand. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She took off her backpack and pulled out the letter. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He dug in his backpack and pulled out the papers, the same papers he’d showed us the night before at the kitchen table, as Berry slowly got down on the ground. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I fished around in my backpack until I found a piece of paper and a pen. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Later, when I’d calmed down, Miles leaned over the side of the bed and grabbed his backpack. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Before heading home, he took his shoe off, carefully wiped it down, and placed it in his backpack before slipping on his flip-flops and starting the two-mile walk back home. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He put the backpack ahead of him and pushed it forward and used the tips of his toes to keep moving. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He slipped the pages into his backpack, his mind churning with hundreds of possibilities of what to shoot. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Long’s knee goes onto my back as Tate removes my backpack. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I set my backpack on the floor, cross back across the frozen kitchen, and press PLAY. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Serves you right,” Char says, drying her wet hands on my backpack. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

They’ve painted their nails the same color blue, and one of them has the exact backpack I dumped a few minutes ago. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment and dug into the side pocket of his backpack for his lunch card. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Next to her, Kim lies on the ground, using his backpack as a pillow. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tossing the backpack on, I yanked up the bicycle and hopped on, kicking hard at the pedals. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Let me carry the bag, Max," I offer, and put my hands on the backpack to help slip it off her. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Despite the risk I took in getting the backpack, I know now it was the right choice. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I hooked my thumbs into my backpack straps, just to have something to do with my hands. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I have more,” Hazel said quietly, nodding to her backpack. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I sat down outside the band room and took a personal pizza wrapped in napkins from my backpack, where I’d had it since lunch. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t see any sign of a diner. You know what I’m thinking, Sairy? I’m thinking those two boys were pulling our legs. There’s no diner out here, and they’ve probably stolen our backpacks.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The backpack slammed into the woman’s skull face and she stumbled backwards. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Near the nest the male goshawk struck Alice’s backpack a powerful blow, nearly knocking her out of the tree. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Dill, help me,” Lydia said in a loud whisper as Dill walked up and set his backpack on the table. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She reached into the backpack again and pulled out the matches and the tinderbox. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Emily gripped her backpack straps and looked up to the front door. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She yanked her wig off and started to stuff it into her backpack. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The arrow alone must have weighed as much as her backpack on a Monday before Christmas break. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I look down, thinking of my stupidity in slipping my phone into my backpack pocket before I fell asleep in the car. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He slipped off his backpack and pulled out one of his two canteens. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She clutched the backpack she had slung over her shoulder and took a small step back toward the lockers. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She picked up a baby goshawk and tucked it into her backpack. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

When I stand up, Max's backpack is in my hands. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Glancing down, she sees her ruined cell phone, the sodden backpack that holds her laptop. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He’d dropped his backpack and picked up a stone from the side of the road. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Hastily, she pulled The Gold-Bug from her backpack and stepped closer to the pile. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“You had every right to keep your backpack. But Bri...Promise me, if that ever happens again, you’ll do what they tell you to do.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

For whole bands to walk across it with backpacks full of supplies would be effectively impossible. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He slung on his backpack and carried his two suitcases and guitar with a precarious grasp. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The black backpack that Rob and Cate had given me had been thrown into the backseat, covered in a few loose sheets of newspaper and an empty bottle of Windex. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Miles had stashed his backpack behind the driver’s seat—apparently in a hurry, because it was on its side, and its contents spilled out in the cramped space. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He hung on to his backpack to hold himself back. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

At ten minutes to noon, Roy and Beatrice arrived; this time she rode the handlebars and he pedaled, the camera stowed safely in his backpack. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, she stuffed her backpack with the leftover spools of string. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s only after I leave that I remember that it’s Kelton’s backpack, with his name stenciled right on it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then he hoists the backpack onto his shoulder, already tugging his keys out of his pocket. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He showed me a face mask in his backpack “I’m just glad it’s not cold and flu season,” he whispered, “or I’d have to wear it. I’m just carrying it for security.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mini clawed into her backpack and drew out an inhaler. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even my backpack seemed heavier, as if somebody had filled it with rocks. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, the bell rings, so I start to rush out of the class, but my backpack is on the floor, and I trip right over it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I turned off the flashlight and stuffed it back in Juanita’s backpack. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A peek through a window revealed a Remington rifle, a plastic box of shells, eight or nine paperback books, some tom jeans, cooking utensils, and an expensive backpack. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I shook off the backpack and dried my face with the tail of Abbey’s shirt. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Julie volunteered to help with the backpacks, so she ended up wearing one on her back and one on her chest. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

"It's all faded now anyway," Canton said, grabbing his backpack. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Fatima, unsure of who this lady was or what she was about, jumped up, grabbed her backpack, and limped on. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

So he’d stuck the book into his backpack, and it had come to rest against the old honey tin. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I hoist my backpack and skateboard over my shoulders and step out of the apartment, then glance back, my eyes settling on Keira. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the bus got to Howard’s house, he grabbed his backpack and said, “Remember. Pineapple.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I dropped the backpack on one of the empty chairs where we sit when we’re waiting in the office. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

So I swung my backpack onto the counter, fished out my phone, and answered it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She sat on her bed, her backpack still on. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Without my backpack, I had to use one of Dad’s messenger bags from work as my carry-on, or “personal item.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I thought it was a little uncool for him, but he told me it was a perfectly good backpack and he didn’t care what people might think. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I place my backpack, with Hannah’s shoebox inside it, on my lap. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Water would be pumped from their backpacks into their suits and through these tubes, cooling their bodies while they were out on the hot lunar surface. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could work all day at the railroad site, then race David and Shay home on hoverboards, her backpack full of more scrap metal than she could have lifted a month before. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In desperation, he threw his backpack at her, thinking maybe it would turn solid when it left his hand, but no such luck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She picked up her backpack to leave the band room. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled knowingly and quietly dropped them into my backpack. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel Selena watching me as I stuffed my notebook and the code of conduct booklet into my backpack. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

So I poked her out of the way as I shouldered my backpack and grabbed a Yoo-hoo from the hallway table. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Kim hooks the backpack through his arms while I do the same to my bundle.We pull another blanket over us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I toss the phone into my backpack without answering. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel pulled the comforter up on the bed so it was nice and neat, and then grabbed her backpack, stuffed the jacket in it, and tiptoed through the dark cottage. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I throw the rest of my sad burrito into my backpack and run down the dune, nearly slipping on my way down. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A backpack full of books that, for some reason, he couldn’t check out on his own because they were too girly. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I ignored that and stuffed my sorry-looking papers into my backpack like I didn’t even care one bit. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I saved my pillow and backpack to load last. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then I check through my backpack for any homework I can get a jump on so I can avoid going into the land of ultimate paella. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

A full week passes before I pick up my backpack to go to school again. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The 22-pound bergen backpack that he had been forced to wear cut into his shoulders and had rubbed blisters into his back. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I pull on my crumpled shirt, then grab my backpack holding my few belongings and follow the flight attendant down the ramp. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hazel dropped the canteen, slung her backpack over her shoulders, and rushed to the gate. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I put mine in my backpack while Ma gazed at hers, making sure everything was legit. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He’s yanking a bright blue scarf out of his backpack. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t take the cards out of my backpack at all, and that surprised them, too. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can just make out Bob’s little head sticking out of Julia’s backpack. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

There were books piled on every seating option, so she sat on the floor, not bothering to take off her backpack, and put her head between her knees. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I dropped my backpack, shrugged off my coat, and hopped on the exercise bike. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She arranged the backpack on her head like a fat bumpy hat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I lift my backpack and zip open the smallest pouch. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

We stand there not saying anything for another few seconds until I remember I still have his jacket in my backpack. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped my backpack at my feet and leaned against the minivan’s door. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She steps off the curb and into the street when I pull her back with a tug on her backpack. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Chapter thirty for next time. And don’t forget there’s a screening of Meet the Patels tonight at the Cantor Film Center,” the professor calls as my fellow students and I gather our notebooks and backpacks. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

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

Ivy took the green paper, which read, Resilient Helenwood: Claiming Our Future, Remembering Our Past, and stuffed it into her hand-me-down backpack. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I folded the map and shoved it back in my backpack. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The rest of the things she found were stuffed into a flower patterned backpack I pulled down off a display for her. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He sort of paused, then reached into his backpack and pulled a book up onto his desk. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

If he emptied his backpack, then he might be able to carry whatever he needed to bring with him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Between us are the clean suit, the explosives, and the backpack, arranged in a line on the brushed steel. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

She reached into her backpack and pulled out a thick bar of milk chocolate. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In my room, I pulled the green sheet out of my backpack and finally got to read it again. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Natalie, is good to see my second-favorite girl,” she said as she took our backpacks and hung them on the coatrack. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I thought I should run out to the car and grab the research proposal before Vern fell asleep, so I left the men in the study and returned with my backpack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I hear voices approaching so I throw everything into Max's backpack and steal out of the castle, ignoring my hunger pains. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A backpack plops on my table, and I look up and see Angel staring down at my book. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Then I put on my backpack and climbed up onto the washing machine. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

"Exactly," Mr. Winston said over the clatter of chairs scraping the floor and backpacks zipping. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Apart from the bags, Dustfinger had nothing but his backpack with him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I stood up, hitching my backpack on my shoulder. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I yank the phone from my backpack and rush up to his desk. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I looked up at August, but he had already put his backpack on and was practically out the door. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

If only I’d stopped to put her stupid doll in my backpack like she’d asked me to, then she wouldn’t have dropped it. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I forgot my backpack,” I said, opening the car door to get the backpack that I had left in the backseat. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I stand up and sling my backpack over my shoulder. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She shoved the bloody clothes and wipes into the black garbage bag, tied it shut, and tucked everything into the backpack. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I ask, awkwardly wrapping my arms around her detachable hunchback she calls a backpack, only way I can get a hug in with that thing on. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

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

Even the Alliance was frozen white, and maybe that’s why Joseph dropped his backpack on the road, clambered into the high snow, and headed down to the river. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

When Esteban handed me the recorder, I put it in my backpack. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Fadi took his camera from his backpack and removed the lens cap. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I slide the phone back into the backpack. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She drops her backpack with a thud at the foot of the stairs and hurries into the kitchen. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later, Finch breezes in, same black shirt, same black jeans, backpack over one shoulder, books and notebooks and thrashed leather jacket under his arm. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My backpack held little more than three empty oxygen canisters and a pint of frozen lemonade; it probably weighed no more than sixteen or eighteen pounds. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

As casually as possible, she shifted the book deeper into her backpack while she removed her notebook. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Here you go,” Rob said, passing us each a black backpack. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I swallow them down, playing with the zipper on my backpack. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Frank stuffed the handcuffs in his backpack, and they kept walking. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I held out the backpack and taunted him. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He had put the money away and was standing expectantly beside the backpack. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

As we stared at the markups on the wall, admiring the work of some of our contemporaries, Shea reached over his shoulder, pulled the backpack in front of him, and slowly unzipped it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She put the statue in her backpack and stuffed the dirty bag into her wide-mouth water bottle. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I grab my Stun Stick and Sky Sprints and Elsie straps on her backpack. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I threw my journal back into my backpack and followed him into the classroom. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

All the better if they think he's covering me when I go in for the backpack. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

After practice, he grabbed his backpack and jacket and didn’t bother to change. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie snuggled down under the scratchy blanket, took Mo's sweater out of her backpack, and put it under her head. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Despite my loaded backpack, I’m light, free from gravity’s anchor. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered the rope in my backpack. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

“Don’t know,” I said, pulling my backpack over my shoulder. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He unzips the backpack and flips it over, letting some Black Panther and Hawkeye comics hit the ground. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He takes a blanket out of his backpack and covers us with it, then produces two plastic cups. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like she could follow Drew into his house or somehow rummage through his backpack when he wasn’t looking. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He loved to backpack with his family on weekends, and he had an intricate professional knowledge of many mountain ranges in the state. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my books in my backpack after they’ve been scanned. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He turns his backpack over and a bunch of juice packs fall out. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

He started stuffing things into his own backpack. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I hugged the backpack to my chest and looked at the rain sheeting on the window. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

His bright orange backpack was full of scrap metal and apples to snack on. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You have a rodent in your backpack?” said Kaori, narrowing her darkly lined eyes. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I take the pass, grab my backpack out my locker, and go back into the gym. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He pulls out a red pen from his backpack. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I was responsible for her. I was the one holding her hand. If I had put that stupid Barbie in my backpack, Mariam would be here.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She puts on her coat and backpack and picks up her long white cane. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Supposedly to help him pack, but he popped his clothes into the backpack and he was ready to go. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Emily went to grab her notebook from her backpack when she saw the time on the Lees’ grandfather clock. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She swings her backpack onto both shoulders and crosses her arms in front of her body. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I had to work extra hard because Pita was riding behind me, her arms wrapped tightly around my shoulders and waist, like a heavy backpack. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He adjusted his legs so that his backpack lay snug between his knees. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He tucked Boots in the backpack and picked up his share of the food. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She tucked the bar back in her backpack and started to sneak in the opposite direction. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I give him a big smile, down my meds dry, and slide my pillbox back into my backpack, zipping it up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I unzipped the main pocket of my backpack, not wasting any time. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She took off her hat, mittens, scarf, and green jacket and put them in her backpack, then took out her compass, because it seemed like the thing to do. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He draws pictures of people he doesn’t like and sneaks them into their backpacks and lockers. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Her bigger backpack, with lots of her special stuff in it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Slinging his backpack over his shoulder, Ben draws close. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I reach into a side pocket of my own backpack and pull out the compact cartridge of bullets. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I swing my backpack to the ground, search for my flashlight. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A half hour later, they had backpacks full of food and water and some clean clothes they’d found hidden away in the small barracks section. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my backpack, not bothering to put my books in it, and hurried to his locker, the weight of the books pressing against my achy chest. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

But the first thing he did was grab his backpack and zip it open. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They came running down the stairs, both of them still holding their backpacks. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She slipped the backpack off her back and dumped out the three cans of frozen lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I tuck them between the pages of a small notebook and slip them into my backpack. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I reach around, unzip my backpack, and pull out a thick wad of Notes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Virgil sat down and perched his backpack carefully on his lap. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And there, the ashen hair and hazel eyes of the boy from District 9 who died as we struggled for the backpack! The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He tightened the straps on his backpack, lowered his legs over the edge, and found some ledges to step on. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I kept my backpack resting against my leg under the table. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He must’ve had it in his backpack, because he wasn’t wearing it this morning in science. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Hey, PUNK, Don says, emphasizing punk, pushing you to the ground and stepping on your backpack. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone was streaming out of the school, and there was no going back for her backpack or her jacket, because she did not need to add missing the bus to her list of crimes. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“He knew where we were,” said Mini, clutching her backpack. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Frank stuck the jar in his backpack and thanked Esther, who had already switched from calling him sugar to son. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He unclipped the mini-sanitizer from the zipper of his backpack, too. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Schoolchildren kicking a soccer ball on the street, backpacks to the side. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Abruptly, he turned his back on Meggie, picked up his backpack, threw it over his shoulder, then waved to the boy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Are you ready for that econ paper?” he asked, pulling a gigantic binder from his backpack. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I slipped off my backpack and unzipped the top. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In the alley outside, I tightened the backpack straps over my shoulder and picked up the empty duffel bag. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Kids who write their answers on notebook paper and stuff their homework into backpacks. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Once, he dropped his backpack and a firearm catalogue spilled out, and there was also that photo at the shooting range. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“It was amazing,” I said, reaching for the bottle of water in my backpack. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When, after much solemn consideration, I settled on a backpack—a very expensive Gregory, top-of-the-range, no-point-in-stinting-here sort of thing—he said, “Now what kind of straps do you want with that?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I check Max's backpack again, making sure all the pockets are zipped tightly. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I reach around to the front pocket of my backpack and fish out my keys. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Noah,” I said, holding on tight to my backpack strap so I wouldn’t grab him by the neck or punch him in the face. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He sat up and pulled the copy of From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler from his backpack. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Silvertongue gave him the backpack and looked around, but the square was now so deserted and quiet it was as if they were the only people left in Capricorn's village. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Dill was in good spirits as he clocked out of work, took off his green apron, folded it, and put it in his backpack. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Roy wondered if she was going to accuse him of something else, like stealing the lunch money out of her backpack. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pop it open and slip off my backpack. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I zipped up my backpack, just as the rain started pelting us. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The guy studies us to make sure we don’t try to slip anything into our pockets or backpacks. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Oh why didn’t she think before opening her backpack? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Otto slipped on his backpack, cinching the straps tight against his shoulders. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Caleb runs his hands over the clean suit, the explosives, the backpack they go in. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

My backpack, of blessed memory, could fit four schoolbooks in it, but the Kellner & Newton Messenger Bag was clearly designed for product placement and not storage capacity. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Alex put the liquor in his backpack, then put on the heavy wool coat Greg or Bob had left behind in June when nobody thought about constant cold. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

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

I grabbed my backpack and dashed outside just in time to make the bus. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes she went upstairs and took out a backpack. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His mother was still at work when he set out from the family’s apartment, a small backpack on his shoulder, ready to play. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“You sound annoyed whenever you talk to him, and you looked worried when he got near your backpack.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“But you know, theoretically? I could have gone to the bathroom or something. That’s probably what Mr. Ramos is thinking. Our backpacks were all piled up in the hall. Patrick’s phone was right there.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

And then she saw her backpack sitting on the table. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I double-skip, making sure I don’t lose sight of Ben’s backpack. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Neither of them speak as I walk into the living room, or when I stop right in front of them, dropping my backpack to the floor. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

In class I toss my backpack on the floor and throw myself into my seat. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The guy slides the bag toward Sneaky, and he puts it into his backpack before we walk out. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The former soldier had gotten to his feet and slung his backpack onto his shoulders. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“How was your day?” my mom asked, after I walked in and dropped my backpack on the floor. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I flip around my backpack, open the zipper slightly, and pull out one of the bottles. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He has a fat backpack, which he sets on the bed and unzips. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She leaned against the Bottle Tree, one hand clutching the backpack, the other pushed inside the trunk. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I stacked the cards and fastened them together with a rubber band and put them in my backpack. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Waterland backpack was slung over her shoulder, obviously stuffed with more goodies. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

After I make up the beds, store the clothes, and return the backpacks, I’ve got nothing to do but observe the last rule. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The woman unzipped her backpack and pulled out a shell. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I take the key from my backpack and open the door. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I unzipped my backpack and removed a stopwatch, a notebook, a pen, and my iPod. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I unzipped every zipper and looked through every pocket of Juanita’s backpack, making sure no documents were hiding there. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He never looks back once to see if we’re coming for him or stops for his comics and backpack. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Jiro holds my backpack as I scoot out of the car. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stuff the flyer into my backpack and go back to my book. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I try to write her a letter, but I start three of them and then crumple them up and stick them in my backpack in case Mom reads my trash while I’m at school. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“No, I just have my backpack is all.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I unzip the largest pocket of my backpack and stow Hannah’s shoebox inside it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I placed my arms through the duffel bag’s hand straps so it became a sort of backpack. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I was just gonna tell you your zipper was open. I didn’t mean to split your backpack.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

As I stuffed the Spanish book into my backpack, it occurred to me I’d just seen the fire truck. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Thorn and Seven had been reading the advance copy Valley had snuck into Seven’s backpack together any chance they got. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really know what to throw into my backpack, but I included the doorjamb-opening screwdriver, a printout of the satellite map, directions, a bottle of water, and in case she was there, the Whitman. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I dug through my Kellner & Newton Messenger Bag, wishing again for my old backpack, my fingers fumbling for the passport I had slid inside only a few minutes before. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She leaned over so far that her backpack was almost parallel to the ground. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ferris gave us gifts from our mother, including candy, school clothing and supplies, plus backpacks. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

We get on at the third floor of the library with two other people, and then four more students with enormous backpacks pile in at the second floor. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were books piled on every seating option, so she sat on the floor, not bothering to take off her backpack, and put her head between her knees. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“At least clean underwear,” Anya said, fiddling with the backpack’s straps to make it fit better. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Emily tugged on the straps of her backpack and assessed the building and street. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I close my books, slam them into my backpack, and drag it with me out of the library. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I yank the zipper open on my backpack to find a blank card. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shrug off my backpack and rush forward, so I can carefully place her inside. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Trying not to think about it, to just act, he grabbed his backpack. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And wasn’t that just like Howard, to go right on wanting to help me after I’d kicked his backpack and been mean to him like I had yesterday? Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“And what were the buttons on your backpack that day?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Miles unzipped the backpack and pulled out the container of IcyHot. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When he was done disinfecting his hands, he pulled a bottle out of his backpack and swallowed a couple of vitamins. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he plopped his backpack up really high on the right side of the desk so it was kind of like a wall between his desk and mine. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But the unzipped backpack, leaning against the leg of a desk chair—and the sheets, balled in the middle of the mattress—made me feel like he was alive. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

His eyes never left Mr. Canton, but he took the backpack and he followed me out of the office — a half step behind. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Farid took first the jacket, then the pants out of the backpack. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I didn’t do the whole put it in your backpack thing. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I tossed the paper aside in disgust and reached for my backpack again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I go to my locker, take off my wet coat, and pull the heavy books out of my backpack. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Still, the girl's backpack drops to the floor and three cassettes go clattering onto the floor. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a newspaper from the garbage and read as I walked back to the Hollows, my board tucked into my backpack straps. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Hazel took the last thing out—the baseball—and set it on the ice, and then struck another match and put it to the backpack. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Levi opens his backpack and pulls out his camera. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She spun the dial and tugged the door open, ducking her head inside under the pretext of sorting things into and out of her backpack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“The one in the photo in your backpack?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Back in the kitchen, I toss three granola bars and a juice box into my backpack, then pause for a moment. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And the longer they looked for these kids the more he wondered if maybe the backpack had been black or green. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I also see what looks like an army of nannies toting backpacks. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He took off his backpack and threw it on the ground. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mom gives me a hug, and I lug my Casio, my backpack, and my piano music out to John Mark’s truck, which he’s already got running, warming it up. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, and above the scraping chairs and zipping backpacks, Mr. Quisling shouted, “Bring enough copies for the whole class.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Returning to her office, she digs into the backpack and pulls out the black moleskin notebook. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She tore at the ivy, parting the long strands with her fingers, and then she pulled a backpack—a blue Adidas backpack—from the tangle of leaves. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She was running, dragging her jacket, her gray backpack heavy on her thin shoulders. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I take my phone out of my backpack. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I throw my backpack on a pile of leaves and unpeel a plastic tarp that covers the trailer bed. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

We strip to our underwear, stuff our clothes in the backpacks. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Abbey’s backpack, stuffed with containers of food dye, served as a lumpy pillow under my head. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Frank stared miserably at Hazel’s cavalry sword, lying at his feet next to his backpack. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then, on July 3, he shouldered his backpack and began the twenty-mile hike to the improved road. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, while we were doing all this, I kept an eye on my backpack. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I take his letter and put it in my backpack, and we walk down the hall together. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Kenny's got his backpack over one shoulder and his jacket's open, flapping. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My backpack was somewhere tucked under the front passenger seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She reaches into her backpack and pulls out a work sheet and hands it to me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She slid her backpack off her shoulders, unzipped it, and pulled out The Gold-Bug. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She's about to poke a hole in my story, so I grab Max's phone out of the backpack. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I dash from the front of the class to our table and unzip my backpack. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She takes my backpack out of the trunk and passes it to me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She reached her hand out to take my backpack from me, but I didn’t want to give it to her. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I get to my feet and slip the backpack onto my shoulders. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He grabbed his keys and his backpack and started for the door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Fina takes this as an invitation to sit and slides into the chair beside me, dropping her backpack on the floor. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She rested her hand on her backpack, which, since they’d left Charleston, she always seemed to have with her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I push the ridiculous thought away as I head toward the café’s entrance, shifting my thoughts instead to the running checklist of tools in my backpack. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stop to replenish my water and add a layer of mud to my backpack. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The table has just clicked into place when a figure darts out of the Cornucopia, snags the green backpack, and speeds off. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

At the rear of the room, Ryan hung his backpack on a hook. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then it dawned on him: It was probably that idiot boy with the backpack. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He sat down heavily, not taking off his backpack, which jabbed into my side. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Also gone are her backpack and our water carrier, a square of hide folded in fourths. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crouch to the ground and pretend to look for something in my backpack until he’s gone. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby shouted, slipping down to sit on top of the backpack. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Yes, there's the boy who I fought for the backpack. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Everywhere there was stuff—tents, clothes, backpacks, raincovers—hanging out to dry, dripping sluggishly. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I must have left my earbuds in my backpack in the auditorium. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He’d cleaned up his backpack from his trip south and had kept most of his Bargain Mart supplies. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I slide the picture into the front pocket of my backpack. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I put the leather journal Olga gave me for Christmas in my backpack. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Before I said a word, Alhaji was already rubbing mud on his face, using a combination of saliva and some of the water from his backpack to wet the mud. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Today Millie is a ball of mint green, including her backpack. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And then I dropped the backpack and tried to rip it open with two hands. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as the field was clear, he dropped from the bleachers, pulled his backpack down, and hitched it over his shoulders. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My backpack feels like it’s full of bricks. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I pick up my backpack and do a silent scream at the mirror. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She crawled into her desk and began to fiddle with the backpack she’d left there the day before, while people whispered around her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then he just shook his head and put his backpack on his shoulder. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But there was something about the way he sat there, with the welts beading up on his face, wearing a backpack way too big for his frame. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My backpack was still on my back, pressed against the sand. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

No stains, all tucked in, and only wrinkled on the shoulders because of my backpack straps. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later she pulled a book out of her backpack. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We all watched in silence while the locker was cleaned out, all the possessions dumped into a backpack. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I put the notebook in my backpack, shut my locker, and started walking. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Ms. Albright finally shuts it down, and everyone streams out of the auditorium, grabbing backpacks on the way—but Simon, Nick, and Abby wait in a cluster near the orchestra pit. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I was taken to a room, and my backpack was dumped out. ‘Be careful!’ The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he ran back down the stairs to the kitchen to pick up his backpack and hug his grandmother, breathing her kitchen smell—it would have to hold him through the long day—and left. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He pulled the backpack he was holding onto his shoulders, and hoisted a thick wooden pole with barbwire wrapped around its tip. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He sat down and took out some books from his backpack. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I secure my phone in its zippered compartment in my backpack and stand up. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

My books are all loaded up in my backpack, ready to go, and I wait for the buzzer. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Dragging my backpack behind me, I stumbled up the island to the sandy part under the bridge, out of the rain and away from the eyes of drivers. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I slipped my backpack off my back and it made a thud when it hit the floor. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the dark green wool winter hat out of my backpack and pulled it on. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I pulled my skateboard from my backpack straps and explained that my rear wheel truck was loose, a lie. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I leave the door cracked and fix the sofa bed, storing my backpack underneath. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I was almost to the house next door before I remembered to turn back for my backpack and the half-eaten bag of chips. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Emily resumed walking, her backpack slapping against her with the forcefulness of every step. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I can hear Jasmine’s words—it’s not my secret to tell—but I look at my backpack again, pulling the zipper back and forth. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I wiggled out of my backpack and fumbled with the zipper. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I say that if you check a boy’s backpack, it will always be a mess, and if you check his uniform, it will be dirty. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My grandfather stomps over to him, digging in his backpack. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I reach into the front pocket of my backpack. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He starts mumbling about his too-small backpack and the cramped plane and the whole trip in general. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Thresh and both large backpacks are vanishing over the edge of the plain into the area I've never seen. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I was at school, backpack on my shoulder, heading out of first period when you grabbed my hand. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Now, whether Teddy and Erik were brothers or not, we wouldn’t let them touch our backpacks. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Virgil set Gulliver carefully atop the blankets and zipped the backpack. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I throw my portable O₂ concentrator into a small backpack and head for the door. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“So did I. He’s in the backpack. It’s the time of day when he sleeps.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Finn let himself into the house and dumped his backpack on his bed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

George gathered her things into her backpack, wiggled her feet into her sneakers, and trod back downstairs. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I quickly closed it and began to shove it into my backpack, but I knew it was already too late. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

James play-knocked her skull then shrugged his backpack to the ground. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Jessie had spun around, her backpack full of thick science books smacking Jefferson in the ribs, and walked away. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He pushed the door open and English, Shannon, and Carlos filed in, backpacks and all. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She would have expected to stand out in the crowd here, with her backpack and jeans and shiny green jacket—not to mention her dark skin and hair. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Max is speed-walking now, her thumbs hooked under the backpack straps on her chest. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The backpack has become heavier with every step, and my arms are sore. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She unzipped her backpack and pulled out her clipboard. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She takes the green shirt off, rolls it up, and stuffs it into her backpack. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I loved how the room got noisy as the Allies piled in, dumping their backpacks in the corner and peeling off layers of winter wear as they settled into a circle. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was carrying his books and lunch in a backpack. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Because you a coach," I said, holding my backpack in my lap. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I swung the backpack around, trying to dislodge the thief, but Gum Baby held on with grim determination. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Whatcha got in your backpack?” the kid asked, his voice dropping lower and getting more dangerous. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Plus, my summer math packet sits unfinished in my backpack. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I reached for my backpack and pulled out the medal, just to be sure. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I asked if he was okay, but he just ignored me, picked up his backpack, and hurried down the hall. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She had the wilderness kit whistle in her backpack, and now could not imagine why. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I grab my pencil and notepad from my backpack and draw. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Pradeep’s backpack is open, and he’s shoving in each freshly printed page. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t eat mine; I stacked it on top of the scarf and the figurines in a pile next to my backpack, with the excuse that I’d eat it later. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He held out his hand for Percy’s backpack. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

So, while her classmates filed outside, Hazel slung her backpack over her shoulder and trudged down the hall to the counselor’s office. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Drop the backpack,” I scream, racing to keep up with him. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I was right behind her, throwing the backpack over my shoulders as I ran past the shelves. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Two rows behind me, I heard a chair move and turned around to see Alaska standing up, slinging her backpack over one arm. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Eddie basically dove into his backpack—while still wearing it, which was impressive—and pulled out a battered leather journal. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I pulled my notebook and pen out of my backpack. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I tore open my backpack and began writing. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Among the marchers were students and older folks, parents and children, carrying backpacks, bedrolls and lunch bags. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reluctantly turn away, adjust my backpack and board higher on my shoulders, and pull up my hood to cover my head. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I packed our picnic in my backpack, then ran down the stairs and out the back door, whistling for Dismay. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t let go of the backpack. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She surreptitiously opens a pouch in her backpack to reveal a small water bottle. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A rifle protruded from the young man’s backpack, but he looked friendly enough; a hitchhiker with a Remington semiautomatic isn’t the sort of thing that gives motorists pause in the forty-ninth state. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Best kind of war. Always the bloodiest. Nothing like watching your relatives fight, I always say. “You gave me the backpack in Denver,” I said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And for a second, I thought she’d found some sort of mashed-up banana in my backpack or something, that was how disgusted her question sounded. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Emily set her backpack on his desk and unzipped it to pull out her notebook. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The tree opened up, and they gathered some supplies from inside: backpacks, blankets, an assortment of random items they’d be able to trade for food or board if they needed it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I rummage through my backpack until I find it in the bottom, under all my books. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The corporal emptied some of the magazines from his backpack and stood him up. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In my backpack I had more magazines and loose bullets. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I sit down on the bench and reach inside my backpack for Daddy’s notebook. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Max unzips her backpack and pulls out a couple of graham cracker packets and two juice containers. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Brandon cautiously crept into the kitchen, his huge backpack on his shoulders. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As quietly as I could, I brought in my backpack and with the light of a small flashlight searched through it for my knife. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my backpack over my shoulders and started hiking through the thick brush of the overgrown path. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

Max is on her feet and sliding the straps of her backpack over her shoulders. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I picked up my backpack, and Eddie’s journal nearly fell out of the open compartment. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Calvin brings his backpack in case we stay out until suppertime. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I fished in my backpack for the book I’d had my father sign for Mrs. Castro. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I pick up my coat, pull it on, and then I swing my backpack over my shoulder and shove my hands in my pockets. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He stuffed everything into his backpack except the sweatshirt, which he tied around his waist. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But she walks in anyway, and pushes my backpack off my desk chair. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

For a single second, I wished that I had brought my backpack inside the store with me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He pulls himself to his feet, shoulders his backpack, picks up his bike. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her backpack was gone—lost during the fall, or maybe washed away in the river. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I set the forks down on the table and moved to the backpack. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then I ball up my cap, stuff it in my backpack, and walk right on out of there. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That was Virgil, not the universe. You can see how shy he is. He carries a rodent in his backpack, Gen. A rodent.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I wish I had stuffed that cardboard address into my pocket instead of my backpack. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I swing my backpack on and walk out. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s only been three days since I retired from Chuck E. Cheese, but it’s already shocking how much easier school is,” she said as she unzipped her backpack. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It’s a girl with dark hair, lugging a backpack. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m a bit heavier than your average backpack,” I warned. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But then decided not to and left it in my backpack with my bike. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He opens his backpack and hands me a No. 2 pencil. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She loses her backpack in the river, and the only photograph she has brought of her daughter, Jasmin, is in it. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Our inventory was down to a bag of Cheetos, peanut butter crackers, some Twizzlers, and a snack pack of Oreos, plus the candy I had managed to stuff into my backpack. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Luke grabbed his backpack off the ground, eyeing the car and then Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Students coming home from school are easy to spot, their backpacks and fat headphones dotting the crowds. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

James yanked his backpack zipper closed with a ferocious tug. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I scoot out of the seat, swing Hector onto one hip, and sling his diaper bag onto my opposite shoulder on top of my backpack. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I’m carrying a backpack that I found in our coat closet, one of my dad’s extra ones. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He had an overstuffed duffel bag at his feet and a backpack stretched taut, which contained only books. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

You see the back of me walking with my friends, wearing my backpack and headphones. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He reached down, picked up his backpack and slung it onto his shoulders. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He gripped his walking stick and slung a backpack over his shoulder. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I tell Candy and Safer I’ll meet them in the lobby, and then I run down to our apartment for my backpack and almost slam into Mom, who’s getting her sneakers on by the door. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I grab Kelton’s backpack, empty out the school stuff, then, making sure the coast is clear, I go to the bookcase near the stairs—the entrance to the safe room. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I caught him once putting one of his masterpieces inside a girl’s backpack. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

We slip out of our hospital gowns and quietly duck into the hallway, the backpack strapped onto Max's shoulders. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I dropped my backpack in my room and went to the bathroom, where I took off my shirt and checked myself out in the mirror. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

A small shape ran over to the bed, unslung a backpack, and began taking out food. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he sees none, he takes my backpack and skateboard, then welcomes me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I toss my backpack into my locker and pull out my books for English and French. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He had no backpack, no money, and he was covered from head to toe in black slime. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Take my backpack and just walk away. They're not even paying attention." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

People were starting to push, to stand as close to one another as they could, backpacks bumping, everyone’s feet taking little steps closer to the doors. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Before I turn off all the lights, I reach in my backpack for my notebook. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

And somewhere along the way he’d torn his pants and one of the straps on the backpack. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kim leaps into the hut and grabs his backpack while Chou and I wait. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For some reason, I’m afraid I’ll choke on my food. But then I make myself choke thinking about it. Remember the night in Fred’s room when you threw his backpack out the window?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

"Do you still . . ." He hung on to the backpack straps across his chest. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I shake my head and fish my phone out of my backpack. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

At halftime, when no one’s looking, I reach into my backpack for my debate packet and slip it into my front hoodie pocket. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

George pulled a silver house key out of the smallest pocket of a large red backpack. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

No shoes, no backpack, no books—strange, indeed, on a school day. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brandon kept his gaze on the ground as he stuffed the phone into his backpack. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He shut the backpack into the metal chest and unrolled the sleeping bag on an exposed slab of rock. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had gotten chilly all of a sudden, so I put on my yellow Montauk hoodie and adjusted the volume on my hearing aids and leaned against my backpack and started watching. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I make a small pile of my things on the floor: backpack, sketchbook, a can of still-cold Coke. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

By the time the girls burst into my room, frayed backpacks and old bucket purses busting at the seams, I was all ready to go. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her backpack seemed to be waterproof, and she was pressed up against him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

An early summer heat wave greeted me with a blast of humidity as I left the apartment building with my backpack over my shoulder and my duffel bag in hand. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A few days earlier, Samira had thrown herself a massive eighteenth birthday-slash-graduation party, and someone had left behind a backpack at our house, containing a bong and a bag of weed. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

As casually as possible, she shifted the book deeper into her backpack while she removed her notebook. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Junior, Talloi, and I took our backpacks and headed to the wharf with our friends. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Juanita pushed her fists into the empty backpack on her lap, which deflated as she leaned over like she was going to be sick. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I stopped home to drop off my backpack, and then headed over to her house before I could change my mind. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy took his mother’s camera out of the backpack and showed it to Beatrice. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d slipped her backpack to the floor and sat down next to it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Their backpacks were all sparkly in the sun. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, the first thing I want everyone to do is stop talking and . . .” She noticed me. “. .. put your backpacks down and quiet down.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

As I shut the door and turned toward the kitchen, Nan’s cell phone caught my eye from where it rested next to my backpack on the kitchen table. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He shifted his backpack from one shoulder to the other, and his mouth curled into the tiniest half-smile. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She took the baby wipes from the backpack and cleaned herself up—chest, arms, neck, hands—shivering in the winter air. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I unzipped my jean shorts and slipped out of them, shedding them like a snakeskin and stuffing them into my backpack. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Now I always have a purse when I don’t have my backpack. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I tug my hand from his to adjust my backpack. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

As the brakes of the school bus wheezed, Roy grabbed his backpack off the floor and stood up. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here we go, Beau,” I panted, pulling the backpack back on. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I pull a few tissues out of my backpack and step outside. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

"Alexander buried his backpack in the desert on 2/27 and entered Las Vegas with no money and no ID," the journal tells us. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scooped up the proposal and the legal pad, but when I went to stuff them into the backpack, there was a noise like two metal things colliding. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was for a sawed-off pipe found in his backpack. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we pull in, Roli hops out and grabs his backpack. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

So I nodded my thanks to the blind Christ and threw my backpack over one shoulder. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I slung my backpack over my shoulder; and on my way out, I found English. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I opened my backpack, took the gun out, and put it in my waist, then I slowly walked to the back and waited for the door to open. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She sat on the coffee table in her coat, pulled her backpack onto her lap, unzipped the smallest front pocket, and pulled out a handful of tom paper. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sure. Sorry if . ..” But Rachel was already curling up, using her backpack as a pillow. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The low sound of laughter boils the skin on my cheeks, and I jump up and dart offstage, grab my backpack, and fly out the door before it gets any louder. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I thought of the pills in my backpack. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Max has taken a seat beside me and placed her backpack on her lap. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

With a heavy heart, Boukreev lashed Fischer’s backpack across his face as a shroud and left him on the ledge where he lay. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

If such horrors can happen to classrooms of kindergartners, little first graders with little pink rubber boots and sweet butterfly backpacks, there is no hope. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He shoved me over to Harp, who grabbed me by my backpack before I could take off. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Tats takes out a saran-wrapped tray of sushi from her backpack. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I shrugged and pulled my backpack around to the front. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

His round black eyes fixed on Virgil from his nest in the backpack, which Virgil was wearing backward so he could lean against the wall and watch Gulliver at the same time. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

There are a few backpacks and drawstring bags around the bug-out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Quang-ha has other plans, and I watch him head down the alley with what look like bolt cutters in his backpack. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Emily concentrated on the slap of their feet, the weight of her backpack bumping against her, urging her faster, faster, faster. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Now that the backpack was lying in the grass, I had a sudden urge to run outside and grab it. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Leaning out of the deck chair, he put one hand into the backpack. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Nathan walked over and pulled out a rock and placed it into his backpack. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Roy remembered that his mother had packed a canister of pepper spray in his backpack, but he also remembered what he’d read about bear encounters. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he dug around in his backpack and pulled out half a cheese sandwich. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He kept his head down and hooked his thumbs through the straps of his backpack. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then he gave me back Shannon's pink fluffy jacket and I put it in my backpack along with the wig. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I immediately stick my head into my backpack to search for something, anything, to look like I’m distracted. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

While I waited for your answer, I searched my backpack for tissue. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He adjusts the backpack over one shoulder and takes off with a nod. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I twirl the strap of Max's backpack around my wrist and pull so the strap presses into my skin. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Why, she asks her mother, has Maria Isabel packed a white backpack with her own clothes? Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m good at fighting off serums. There’s a chance I’ll survive. There’s no chance you would survive. Give me the backpack or I’ll shoot you in the leg and take it from you.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

After almost a whole period of nothing to do, Joseph pulled Octavian Nothing out of his backpack. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I checked out his gear: black jeans, a white tank top, and a black backpack. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Before shoving my notebook into the backpack I opened it up. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He stepped back, gripping his backpack like a mace he was prepared to swing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I had never before had a cell phone in my backpack, and the officer at the receptionist desk played the message before she would allow me to take it up with me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His backpack thumped against his spine as he looked back. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The Colonel looked at me blankly for a moment and then took his backpack off and slung it across the room in a single motion. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I take my jacket off the back of the chair I was saving, grab my backpack, and sneak out before anyone notices that no one came for me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Each team is given a backpack, a flashlight, a coat hanger, and a crowbar. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Rummaging through his backpack, he discovered that he’d left behind the slip of paper containing the name of his interviewer and the company’s exact address. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Candice slipped off her backpack and walked through the kitchen to the back door. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I open the backpack, wondering if there's any chance Max has forgotten some old granola bar or a few dollar bills. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They both had purses slung over their shoulders, holding their books and binders on their left hips, while Grace’s backpack hung limp from her shoulder. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

After the last bell, without a word, we followed each other out to the playground, dropped our backpacks on the ground, which was wet from the day’s steady drizzle. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I put a towel over Bertha’s sewing machine and hung my backpack on the hook on the closet door. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I was putting my loose-leaf binder away in my backpack and just wanted him away from me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She dug around in her backpack, brought out Daedalus’s laptop, and typed in a few commands. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

She felt sorry for Adelaide, though, and after taking the passport, she turned the backpack in to a lost properties office. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Pinned on the wall, too, is a picture of a tiny blond woman with a huge backpack. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Abandoning my backpack on the bench, I darted down the next row of cars. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Then she asked to see the contents of Salim’s backpack. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He imagines the person consulting the same schedule that’s in his backpack, determining exactly when the train would be passing through. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Hannah speaks through the dusty speakers, I feel the weight of my backpack pressing against my leg. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I dress, restock a backpack with the rope, water. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

In the morning, as my mom showers, I stack the frozen plastic containers inside an insulated lunch pack, which I place in the bottom of my backpack. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The backpack toppled down the stairs in an awkward but amusing sort of way. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I pulled it out of my backpack and he scanned it for a second. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I look around, confused, until I realize it's coming from the backpack I'm wearing. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I go up the entrance steps, take a seat on the bottom bench, lay my crutches down, and unload my backpack. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Jose sort of spun Grace away, setting her down on her feet so hard that her teeth rattled together, and then Grace was gone, leaving her backpack, Adam, Max, and U.S. history class behind. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But by the time I reached into my backpack for it, the ticket screen had reset itself and we had to start all over. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He’s got his backpack, and it makes me feel good that he’s prepared. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I sink down to my knees and dig through my backpack, looking for something. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Before his appointment with Kaori, Virgil unloaded everything from his backpack and stuffed it with fleece blankets that he secretly swiped from the linen closet. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then she looked out her window just in time to see Evan pedaling away on his bike, his backpack on his back. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I find a pencil nub at the bottom of my backpack and start filling in the blanks with awesome things. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Wanting to conserve whatever oxygen remained in my tank, I asked him to reach inside my backpack and turn off the valve on my regulator, which he did. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Emily pulled her notebook out of her backpack and the pencil from her ponytail and copied the symbols down. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mackenzie asks me as she comes home from school, hurling her backpack onto the sofa. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I dropped my backpack on the couch and headed straight for the kitchen. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I guess he forgot his backpack—it’s still under his desk. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He ended up in the San Francisco Bay Area, living out of his backpack, going to rock concerts, sleeping in local parks. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A little girl named Hina grabbed the seat next to me, the spot where my friend Shazia usually sat—forcing Shazia to sit on the bench in the middle, where we often put our backpacks. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I pulled Fred’s license plate CD case out of my backpack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger was clinging to the seat with one hand and to his backpack with the other. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“A Hershey’s Kiss fell out of my backpack into my bed. As I rolled around on it all night, that’s what it did. Can you believe it? One Hershey’s Kiss!” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In a flash, Takumi grabbed our sleeping bags and backpacks and hid them behind bales of hay. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby leaped from the backpack to the book. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Remy dug around his backpack and pulled out a can of body spray. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She swung her backpack onto her bed, planning to do homework and to try to get her mind off losing what felt like everything important in the span of a few days. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, Scoob snagged a few from the bowl on his kitchen table and stuffed them in his backpack while on the way out the door with G’ma this afternoon. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Only one person would carry around a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle backpack proudly. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

With two hefty shoves, the Bull pushed the cover of the well aside and dangled the backpack over the now-open hole. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Their backpacks hang off them like potato sacks, all lumpy and jouncing on the backs of their knees. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She stood up and shoved her copy of Things Fall Apart into her backpack. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Before I could step out of the van, my backpack and food in hand, Chubs’s hand reached out and slammed the door shut again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He had on his feed backpack and his special glasses, which were showing him words. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bridge rooted around in her backpack for her flash cards. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was so spooked that she nearly missed the backpack. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

His friends are now clustering close to the water, and someone’s taking a bottle out of a backpack. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

As it rumbled by, the concrete seemed to quake, and I stupidly ducked my head, as if that would keep me from being noticed, and steadied my hands by grabbing the straps of my backpack. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She lifted the backpack strap over Finn’s shoulder and then hugged each of them in turn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I waved her off with a forced smile and reached in the backseat for my black backpack. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My hands tremble, trying to zip my backpack. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max opens her backpack and takes the bills out of her owl wallet. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Their backpacks were maybe 100 feet away, uphill from them. Their faces and torsos were covered with snow; only their hands and feet were sticking out. The wind was just screaming across the Col.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

My backpack seems to have tripled in weight. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know what you’re doing,” I said, pulling my clothes out of my backpack. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I took my backpack off and put it near my feet. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I put on my backpack, and the renter got the shovel, and we climbed onto the roof of the limousine so we could get over the fence. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I look over and see that her wire ponytail collects in a small backpack at her side. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I run into school, shielding myself from the rain with my backpack held up above my head. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and reached for his hand again; I brought to mind the memory of Zu’s backpack disappearing into the wild thicket of trees. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I woke up early and packed my backpack, making sure I had everything Trevor and I needed. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I get the sheathed knife out of the backpack and give it to Tina. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then he stuffed some T-shirts in his backpack. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He promised he would not let anyone harass me on the school bus, which I appreciated until he showed me a knife he had hidden in his backpack. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“You mean before class? I put my backpack in my locker.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“She’s in the kitchen,” Chess said, hanging his own backpack on the hook where it belonged. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Elle Powell, girl of my dreams, came up to us, her backpack hoisted over one shoulder. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Sam put Oksi into his soft backpack, shouldered it, and started climbing. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The manager walked around the bar, gripped their backpacks, and pulled James and Emily down from the bar stools. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She hiked her backpack up over her shoulder and took off down the access road toward the elementary school. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Intent on preparing our backpacks, on baking breads and cakes, we no longer thought about anything. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up, pick up my backpack, and say, “Yeah, yeah, whatever, time for English.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Before going to sleep, I carefully folded the green multicolored ribbon around my medal and put it at the bottom of my backpack. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She dropped her backpack to the floor and sank into the booth next to James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And yes, there were definitely Jesse-like computer geeks all over the place, heads hunched, laptops bouncing on their shoulders, backpacks overstuffed. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had gotten a little wet, but the backpack had kept it mostly safe. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After the plates have been shoved in the trash and everyone goes off to class, Kat unzips her backpack. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I decided to leave the Minotaur horn in my cabin, which left me only an extra change of clothes and a toothbrush to stuff in a backpack Grover had found for me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My hands were shaking so hard now that I had to fist them around the backpack to keep him from noticing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Hazel just nodded and put it in her backpack. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

My backpack sits on top of her desk. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She grabbed it and put it in the backpack. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I tossed my backpack onto the backseat and then slumped in the passenger seat with the goldfish suspended in their plastic prison between my legs. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Love you,” he said, slinging his backpack around and stepping out the door. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I jogged to my backpack by the door and came back with a pen and a notebook and wrote down the names of all the advertised subdivisions. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She let her mind wander on briefly to other things, to a backpack and bedrolls, to a portable stove. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew sidestepped her and clomped by with his skateboard and backpack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Especially since she makes him bring his backpack inside the restaurant—with her treasure box inside—and glances at it every few minutes like it’s going to suddenly sprout legs, hop up, and scurry away. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Something that means I need to leave the top of my backpack unzipped, and instead of swinging it to my shoulder, I carry it gingerly in my arms. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my backpack off and carefully took out each egg contraption. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The backpack comes off and then the new guy slides into the seat in front of Annabelle. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They flipped up and landed on top of the backpack—someday, Finn vowed, he would get Emma to teach him that trick. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then he reached into his backpack and handed me the Buket o Puke ’n Snot T-shirt that he’d bought me at the concert. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare through the glass, tugging at my backpack straps, although they are fine. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I swing my backpack in front of me and pull out the map. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” Ivy said, dropping her backpack and plopping down on the couch next to Mom. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Toting my orange backpack over one shoulder, I crept down the hall in the community center. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She kneeled next to the lantern and unzipped her backpack, dumping out all June’s stuff. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Like unscrewing your chair from your desk, or tearing a hole in the bottom of your backpack.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Stroking her softly, I place her in Alice’s backpack and scramble to the escarpment top. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Hazel picked up her backpack and headed home, alone. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

James play-knocked her skull then shrugged his backpack to the ground. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

That’s when Frankie saw Z lying on the floor and Diana standing across the hall from the two of them, a red backpack dangling from one hand as she stood still as a statue. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my backpack from where I’d left it and moved, in what felt like slow motion, straight out the door. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Not have him acting like I don’t know what I’m talking about, or that I’m only good for stuff like lifting his two-ton backpack? The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He climbed out of the wagon, collecting a backpack on the way, then shook the driver’s hand. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She zips up my backpack and hands it to me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Sneakers, books, and backpacks traveled through the rooms on unseen currents, and there was always food underfoot and an old frying pan or two on the steps outside the back door. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I picked Juanita’s backpack off the floorboard, unzipped it, and started pulling everything out of it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I threw Ares’s backpack in the trash can. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Stabs of lightning turned the dark into daylight, and I’d catch brief glimpses of Abbey, covering her face with the backpack. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

My backpack was totally unsalvageable: With the seam blown out, the straps had failed as well. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

If you go in a store, keep your hands out of your pockets and out of your backpack. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Emily warily watched James shove his belongings back into his backpack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mini dug into her backpack and pulled out hers. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mini looked inside the box, then checked her backpack again. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was fully dressed in army uniform and carried a backpack and a waist pack full of ammunition. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We slip our backpacks on and hurry out the door before dissolving into full-fledged laughter. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

With some spare change from Ares’s backpack, we took the bus into West Hollywood. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan Grady had sneaked up on me and kicked my brand-new backpack so hard, he kicked a hole in it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A couple of people with big hiking backpacks stood against the wall, just out of the rain. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I picked up the backpack, but before I could hand it off, I looked at the license plate CD case and stuffed it into the bag. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I slide my backpack off my shoulders and down to the sidewalk. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She swung her backpack onto her bed, planning to do homework and to try to get her mind off losing what felt like everything important in the span of a few days. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I grab the map, toss my backpack over my shoulder, and run out the door. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He leaves it tuned there and goes to his backpack for the road map. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I put one foot out onto the ice—he was only three steps away—and held on to the end of a strap and tossed the backpack out to him. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Minho reached down and patted his backpack, where his notes rested. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A short, pugnacious, mustached kid named Ronny came with a backpack full of pot and set up shop in the living room. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone at the bench is picking up their backpacks and textbooks. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Hazel walked into her house, nodded at her mother who was on the phone, and went straight to her room, where she set her backpack on the floor and lay down on the bed. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Quickly, I dump all my school supplies and books out of the backpack and transfer them into the satchel. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She sat down, clutching her backpack to herself. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Drew Dunaway, one brown arm casted to the elbow, was taking a few sack lunches from a volunteer and slipping them into his backpack. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And then, after precisely one minute of running, Takumi stopped and ripped open his backpack. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She helped him into his backpack and then turned away, picked up a block of wood, and began to shave off slices as if he were no longer in the barn. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Spider jumped out of the backpack and onto a nearby rock. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Gwin was still in his backpack, and Basta’s dogs kept raising their noses and sniffing, as if they had picked up the sharp scent of the marten. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She said it lightly, swinging her backpack off her shoulder and opening it as if to get out her water bottle. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His hands shake as he pulls the backpack to the front of his body and offers it to me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I stopped cold in the main vestibule where I’d left my backpack. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The straps of Max's backpack start to slide as her shoulders slope downward. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He slid Boots in the backpack and helped his dad onto Ares. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She took down her backpack and got out the broken shard of mirror the match girl had given her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I adjust the straps of the backpack on my shoulders and make it down the steps and out of the building without seeing Ms. Raz. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I pull the stun gun out of my backpack. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, I bit it in my teeth and tugged at the backpack with my hands until it pulled stiffly open. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Her fingers felt like lead, but she rummaged through her backpack and found the matches. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, Nora’s hand emerges from her backpack, holding a giant unopened bag of M&M’s. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Noah and Ethan had propped their jackets and backpacks on an aisle seat so that the shadow cast in the darkened auditorium could easily be mistaken for a person. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

After school the next day, Nora and I get off the bus, drop our backpacks off in our apartments, and then meet outside Mae’s door. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I tear off the square with her address on it and feel a rush as I stuff it into the front pocket of my backpack. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

To the other rats he said: “Get the shovels and the backpacks.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She reached into her overstuffed backpack and pulled out a book. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When the bus turned onto the street where he had seen the running boy, Roy slipped his backpack over his shoulders and scouted out the window, waiting. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

McCandless said that he would be staying only a day, just long enough to wash his clothes and load his backpack. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the hut, Chou folds our spare set of black pajama shirts and pants, now faded and tattered, and puts them in Kim’s backpack. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip it into the backpack and stare at the runners' path between me and the west side of Manhattan. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Jess put the backpack on and followed the twins out of the cabin. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

My headphones were in my backpack, so I dug them out and put them on. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I loop both leashes on one hand so I can slip my backpack off. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She pulled a piece of biscotto from her backpack, crumbled it up, and threw it on the ground. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He eyed his baseball and glove and then crossed to the bureau and stuffed them into the backpack. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

All the soldiers assembled at the village square, dressed in their uniforms, carrying their weapons and ammunition in backpacks and waist belts. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Arab boy had Dustfinger’s backpack over his narrow shoulders, and gray cat hairs clung to his pants. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The master bolt had been in the backpack, and I’d gotten the backpack from .. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Shouldering a backpack, he started up the dry stream. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

TJ reaches in his backpack and puts on a ball cap to mask the real him. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They had discussed giving him tranquilizers and stowing him away in a backpack. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Anthony is also there, backpack slung over his shoulder. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

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

Robin was laughing about something with Ray, while she dug through her backpack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

College students burdened by backpacks, returning for Christmas break. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maya could still remember her walking up the front lawn, backpack slung over one shoulder instead of both, like how everyone else on campus wore it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She was still on crutches because of her ankle, so her girlfriend Ryan carried her backpack. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She ran her hands along her arms, and then got down her backpack and took out her jacket and her mittens and hat and put them on. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was always taking off the sneakers Dustfinger had bought him and going around barefoot, even on hot tarmac, with his shoes tied to the backpack like loot he was taking home. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A week later, as I’m hiking up the front steps to school, I realize I haven’t seen that nanny toting backpacks for a while. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

They slipped out of their backpacks and left them on the terrace and kicked their way through the trash on the porch and pushed into the kitchen. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

So I was a little alarmed when Sohrab pulled soap and shampoo out of his nylon drawstring backpack. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

When she unzipped her overfull backpack, The Maltese Falcon tumbled out. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I brushed the backpack off and set it down next to me on the seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I was able to wade my way out of it, and climbed on a rock farther down the beach, me and my Hello Kitty backpack still full of empty bottles. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I got home, I tossed my backpack on the floor. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

All I’m carrying is a small backpack with essentials—toothbrush, clean underwear, Lonely Earth Maui guidebook, and The Little Prince. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Next thing I did was take the drill out of my backpack and hide it because I was mixed up. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I hoisted my backpack higher on my shoulder. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Chestnutt huddled in a corner, the straps of my backpack—which Ayanna had secured to the raft—crisscrossed over her little body like a harness. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She slid her backpack off her shoulders, unzipped it, and pulled out The Gold-Bug. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

McCormick opened his backpack and fished out rubber gloves, a paper surgical gown, a paper surgical mask, and paper boots to cover his shoes, to keep them from becoming wet with blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas tightened the straps on his backpack, held his makeshift fighting spear tightly in his right fist. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

So I built a modest fire just big enough to cut the chill and lay on my back, backpack under my head. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Look, ain’t nothing wrong with a ghostwriter, all right? My thing is, ghostwriters need to write authentically for the person. Ain’t no way you out here strapped like backpacks.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I block it by slamming my backpack on the desk. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I put it in an old three-ring binder that I kept in my backpack and studied until I knew every word by heart. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I push the thought aside and open Max's backpack and pull out the notebook. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then he grabbed his backpack and ran, disappearing around the back of the house. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He put on an extra burst of speed, but the Farm Patroller grabbed Matt’s backpack and reined in his horse. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lies down next to me, her backpack a pillow. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I took out the notepad that the guard had given me, and dug around in the bottom of my backpack until I came up with a pencil that didn’t have a broken tip. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The honey tin lay at the bottom of the backpack, a permanent fixture. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The funny thing is, if he hadn’t put the backpack between us, I most definitely would have offered to help him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Reaching down, I grab my backpack and lift it onto the stool where Mom sat only moments ago. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

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

Inside, I dropped my backpack at the door. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I imagined Maribel getting off the bus, standing in the middle of the parking lot, her backpack hitched high on her thin shoulders, confused because I wasn’t there. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I’d been stuffing my things into my backpack when he asked the question, and I was so caught off guard I dropped my pencil case. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

One afternoon I rushed into the house, plopped my backpack in the hallway, and pitched my sweater in the middle of the living room floor. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I shoved the iPod into my backpack, peeved about the deleted playlist and Mrs. B’s snarky comments. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I do not have a cell phone or a backpack or anything that might be helpful for a kid who is now on his own. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The rest of the students shifted in their seats, packing up their backpacks. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I open my backpack, check for the sock. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I expected it to roll off into the open backpack, but it stayed in place. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The marten was biting the fabric of the backpack and sticking his muzzle out of it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She checks my backpack, adjusts my foot straps, and gives me a big hug. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Hazel put her backpack down, grabbed a thick stick, and poked the mass. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Both struggled with the zipper on Calder’s backpack. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wiggled out of my backpack and dropped it on the snow in front of me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The boy raced out of the room, almost knocking Diana over as she came in, holding a backpack that she hadn’t been carrying when they were on the third floor. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

After everyone leaves and she’s putting the exam booklets into her bag, I approach her with my open backpack. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She must be the giver of the purple mini backpack. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I quickly stashed it into my backpack and left. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Got it,” says Jay, pulling My Side of the Mountain from his backpack. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“My mom’s gone. To work. But she found my backpack. She took everything. Luke? Are you there?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

James grabbed his backpack without looking at it and followed Emily as she marched across the library and disappeared between rows of bookshelves. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I nod and Max pulls a pair of wide-bladed scissors out of her backpack—the kind nurses use to cut gauze and tape. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Quietly I gathered up the empty dye bottles—the only evidence that could ever incriminate me—and stowed them in Abbey’s backpack. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They were roaming around with backpacks and flip-flops or sitting on little grassy hills eating lunch or laying out in the sun on towels with books in their hands or sleeping. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I lashed the rods together to form a cross, then strapped the rig to the hip belt of my backpack so the poles ex-tended horizontally over the snow. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some ding-dongs believe me, though, and when that happens, I keep the lie going, spinning it until I run out of ideas: I backpacked through France, Germany, and Spain with my rich aunt from Barcelona. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Jessie went to the hall closet and got out her backpack, which had been hanging there, empty, since the last day of school. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The manager walked around the bar, gripped their backpacks, and pulled James and Emily down from the bar stools. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m ready,” I said, pulling on my backpack. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Came one morning, then, shortly before Christmas, when Billy Ray slipped on a dude ranch backpack, hung some snowshoes on the side of it, and walked into the mountains. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never do any of my classwork, so I spend my time in class sketching on my notebook, handouts, backpack, or on anything in sight. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Would I learn what it was like to live on the Island, to strap your backpack on every morning and walk up the hill to this place? Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Charlie grabbed my backpack and headed out the front door, leaving me to toss my dishes in the sink and follow. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The middle pocket of my backpack is open, so I stuff it in there and zip it shut. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I reached into my backpack and took out the flash cards out, thinking, Oh, no! Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully fold the cash into my pocket and pull out my business spiral from my backpack to write down the names of my new clients. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

June grabbed the backpack and Ivy’s hand before pulling her through the front door. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We sit at the table with our freshly washed hands, and Nico takes off his backpack and slides out his laptop. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He gets his coat, puts his sketchbook in his backpack. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

When the bus picked up the last passengers from the last stop in The Farm, I lifted my leg off my backpack. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Will this fit in your backpack?” he asks, holding the jacket out to me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I took the big stick out of my backpack—a bedpost I’d broken off Crusty’s Safari Deluxe floor model. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I pull my book out of my backpack and dig in, excited. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And I remember that I left my backpack on the table. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Mom made us tea in the mornings, and I walked to school with my brother Alex, carrying a lunch bag and a backpack. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My sister dug through her backpack and took out a bottle of Gatorade, some bug spray, a Lemony Snicket book, and a flashlight. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, my backpack and water bottle are already in the bag. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Radar trotted beside them carrying Nunu’s backpack, the handle clenched in his teeth, always careful to keep his head up so it wouldn’t scrape the ground. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Virgil shifted his backpack from the front to the back. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Frank unzipped his backpack and starting bringing out souvenirs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her shoulders are pulled back and she's got her thumbs hooked under the straps of her backpack. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Let me give her parents a call and see what they say. Maybe you can return her backpack to her." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He put on a clean shirt and put three others in his backpack, along with a pair of long pants and some socks and underwear. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I grab his backpack and walk up to his room. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I dragged my backpack out of the darkness, onto my lap and slowly pulled the zipper. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

James worked the zipper of his backpack up and down until finally he said, “I think we should get rid of it.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Emily swung her backpack on and hurried ahead of Matthew’s group. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I drop my backpack and sit, stand, sit, stand, sit on the living room chair. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Clutching the backpack by the strap, Hazel took off in a run, darting through the trees, leaping over roots and clumps. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Darkness lifted up a pouch the size of Nathan’s backpack and turned it upside down. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He knelt down and first pushed the backpack down. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

First thing I always do in the morning is check my backpack for Daddy’s notebooks and the sock with my money. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I carried supplies in my backpack for this very reason. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I shoved the paper in my backpack and gave up trying. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Emily warily watched James shove his belongings back into his backpack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Ever since backpacks were invented, no one—ever—in the entire school system, grades K through twelve, carries a book bag, especially a leather one. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I start to reach into my backpack to prove it with my schedule. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There was a final, wrenching tug on my backpack. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Cade wore a nylon backpack carrying some water bottles, tobacco, a flashlight, candy bars, a few tools, and our phones. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was standing next to her and purposely bumping his backpack into her shoulder. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

When I get to my seat, I put my backpack on the floor. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He peeled the backpack off and dropped it on the floor. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Which she simply dropped on top of our backpacks by the door without saying a word. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I go to my room and grab a few pairs of shorts and shirts and throw them into my backpack. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He took out a backpack and heaved it over his shoulder. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Candace pulled a bottle of lotion the size of a shoe out of her backpack. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I unscrew the top of my water bottle from my backpack and take a long drink. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I bit the inside of my cheek and held on to my backpack strap a little tighter. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He sprinted over: it was his backpack, lying on the bench. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was filling my backpack with ammunition from a hut when bul lets began to rain on the village again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then Howard whipped some papers out of his backpack and thrust them at her, grinning. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

At the corner, she dug the yellow notebook Robin had given her out of her borrowed backpack. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The third grader eyed Jack warily and inched his backpack out of the path. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sean walked over to me with his backpack in hand and looked into the study room. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I shoved my notebook and pen into my backpack, grabbed Beau’s duffel, and brushed past the waitress toward the door. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I bring the brochure out of my backpack, trying to smooth it out. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then I crammed a sheet, some towels, and a change of clothes for each of us into our school backpacks. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I hitched my backpack over my shoulder and peered down the walkway. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m going back,” Grace said, picking up her backpack, which felt way too light. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I get my toothbrush from the bathroom, and make sure Daddy’s notebook is in my backpack. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

By the sink, the blind man was putting food into Matty’s backpack. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

When I get home and put my backpack on the desk in the quiet room, I hear Mom’s rolling office chair carving tracks into the wood floor upstairs. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Axel tosses his backpack across the seat, buckles into his spot. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Twig stepped in, pulling a wad of paper towels and a plastic bag from the backpack and handing them to him. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I drop my backpack and chase the car down the driveway. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Or that pen you could have sworn you put into the pocket of your backpack but wasn’t there when you went to look for it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She sat on her bed, her backpack still on. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I whirled around, looking for the little terror and my backpack, but all I saw was darkness. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Gregor pulled Boots up over his head and out of the backpack. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, I put on my backpack and lift up the trombone case. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

They’re oblivious to me, of course, and I shift my backpack out of the way before it gets stepped on. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The Bull darted between the trees, not laughing anymore, just running with Virgil’s backpack in his hands. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He pulled the straps of his backpack over his arms and slid it on. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Instead, George had to steady herself awkwardly on one foot while the backpack rested on her other knee. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I had about two dozen, which I had clipped onto a huge key ring that was attached to the outside zipper pocket of my backpack. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

There was no room for protest, so I grabbed my backpack. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I hand him the blank absentee card, and he scribbles his signature on it, and I slip it into my backpack before I go to bed. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

And with that, she slung her backpack over her shoulder and stepped into the cold. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ayanna slipped on her backpack, then stepped on Gum Baby’s cape to stop her zooming. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He takes the whole backpack from me, not just the bad knife. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And certainly after he checked his backpack to make sure he had his homework. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I open my backpack, take out a folder, and flip through it as if I’m figuring out which homework assignment to do first. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I rush over to my backpack and take out the thin metal ruler we use in geometry. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

James didn’t look up from his backpack, so Emily tried a different tactic. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She caught him looking at her when she pulled her binder from her backpack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, I slung the backpack over my shoulder. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I yelp and my backpack falls off my shoulders. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Grabbing the backpack, he carries all we have on his shoulder while Chou and I follow him, our hands clasped tightly together. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip on my shoes, grab my backpack. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He turns into his usual spot, reaches into the back for his backpack, gets out, and starts walking across the desolate lot. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Angrily, I dragged my backpack across the carpet toward my room. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh! I have something for you,” Maya said, reaching into her backpack. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

His old self would have leaped at the chance to dump his heavy backpack and go get food, but what he was hearing in his head was Florida saying, Don’t trust ’em! Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She hurled the backpack up at her attacker, using all the force of her body. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He picked up Gwin who was clambering around the backseat, held him so that he couldn't snap, and then lured him into the backpack with a piece of bread. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Several times, she bumped into the backpack in front of her. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Younger boys played kick the rock and ran about wildly, while older boys crowded around electronic gadgets that were hidden in the bottoms of backpacks during the school day. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t seem right that he only has a little backpack to put in it, and when we go to the kitchen Uncle Carlos makes him hand that over. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I looked through my backpack to see what I had left. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Miles turned, saw me, and jumped so badly his locker door banged against the one next to it and he almost tripped over his backpack on the floor. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She printed the sign-up sheet and picked up the backpack resting near her feet. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Liam bent down to add a few of his clothes to my backpack. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Bongo landed on the backpack, looking up at him hopefully. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He changed into the warmer clothes and carried the rice in his backpack to a Gilju merchant, who bought it for six thousand won, about six dollars. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

So, I just opened my locker, put all my old papers and things in my backpack, and walked over the debris of books and papers and notes in the hallway to the parking lot outside. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

We put the bags in my backpack before we leave the store. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He hiked up his backpack, worked on forgetting. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The flame took hold of the backpack for a moment, then smoked and smoldered and died out. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow I'll stay here, resting, camouflaging my backpack with mud, catching some of those little fish I saw as I sipped, digging up the roots of the pond lilies to make a nice meal. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Frank had turned—clothes, backpack, and all—into a koi the size of a teenaged boy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The airport guards checked through their suitcases and backpacks extremely carefully. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z