My fingertips are already beginning to blister with clutching the rock. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“He’s not going to throw any more rocks at me.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Turner was standing forty feet above the writhing sea, waiting for a swell big enough to keep him from splattering on the rocks and hoping he wouldn’t throw up before he went under. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Nailer rocked back on his heels, suddenly thoughtful. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were three names carved into that great rock at the stones of home, and I’m quite sure I’ve fulfilled everything I had to do. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

One thing was clear: It wouldn’t stay on that rock long if the jackals and vultures discovered it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She has support right now,” he said as he led us away, nodding to the older woman rocking Mama back and forth like a baby. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The only planet we are sure is inhabited is a tiny speck of rock and metal, shining feebly by reflected sunlight, and at this distance utterly lost. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s so much to watch out for: holes and rocks and sand near the side of the building. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the jagged edge of the rock. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I pressed my cheek to the cold rock. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“If we do, the ship will be driven on the rocks.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The operator hit rock instead of coal. The teeth have been broken off. I will build new ones.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was sand beach a little aside of the rocks, he glimpsed this a couple of times as he tried to swim free of the rising of the next breaker. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Clinging to one of the greasy rocks and blending almost perfectly with it was a large, unkempt, and exceedingly soiled bird who looked more like a dirty floor mop than anything else. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You pray to that rock sometime, and it give you what you wish for. You see it now?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Because I didn't answer when you threw rocks at my window? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They seemed to rise directly out of the rock as if they had been grown, not made by human hands. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rocking water could not soothe my thoughts, but the feelings beating me up inside finally knocked me out. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He felt his heel bump land, touch pebbles and rocks, scrape sand. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruby perched on a smoothly sculpted granite rock overlooking a foam-covered pool. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped off the rock to the edge of the creek and motioned for Howard. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And if I said, “What is toughness anyway? Is it being an unbreakable rock?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Gaea’s sleeping face appeared in the shadows of the rocks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The walls of the passage were unfinished, dark brown rock with streaks of what looked like zinc or some other metal. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She rocked and crooned while he wept for all the pain he had known in his short life, and for all the pain yet to come. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out on the lake, rattlesnakes and scorpions find shade under rocks and in the holes dug by the campers. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

For the rest of his life he will remember that cold, overcast spring, digging in the dirt, collecting rocks, discovering black and yellow salamanders beneath an overturned slab of slate. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hit the rock hard, all along the front of my body, knocking the wind out of me and banging my knee. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At night, Hazel fell asleep to the sound of icy water lapping against the rocks under the floorboards. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The first time he read Tom Jones, he got so excited he absent-mindedly rocked baby for half an hour, but even this did not upset that regular Silsbee of Lexington. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blink rapidly, and the dark spots disappear, but the world still swims before me, like I am tilting forward and back in a rocking chair. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There are half a dozen spots where scientists, in hard hats, gloves, and safety glasses are down in the rock and dirt, working. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

A slant of orange light stretches across one of the rock walls. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The rock, exhibiting a dearth of holds and coated with six inches of crumbly rime, did not look promising, but just left of the main prow was a shallow comer glazed with frozen meltwater. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too small to sleep in, but Tree-ear liked the look of the huge rocks. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Poseidon broke off the jagged bit of rock to which he was clinging. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel the rhythm of Estha’s rocking, and the wetness of rain on his skin. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘And least of all now. He can’t be looking for food up here, not unless there’s some kind of rock he fancies. Why, there isn’t even a bit of moss!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She leaped over rocks and ducked under branches and charged through meadows without ever slowing her pace. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On top of it, some fifteen feet above the river was a sheltering rock formation, its entrance blocked by hedges of old hibiscus. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was here that the Lia Fáil stood, the rock at the center of the universe, where the fairy kings and later the human Ard Rí were crowned. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Pluton'ic, relating to the interior of the earth, or to the Plutonic theory in geology of the formation of certain rocks by fire: from "Pluto"—in classic mythology, the god of the infernal regions. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was like a rock, while June was all water. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I who had promised nothing, who knew even less, whose body was as confusing as the rock and roll lyrics accompanying the trucker’s hand pumping up and down to words yelled, not sung. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The platform was built of almost three million cubic yards of rock, much of it transported from mountain quarries fifty miles away. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The rocks are sandstone and shale, which were laid down layer upon layer in an ancient sea that existed before the mountains rose. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he tried to climb the hill, his lungs rattled like a box of rocks. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Since the earth is made up mostly of rocks, geology is mostly the study of rocks. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Omakayas, Twilight, and Little Bee carted heavy rocks from the lakeshore to weigh down the makuks, and then hauled wood for the fire. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Dirt and mud and bits of rock rained down. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Grievers spikes tore into the stone, throwing shredded ivy and rock chips in every direction. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Grandpop played and played, his cheeks inflating and deflating, his head rocking side to side, the sound sometimes really, really quiet, and other times piercingly loud. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Tiny shards of rock and mortar splattered her face. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

In the darkness, the robot’s motions went unseen, but there was a sudden thumping sound as he shifted his weight, and seconds later the rock flew blackly into the sunlight. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She rocked back an inch, surprised, then shrieked back right into my face. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

A little black head appeared at the far end of the basin, just out of the deep shadow of the rocks. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

After I climb down the tree, I conceal the boy's knives and spearheads in a pile of rocks so that no one else can use them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The rocks on the ground might have been used later against the strikebreakers. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A few seconds passed before she said, “If your sister says we need to find a rock with scales, I guess we need to find a rock with scales.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

My fingers bled from scraping out the rocks and it seemed that a square yard of ground produced a wheelbarrow full of rocks which I had to push down to the retaining wall. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something—maybe a rock or a clump of dirt—flew up from under the animal’s hooves and struck Pollard in the head. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In the old days, they would take people up to the top of the mountains. To the high places. They would smash the back of their skulls with a rock. For Czernobog.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I thought children were supposed to respect their elders, but they were throwing rocks and sand at all of us, my parents included. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Carter is rocking in his seat, keeping time with Dallas. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Some say that is a land greater than all the Archipelago, and others say it is mere reefs and rocks with ice between. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I know Grammy likes her metaphors, and I think back to her saying “Joseph is my rock.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She would totally rock but poor Obama would certainly lose the independent vote, even the undecided Democrat vote. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I stared up at the buttresses of rough rock, solitary in the huge solitude of the heights, and I did not believe the driver; but I suspended my disbelief. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Robert laid his spear on the rock beside him and began to gnaw between his raised hands. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It forms over the Farallons, covering the sea lions on their rocks, and then it sweeps onto Ocean Beach, filling the long green bowl of Golden Gate Park. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The men who had carried Saidu began placing rocks around the grave to hold the mounds of earth. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The rattlesnakes liked to lie there in the early spring, when the days were still cool and the sun warmed the black lava rock first; the snakes went there to restore life to themselves. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, Princesse sat in Catherine’s bedroom as Catherine sketched her seated in a rocking chair holding a tall red candle in each hand. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I slip into the bed next to him and rock him back to sleep. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

This time though, the boys started throwing rocks at us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The masons planned, and the diggers dug down so that it was founded on rock. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rocked back and forth in her long, blue village dress, humming to herself. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Why would she walk that far, if she was just playing, rocking the baby? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She settled him beside her on a warm stretch of rock. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Don’t go near that rock! It could be a grenade!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They left Harris tied up behind the rock where he wouldn’t be seen by anyone. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He ran blindly down the mountain path, heedless of the rocks and shrubs. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Imagine yourself handing in lab reports that get Clarence rocking his little wooden hooves off, and you have it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The assailing hosts halted, foiled by the silent menace of rock and wall. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I stepped back, out of Fang's reach, air rushed into my lungs, pushing him out, he was back outside, just a desperate boy, no, two desperate boys, standing at the bottom of a towering rock. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The golden dust of the spider settled on the obsidian rocks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how long I had sat there crying, but after I was done, the rock was gone. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

A few yards in, a tumbled heap of rocks blocked the way. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a living rock, for it had not been placed there by the people’s hands. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The beach was nestled into the rocks, as if after hundreds of years of work the waves had succeeded in making themselves a little room to rest in. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking over the frosty rocks along the streambed became too treacherous. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When the sun set, the builder mounted his horse and set off for the mountains to gather his first rocks. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

We rocked back and forth, taking comfort in each other’s warmth. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We hiked the trap rock and found a bench-like slab with a great view of northern Manhattan across the water. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I was stretched out on the big rock in the meadow one morning. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He adjusts his stance until his feet are planted wide, bows his head so that his hair obscures his face, and holds the microphone up in the air in one hand—classic rock star pose. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Each man had collected an armload of heavy rocks, any one of which, hitting a child or even Linda in the head, could have been fatal. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lady rocked back on her rump and threw up her feet. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Ari. It will happen tomorrow at dawn. Come to the rock then.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They stared at Reyna, their eyes ragged holes in faces of rock. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The lullaby of grief enveloped him, rocked him, and at last numbed him. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So close, Kathy!” he said, pointing to the rock in the distance, which looked no closer than before. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Within a year I sneaked my rope out of storage and was back on the rock. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was about to drop the rock to the ground when Edwin reached out, took the heavy stone, and set it down carefully. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Damp seeped through his gloves as he clutched at roots and rocks, crawling toward the light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Patsy Cline can’t even be heard on the radio anymore, for all the rocks banging the side of the car. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The widow herself sat out in the grassy front yard in a rocking chair. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

When he had first started dropping the rocks all the fish had darted away. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rock would just sink dead into the center of my chest, right into my heart. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I rock in the dark hollow of the landing, feeling like I am back in the silent vacuum where my voice is never heard. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The weathered slope was covered with dead grass, rocks and stunted olive trees. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After a long scramble through the rocks, Shay broke the silence. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Each day another pebble chipped off—almost too insignificant to notice, until one day the rest of the rock broke away because there was nothing underneath to help it stand. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Other times, whirlpools smash their heads against rocks. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He settled the nest in place once more and hit the rock with a series of blows, as fast as he could. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my way, I came to a spring that ran from under a gigantic rock. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Even little Nina had a hammock, and though she was only a toddler, she cooed and giggled all by herself as she rocked between two aspens near the meadow. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hope was to lower a drill through 14,000 feet of Pacific Ocean water off the coast of Mexico and drill some 17,000 feet through relatively thin crustal rock. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I keep going, my eyes fixed on the rocks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I drive the chisel into a groove and hit it hard with the hammer, taking off a big chunk of rock, then another. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“You want your last game to be here? These punks are just askin’ to be rocked! Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hesitated for a moment, then acted; I brushed the rock from his shoulder and ducked and grabbed him about the legs and dumped him to the ground. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I joined him, using a similar rock, but lacking Ikwa’s strength I had to use it as a knife, slicing rather than smashing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

If you sat quiedy in a rocking chair you could work all night long. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They used rocks to smash them and spent over an hour bashing rocks and nibbling at the small chunks of nutmeat, which tasted almost sweet. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked and thrashed and stomped, but his boots were thick—no match for my shoes’ soft soles—and his muscles were like rocks after decades of hard labor against the earth. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dismay stood, majestic, washed in sunlight, near the edge of the rock, on the tip-top of the slope, like he always did when he first got there. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed to a wide expanse of rock that sloped back into the darkness on one side of the pool. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, I was sitting on a rock on the side of the road as they aired out the van. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It worked—a minor avalanche of rocks rained onto the street below. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And some of those snowballs were filled with rocks. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sits and counts rocks or sticks or sometimes birds. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is out in the street rocking and she throws up right there, and hands are on her, lifting her from the ground. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Grains of sand, incalculable, pressing into sediment, then rock. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I use Len’s distraction to pick up a rock and throw it into the opening. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I held my head in my hands, rocking back and forth, making the plastic seat creak. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Upwards it wound, coiling like a snake, boring its way across the sheer slope of rock. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The hollow looked up to see the rock sailing toward it and poised to jump again—but there wasn’t time. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I remembered the myth about Andromeda and how she had been chained to a rock by her own parents as a sacrifice to a sea monster. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wedged himself down between two big rocks and sat totally still. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even move the rock from the third one, I just sat there and felt real stupid. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eye passed all other objects to rest on those most remote, the blue peaks; it was those I longed to surmount; all within their boundary of rock and heath seemed prison-ground, exile limits. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And at the water's edge was a perfect melon slice of a beach all protected by the outer chain of sharp rocks. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He orders four other young soldiers to lift Lincoln back into the rocking chair and carry the president out of the theater. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I stay close to warn him of gaps between the rocks where he could fall. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the girl, still rocking, and I turn my back to her. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The tunnel cut through solid rock, about the width and height of a school hallway. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The pumice rock minefield was dotted with stubborn weeds armed with sharp thistles, which poked up through the cheap layer of thin black plastic under the brick- colored lava bits. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s that girl breaking her way out of that rock at Guillermo’s. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

So we just rock in the chair awhile. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But as soon as he slid down, he began to move up once more, relentlessly, patiently, until he reached the rock itself, where the footing was firmer. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Celia rocked Matt back and forth, all the while murmuring comforting words he could hardly take in. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feet bounced over rocks — bright pain blossoms — and then he pulled himself into a ball, dangling low off the ladder. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He threw his wishing rocks with abandon and laughed at me for not tossing even one. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Finding just the right spot on a giant rock, I stretched out like a lizard till the sun warmed me through. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I burst into tears and ran to Teacher Sarah, who opened her arms wide and rocked me back and forth. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

There on the rocks just above us was a black hound the size of a rhino, with lava-red eyes and fangs like daggers. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Each of them rode one-handed and carried an egg-sized rock in his throwing hand. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The karpoi were getting bolder, approaching the rock in twos and threes, scratching at the schist to see if it would hurt them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She perched on a sun-dried rock and sniffed the air. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The water was choked with more rocks and ship wreckage and floating mines. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They had to carry a tune as they hauled enormous loads of rock up the hill. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The water is gelid, murky; down there, past where the sand drops away and it’s deep, there are old rocks covered with slime, sunken logs, crayfish, leeches, huge pike with undershot jaws. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Herbie picked up a rock, but instead of running away the pig charged, and the volunteer had to run for his life, leaping high into the cottonwood that lay across his splintered outhouse. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My face feels like it’s been pounded with rocks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The back door to the church was held open by a fist-size rock. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I walk to the Lake of Masks and sit on one of the black rocks over the water. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I hug my knees and rock, back and forth, back and forth. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But above us, poised on the rock, he seems unconcerned. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Are you up there, sitting on your rock?” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The bed was rocking a little, like a raft, and I kept a foot on the floor to steady it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The sick feeling in Nina’s stomach had nothing to do with the rocking of the rowboat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I placed small rocks on them so the wind wouldn’t blow them away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or the lizard that darted in and out of the rock den inside the cage next to his desk. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I wonder if there’s another variation in which Johnny is hurt, his legs and back crushed against the rocks. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The moment passes, and it’s just the four of us, surrounded by the rhythm of the sea, the cool blasts of air, the ancient rocks. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Yet walking into the temple still felt to me like entering a mountain of solid rock. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I mime throwing the rock, and it jolts a little. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The problems of dating rocks were such that at one point almost everyone in the world had given up on them. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Once a rock moved beneath his foot and he slid backwards, and almost went tumbling back down the hill. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Jule leaned back against the rock and let the chocolate melt in her mouth and the sun warm her face. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was a huge chamber, the walls—half naked rock, half polished steel—lined with computer equipment, electronic meters, machines that blinked and flickered with a life of their own. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Given Ambrose’s smugger- than-usual expression of late, they expected I had been run out of town, or, at worst, that I was weighted down with rocks at the bottom of the Omethi. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So when Santa gave me an electric guitar for Christmas, I figured I was ready to join the after-school rock band. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It is quite a contrast, of rocks and plants, like a slice of Canada piled on top of a piece of Mexico. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kendra leaned to prevent the boat from capsizing, and the boat abruptly rocked the other way. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I just managed to notice Grandma’s rocker was rocking and she wasn’t in it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Snow was smaller than Stone, a single fortified tower and a timber keep and stable hidden behind a low wall of unmortared rock. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then they clambered up a passageway in the rock after Hagrid s lamp, coming out at last onto smooth, damp grass right in the shadow of the castle. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He had climbed down the kelp rope once before, but he would have trouble pushing even the smallest of the canoes off the rocks. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some walked down to the edge of the waves, trying to skip rocks across the choppy surface. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Seth remained alert for the little pyramid of rocks that would mark where he should leave the path. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

If I'd had enough rocks, I would have added, "AWESOME IDEA!!!" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then I would hear them chant something, and sometimes rocks would thud against the walls. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because that thing’s bad for me!” said Ron, backing away from the locket on the rock. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At first, all she could think about was how she wouldn’t get to make her own rock crystal stalactites for her Carlsbad Caverns diorama idea. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The rocks on and around the shore were jagged, and we often cut and scraped our legs as we worked. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could figure out whether a rock was gold by the weight. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“An engineer has to study the rock above these pillars! If weight becomes concentrated on one of them, it’ll explode! The last time that happened, it tore one of our shuttles to pieces!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was nine years old when the letters made my parents, who are rocks, cry. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, stretched on his belly and inching ahead a little with his elbows, he peered out from behind the bottom upward-starting curve of the rock. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s even a spot smack in the center where a bunch of medium-to-large rocks have been arranged in a haphazard ring. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

One seemed asleep; the other, with crossed legs and arms behind his head, leaned back against a broken rock and sent from his mouth long wisps and little rings of thin blue smoke. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Picking up his staff he stood before the rock and said in a clear voice: Mellon! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sookie and the biologists rocked the shark, moving her just slightly to help Robin take the measurements. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

We stopped in a tunnel of wet white rock, like part of a natural cave. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then the sleeping leviathan breathed out, the waters rose, the weed streamed, and the water boiled over the table rock with a roar. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He glanced around the yard, spied a large rock at the corner of the house. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He placed the rock on his lap and pushed against Pond’s searing shoulders. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Bugs said, “How come you’re looking so strange, Bud? You look like you been chunked in the head with a rock.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Other times, the younger boys sat by rocks weeping and telling us that the rocks were their dead families. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I could barely see the two rocks that guarded the entrance to Coral Cove, but I was not fearful. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had once seen a picture in an old book of a red fox on a high rock surrounded by snarling dogs. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

But Pa pointed to a big rock nearby, and there we sat. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He says, “I didn’t ...” There’s a surge forward, like a crowd at a rock concert in the former time, when the doors opened, that urgency coming like a wave through us. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph ran stumbling along the rocks, saved himself on the edge of the pink cliff, and screamed at the ship. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

After they told us who to guard the guy Peanut Butter tossed the rock in to the other squad and we started playing. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“One must eat,” he cackled forth, very friendly to all who pressed about him as the firewagon rolled and rocked on its way. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, the view out the window changed from woods, thick with pine trees and ferns and moss-covered rocks, to a wide-open view of the mountains stretching on forever in the distance. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

My parents used to bring me down a lot, to skip rocks or collect shells or whatever. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I was never the kind of girl who had crushes on rock stars or fantasies about marrying Brad Pitt. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together, they rocked back and forth in silence. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

We girls thought he was like a rock star because he was so stylish. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He reached for a rock and slammed it hard into the poor animal’s skull. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After an agony of silence, the crash of pottery was heard on the rocks far below. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

She’d cried in torment while I’d removed the rope from her wrist and sat rocking for a few minutes by the edge of the pond, one hand in the other, staring into the water. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Winky began to rock backward and forward on the ground, her breath coming in sharp bursts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He points to an open suitcase full of rocks. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

With hands and feet, they felt for tree branches or cracks in the rock. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jump out and keep the bow off the rocks,” Edwin ordered. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Fang seemed relaxed, happy even, as he stared up at the rock. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A great jumble of fallen rock blocked their way partway up, where a section of the cliff face had fallen, but the surefooted little garrons were able to pick their way through. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We would push the rock up the hill, only to have it tumble down again. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She merely stood there comfortably chatting away as if we were all on rocking chairs on her front porch. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t in actual danger as long as the troop kept to the rocks, so she settled down to watch their antics. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what to do, I walk out of the traffic and climb onto a big rock on the side of the road. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So many of my classmates who look like me are rocking to a beat that’s not even playing. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Inside are the familiar smells: typewriter ribbons, waxed floors, rock dust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Geologists had proposed that the current shape of the earth—its rocks, chasms, and mountains—had been created by the transmutation of previous elements. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The bottom of the bowl was covered with tiny pink rocks, and a fake plastic log sat wedged in the rocks. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The riders, seeing them approach, halted under the shadow of the rock and waited for them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It hit him right in the middle of his forehead, and as he cried out I picked up another rock. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I recalled the bare trampled ground around the tree, the fireplace of rocks filled with ashes, the wood chips from the making of my bed, and resolved hereafter to keep my yard clean. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

One rock clipped the wolf on the hindquarters, another on the back of the neck. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It is female, but harsh, like it’s cluttered with rocks and broken glass. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Whenever we hit rock bottom, Elisabet somehow discovers a little cash in her purse. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There being no large rocks at hand, the fishermen eyed Adah and me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among the rocks near the south cliffs I found a part of one canoe, buried in sand and twisted kelp. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I explain to Dell that my plan is to give away the rock, Sadhu says: "List it online. It will be gone before you know it." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Liz was waiting when I got to the rock crusher that afternoon. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning they started, with a dove, of course, and were soon in sight of the great rolling rocks. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also knew where certain marks had been placed upon lake rocks long ago. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen and I sat in the rocking chairs in the parlor, while he stood before us holding a small notebook, ready to capture every word. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moves a step backward so he’s even higher on the rock now. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He had sat at the lake for hours, throwing rocks into the water, thinking about Pearl and his brother. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They’re cold and hard like flat black skipping rocks you find at the bottom of the creek. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

They sat down twice to eat on rocks beside the road. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Stick’s waterfall poster trembled, making it look like the water was actively pounding the rocks. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Howard teetered on the slippery rocks and I was sure he was going to fall in any minute, but he didn’t. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The boiler is on the left, with the piston rising vertically out of it and connected to the rocking arm. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The country was barren and rocks stuck up through the clay. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Cole grimaced as he looked at the rock in his arms. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He stopped once and bent nearly double, a great spasm rocking him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There were no customers, just three old ladies sitting in rocking chairs in the shade of a maple tree, knitting the biggest pair of socks I’d ever seen. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was lying on the floor beside the fanciful rocking horse, hands laced behind his head. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They walked toward the rock, and the water was pleasant, the sun gentle. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The cataract of Saint-Jean-les-Eaux plunged between pinnacles of rock at the eastern end of a spur of the Alps, and the generating station clung to the side of the mountain above it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“On the rocks is best,” Burnside shouts back, completely missing the joke. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“What are the odds the dude is rocking a mullet?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The pit was completely black when his hands struck against rock instead of bone. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of slackening, the wind gained in force and screamed over the rocks. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The room was a mess: the rocking chair where Miss Wren had sat all night with Miss Peregrine was toppled on its side, the table of vials and beakers pushed roughly against the wall. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Next to the house an artesian well chimed among mossy rocks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Used to be we’d mark them graves with a rock so we could find em,” Cliff told me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She half carried me to her chair, pulled me onto her lap, and rocked me back and forth, back and forth, humming a lullaby I’d never heard. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The only other sound was the creaking of the rocking chair, which went very well with the cricket’s song. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Cordoba Province in Argentina, however, chronic arsenic poisoning, accompanied by arsenical skin cancers, is endemic because of the contamination of drinking water derived from rock formations containing arsenic. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Okay, let’s take turns tossing them, zigzagging back and forth out there. If there’s some kind of magical exit, hopefully it’ll work with rocks, too—make them disappear.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry I made your time on this rock, this stupid little mote of dust, harder and not easier. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“She’ll know. Anyway, coconuts is supposed to be an insult, right? So we use it our own way and then it isn’t. That’s totally punk rock.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Upon reaching the top of the rock steps at 28,400 feet, he was confronted with a series of short but troublesome rappels that angled along the ridge. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He wandered through the wild solitudes of Thrace, comfortless except for his lyre, playing, always playing, and the rocks and the rivers and the trees heard him gladly, his only companions. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In New York Hamilton was struck in the head by a rock while attempting to defend the treaty to a crowd. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Instead of backing up, I scurry over to Brandy, reach into my pocket, and pull out the rock that I decorated for her. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He had asked me why I had chosen my rock. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He collided with an outcropping of rock, rolled again, and dropped suddenly into the darkness. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

At 10:15 PM, she placed the rock, as planned, in a stone window in the railroad bridge, and pushed it one arm's length from the edge. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Crouching there pale and naked and translucent, its alabaster bones cast up in shadow on the rocks behind it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The woman who lived across the street from us threw rocks at my Jewish pals and me just for walking on the sidewalk in front of her house. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

A steamship appears, and up on deck a lifeboat is curiously rocking; but then the boat docks, stern first, and we’re up on dry land again, where the film unspools, back at the beginning . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as the thought appears, it’s like someone hurled a huge rock at me and knocked me over. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A shiny rock that his mother said was some sort of quartz. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Alex held out the box of matches that he had pick-pocketed from the sergeant when he had pretended to stumble at the foot of the rock face. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Harry looked around, holding Hermione’s wand high, and saw the place: a flattish rock lying in the shadow of a sycamore tree. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was also fresh lemonade, gingersnaps, and fresh fruit, and nuts which we cracked between rocks. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took me by the arm and led me to a big rock near the ocean. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Lillian held each other in a long embrace and they rocked back and forth without saying a word to each other. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rocked me for a while in silence, until I noticed that his clothes were changed, his hair smooth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ahead the water-course came to an end in broken steps of rock; for out from the main range there sprang a high barren spur, thrusting eastward like a wall. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Faintly, he heard the sound of water flowing over rocks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then she lifted a heavy rock on top of the board. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A freakish, freestanding, 115-foot-high stalagmite-type rock that, according to the literature, sat in an otherwise completely flat farmer’s field not far from the Red Carpet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A mountain of flesh, she lay rather than sat in a rocking chair. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one direction, I could see the large rock we liked to sit on, and in the other, the rolling Arkansas hills. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

These stone walls keep clumpy mud and rocks from falling on the paths and the peoples. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

His shoulder slammed into the nearest of the rocks and he felt the pain shudder through him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Ghost went bounding up the rocks after it, but the bird flapped its wings and took to the air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They looked a long time for an area of earth among the rock faces large enough for the interment. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frost crept across the rocks and grass around her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mary had done a little rock climbing, and she’d listened avidly as he had talked about the techniques and equipment. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Wash asked now, pointing to the spot on the rock beside her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The house was so proud of itself that you wanted to make a lot of noise as you passed, and maybe even throw a rock or two. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d seen him around, hanging out alone behind the school, scratching at the sidewalk with a rock, flicking pebbles at the tires of the buses as they lined up to take everyone home. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Instead he shifted and blew the top off a rock where Whitie lay, and heard an angry shout. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason sat on a rock and started taking off his shoes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

With no soap, Keav takes the clothes to the edge of the river and scrubs them against the rocks to get them clean. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of seeing the tiny silver minnows darting around the mossy rocks, I saw the look on Howard’s face when I had said, “You wished you didn’t have that up-down walk.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

An undulating wind rocked her southward over a brushy meadow. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She looked from me to the rock to Fang, standing off to the side of the car, his back to us, hands on his narrow hips. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Diego rocked back and forth on his heels, his hands in his pockets. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

At first it was just sprinkling, and the rocks and cliff mostly protected us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Once or twice I nudged foot-sized rocks over the side and watched with faint horror as they crashed and tumbled to improbably remote resting places. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

As he was attempting to pull out the rocks he encountered, he heard footsteps. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a twisted tree on the rock. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out from it burst two or three stragglers, lunging and stumbling along, their long lances rocking on their shoulders. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Though just barely substantial enough to support body weight, the rime was plastered over the rock to a thickness of two or three feet, so I kept plugging upward. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stepped delicately among the brambles and exposed rocks. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I waited, rocked him until his breathing slowed and his body slackened. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or they were like rocks, a line of sharp slippery rocks with jagged edges. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

To his left, on a high shelf of rock, crouched an enormous wolf with golden eyes and lolling red tongue. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Two guys from the hockey team came blasting out from behind a tree, snapping branches and kicking rocks as they came at us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a while the child begins to squall, although Albert, in desperation, rocks it to and fro. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach into my pocket and wrap my fingers around the rock he gave me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I could hear rocks tumbling from the cliff, falling down into the sea. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

To people born into a landscape of rock and fog, the conflagration of green must have been a dazzlement. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She grabs my shoulders, squeezes me against her bosom, rocks me side to side, and then squeezes me again. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She carefully prepares the drinks, whiskey on the rocks for the men, vodka and soda for Sherrie. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had now climbed up to the top of a great hump of bare rock. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He looked at the serpentine S, inlaid with glittering green stones: It was easy to visualize it as a minuscule snake, curled upon the cold rock. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But instead of this a narrow ledge of rock, a few yards wide and perhaps fifteen long, continued the island out into the sea. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They were moving laboriously over the tumbled and broken rocks toward the foot of the slope. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She found room for the last little goat’s cheese wrapped in its vine leaf, smiled and bowed again, and took a last drink from the spring that bubbled up among the gray rocks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She went down to the water’s edge and came back with a heavy rock, which she dried on her shirt and then placed on top of the map. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My leg scrapes a rock, my left leg. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Until long after midnight a changing crowd lapped up against the front of the garage while George Wilson rocked himself back and forth on the couch inside. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“This rock—it’s a lodestone, magnetic iron ore. There was a pile of them back in my pit. I kept one in my pocket just in case,” said his dad. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Doc leaned back in his chair, rocking it on two legs. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across that square red rock in the sea. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Later that night, Mona slept again in her rocking chair, gently snoring. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The gray rock mocked me, bobbing on the water easy as a lifebuoy. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The brambles would tear off my shoes and the rocks cut my feet and fingers, but I would keep climbing, eyes upward to follow the bird. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly not Evan Parker, who only listened to respectable classic rock bands. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The rock bounded on, thumping and smashing toward the beach, while a shower of broken twigs and leaves fell on him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was kneeling on one knee, looking down from a higher rock which he held with both hands; his other leg stretched down to Ralph's level. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He pointed to a large, curved shard of glass rocking in the middle of the street. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The blows slacked off, and Charlie staggered to the rocking chair. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A little to his right a hummock of rubbly rock stuck up, covered with young oysters not ready to take. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath his voice was another, more horrible sound—an ancient, cold sound like metal scraping against rock. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They waited in silence, until the sound of scrambling feet came across the rocks. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He wrapped him in his own parka and wrapped him in the blanket and sat holding him, rocking back and forth. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The shore was a snarl of rocks, so he was taking them well out across the bay. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sink down on my heels, rocking the pillow, crying. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They made themselves as comfortable as they could on a rock formation that jutted out like a shelf from a hip-high mass of stone. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some rocks we tie with animal sinew to a wooden handle and make an ax. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey and James pulled mussels from the rocks and washed them off in the water, while Maybeth and Sammy climbed back up the hill for twigs and larger pieces of wood. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the rock she was battered against. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

When the two casks of fresh water had been brought onto the James Caird, one had fallen into the surf and banged against a rock. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And she was rocking me saying, “Is all right, ma cherie, is all right, is all right, is all right.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt that rock in my chest grow harder and heavier. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

What kind of devil helps someone pick rocks? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He spun and lunged at imaginary enemies in the dark, yelling at the rocks and the sky and at the water, “Get away! Don’t mess with me!” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We went straight to her room and I sat down in her white wicker rocking chair and waited for the news. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most surprising of all was that the rock at that depth was saturated with water–something that had not been thought possible. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

As the old woman approached in a rowboat, the birds swooped away in a billowing black curve and she saw that in the middle of the empty rock grew a strange tree. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She turned away from him and scanned the horizon: trees, rocks, lake, grass, weeds, flowers, birds, sky.... How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I rock back and forth in the blocks to get myself ready and take a deep breath before settling in. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The dizziness was back, and the breakfast I’d just eaten felt like rocks in my stomach. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

In a tree or a cave or a rock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I sit down on a rock, realizing the truth of it all. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Yeah, I guess it was fate, because when I opened the pamphlet and saw the picture of the jagged, towering rock sitting alone in the middle of my glacier-flattened state, the plan was revealed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Every minute the water breathed round the death rock and flowered into a field of whiteness. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Come here,” he said, and he led the way, brushed snow from the rock’s surface, and held out his hand for the Horcrux. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The guy collected rocks and piled them, one on top of another, to build a delicate sculpture in the sand. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The rock was high and they could not climb it, but I was still fearful. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water was as clear as it had always been, and the sound of the stream moving on the rocks was beautiful to me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Above the desk, there was a birdcage, rocking back and forth. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“You know, they say that them buildings sway and rock in the wind.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air smelled of ash, every rock and tree in sight was scorched and blackened, the ground strewn with burned and broken bones, yet it had been home to him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He sat on a curb to pick a rock from his shoe, idly. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often he had to borrow or patch together equipment in order to pursue his radiometric dating of rocks. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The lookouts were immediately above him and he could see the end of a spear projecting over the rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I examine the flat black rock in my hand. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It was like she’d suddenly lit down out of the air like a buzzard or risen right up out of the bare ground around the rocks. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas nodded, absently kicking a loose rock across the dusty, cracked stone floor of the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A scream and the sound of tumbling rocks told Nhamo someone had fallen over a cliff. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie had no idea what a farm had to do with moving the rocking chair across the floor, but she did as she was told. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Idly looking beyond the fire, he resettled the scattered rocks from their fiat shadows into daylight contours. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She asked so many questions so fast, it was like she was throwing rocks at me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Outside the house, he stopped only to grab a bait net and a pail before heading for the tidal pools at the base of the rocks where minnows and sand eels often found themselves stranded. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She flew down the mountain like a hurtled rock and alighted on the Delhi Bridge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

During this meditation a heavy surge was taking him, in fact, straight on the rocks. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hauled eleven miles today, difficult work: all rock. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like there was a rock in his stomach, slowly grinding away at his internal organs. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Now my ancestor rock becomes my anger,” Cole explained, setting the big rock down. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The man in black was hanging in space, clinging to the sheer rock face, seven hundred feet above the water. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some days I was certain I’d be picking rocks even in heaven. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We settle back in a nook in the rocks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

This is when there are few starfish feeding, for they are as hard to pry loose from an abalone as an abalone is to pry from a rock. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sharp chips and shards of rock flew up and stung his face. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I rock like a buoy in the harbor. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be so easy to go back inside, huddle into a ball, and live with my memories of my brother in the safety of those rock walls. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He heard trees snapping in the forest around die rock, felt his body slipping out and clawed at the rocks to hold himself down. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Axel,” Daniel says, kicking at one of the small rocks that make up Axel’s long driveway. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I looked out at the northern bluffs, but there was nothing to see in the dim light but the outlines of trees and rocks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Fittingly, the summit was a surreal, malevolent place, an improbably slender wedge of rock and rime no wider than a file cabinet. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although it grew out of swing and the pioneering electric guitar figures of Charlie Christian, early rock and roll announced its intention to go light on improvisation and heavy on rhythm guitar. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I thank him, and on my way to the car, I remember the rock, which I’m still holding. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Well, it took some talking, but she finally got Little Arliss’s mind off hitting me with a rock. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The giantess scratched her nose, cleared her throat, and spat onto the rock. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

My waving and screaming were to no avail; from his altitude, I was indistinguishable from a pile of rocks. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our aunt and our great-grandma should be rocking on this porch together. Not sending poison pen letters back and forth through you.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“If Dad didn’t have to plow rocks like he did up here, he would be happy all right.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He had spent an afternoon here, before Kingshaw had come, and found a trunk full of odd lumps of rock, of different textures and colours. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And then, from far off, the sound of footsteps crunching on the thin, small rocks. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You literally named me after the Greek root of the word rock,” I say. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Python flicked his tongue out, slithered off the rock, and stretched out beside the pole. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then he drops a bag of earthenware clay on my table and commands me to make the model, first thing, now that I know what hides inside the practice rock. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Near the first onager, three Earthborn were sunning themselves on the rocks. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

That was the night he dragged her home by her hair through the cornfield, her face bouncing and bashing against rocks and dirt. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thou shalt have no preconceptions about what is inside the practice rock but shall wait for the rock to tell thee directly. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Why do we have to wear these? It’s not like the rocks are gonna fall from the sky.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He sat down on a large craggy blue rock near the entrance to his cave. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had regarded the effort at reconciliation as the rock bottom of the entire discussion on the passage and had never thought that Rav Gershenson would question it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then she stopped rocking and stared into the living room. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Golly Moses, he looked as if he could stamp his foot on the ground and the rocks would split open beneath him and fire and thunder come out. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Even before the previous rocks weakened it, the window would stand no chance against this. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I pictured them surging into the little cove and breaking with a roar upon the rocks, then running swift and strong to the shelving beach. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Jinny tried to wipe it clean and start over, it only smudged, as the ink bled into the tiny cracks in the rock. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The children rocked back and forth to simulate the tossing of the ship in a storm and howled with merry abandon. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon the baboons returned, and she lay on a conveniently flat rock to watch Tag. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looked up to find John Worth staring at me through the window, his dark eyes shining like rocks in the sun. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Together they watched as the green sea lolled about, the waves hardly peaked enough to break against the rocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

They had eyes like volcanic rock, glassy and completely black. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Two adult elves, one with a flute and one singing, threaded their way through, the singer occasionally rocking a group of hammocks gently. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A rock constantly pushed by millions of drops of water and my brother is on the beach and I’m hoping the water doesn’t wet him. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Coffee in its own can was simmering on its own rock, far enough from the flame so that it did not boil too hard. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced at his box and realized it held a lot more rocks than hers did. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I open my hand so he can see the rock. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

We listened to whiny rock songs while Jessica jabbered on about the boys we hung out with. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe their shoes were made out of licorice or rock candy. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Catherine sifted through a portfolio of recent work and pulled out a small painting of Princesse lying naked on the beach rock with a candle in each hand. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When they reached the floor of the valley the wind grew stronger as it funneled through the rocks, and directly ahead a bright-colored speck grew larger and larger. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was, in her eyes, some meaning I myself could never know and might not care to know: an alien, the rock broken free of the wall. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

His features were sharp, as hard and craggy as the rocks, but his eyes were friendly and the little mustache he wore softened his mouth. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the hearth she was swaying gently in her rocking chair and her knitting needles flashed in and out above the sock she was knitting. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we sailed any closer, those rocks would shred our hull like blender blades. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Despite Officer Callahan’s refusal to arrest him, George Stauber, the young man who threw the deadly rock that started the riot, was brought before the courts and tried for the intentional manslaughter of Eugene Williams. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“That would rock so much, I’d owe you something big. Like maybe an ear or a toe or something,” I say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

They came upon the tarp almost at once and he knelt and dropped the bindle and groped about for the rocks he’d weighed the plastic with and pushed them beneath it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The boulders diminish to rocks that eventually turn to pebbles, and then, to my relief, we're back on pine needles and the gentle incline of the forest floor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In a crevice of the rock lay a pile of bones. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I staggered out of the water and sat on the calcified rocks, my chest heaving. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The triangle knot had been pulled so tight that undoing it was like trying to unravel a rock. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem like a good time to rock. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

And my true self wants to blast off this rock. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her foot was resting lightly on my chest, rocking just enough so I could feel the slide of skin over bone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Several times he slipped on icy rocks and sprawled flat in the shallow water. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Ralph sketched a twining line from the bald spot on which they stood down a slope, a gully, through flowers, round and down to the rock where the scar started. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A group of boys about our age are skipping rocks across the water, shouting and boisterous. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stood motionless, realizing that it wasn’t the wind rocking the chair but a large dark form sitting in it. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Over the firewood, she struck two rocks together, trying to catch a spark. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

When we arrived on the island we’d see cracks in the rock where steam rose up. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Vernon was pointing at what looked like a large rock way out at sea. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He moved La Belle Sauvage towards the shore and found a place where a little beach of bare earth lay between the rocks. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Catherine pushes me into the room and whispers into my ear, “Relax. You rock.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When it tires of one journey, it rubs through some rock to forge a new way. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

With ludicrous care he embraced the rock, pressing himself to it above the sucking sea. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

There are three names carved into the rock. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

No roads or farms or chimney smoke, just increasingly rough ground, exposed rock, and trees clinging to the bluffs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tentacle tongues shot out from beneath the rock, shivered, went limp. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He could see himself, pinned underneath the rock in the freezing blackness. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Nhamo willingly let go now—if she was within reach of the rock. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a sheer rock wall, straight up and down and slick with spray, and at first that was all she saw. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped across the creek, picking her steps carefully over the mossy rocks, and grabbed a waterlogged stick from the creek bank. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Picked up another rock and flung it at the tide, thinking about what he said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Maggie called from atop a bass stand across from our island while I picked mussels off the rocks below. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

A rock, I thought, but rocks don’t whistle as they fall. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Lydia crossed her legs, holding her knee and rocking back casually. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The huge rock passed so close overhead it blew her hair out of her face. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the next moment, she saw that the shark fin was only a rock. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or they are busy collecting rocks to throw when we need them. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rocked back and forth a little, faking a move to his left and running his mouth. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When I look closer, I realize that the rocks are actually enormous sculptures, each of them carved to look like past tournament winners. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A broken rocking chair balanced atop a fountain. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He grabbed up a bunch of rocks and went to throwing them at Burn Sanderson. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Younger men threw rocks at cars full of white fans returning from the match. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the face of the stony wall there was something like a stair: natural perhaps, and made by the weathering and splitting of the rock, for it was rough and uneven. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was easy going, and soon he was peering round the rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The alchemist erased the circle in the sand, and the snake slithered away among the rocks. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rocked me in her arms as I cried loudly. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the last strip of rubber had rippled to the floor, her father looked at her with cold, flat eyes, and rocked and rocked and rocked. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spires of rock looked like broken ribs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The keepers he put on a stringer, a woven cord with a three-inch nail tied to its end, anchored with a rock on the riverside. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

You know the path, but wander, thrilled, over the bare and pathless rock, as if it were solidified air and cloud. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even think our gifts from the Seasons will work. I couldn’t get the bakery box from Spring to open, and the only stuff around here is rocks and the big ole fire.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Emma tossed a rock down the giant’s throat, listening for whatever sound came back. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Frank climbed the rock and watched them go. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I shuffled a few feet farther to the right, hoping to find thicker ice, but managed only to bend an ice ax on the rock. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lawmen surmised that Anna had been sitting on the rock, drinking, when someone came up behind her and shot her at close range, causing her to topple over. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Her requests were gen- tie but persistent, like the trickle of water that eventually forces its way through rock. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He hurried off the plaza and across the rock garden, where several students gaped at him, surprised to see him still alive. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A notched and broken sword lay by him, as if he had hewn at the rock in his last despair. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

"This island's more or less a bare rock. We shall make short work of searching it. We'll soon ferret out U. N. Owen, Esq." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She was rocking backward and forward slightly in her chair, exactly like Dobby did when he was teetering on the edge of revealing forbidden information. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I had brought with me a rock cake which I had pocketed while having tea with Grandmamma the day before. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Formed long ago by the collapse of two rock pillars, the rubble had created a little enclosure, barely big enough for two people, hidden by a tree perched at its entrance. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“The horse will never be able to haul those rocks through the mud,” said Loki. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Two more for holding both kids’ hands when I pick them up from the Head Start bus stop to keep Bryce from wandering into the street after some rock he’s spotted. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Three days later, while Cole was cooking lunch in the fire pit, a rock struck the ground only feet away. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He’s a rock, a real Gibraltar, though if you ask me, a little emotion is a healthy thing once in a while. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Simmon kicked at a rock, sending it skipping down the cobblestones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He held up the candle, looking for a fallen star, a rock, perhaps, or a jewel, but he saw nothing. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa banged on the arm of his rocking chair. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Once I started walking again, I got to where I took my coveralls off and stashed them behind some rocks. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I screamed, as if a big rock had suddenly been removed from my throat. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Futility, doom, became a smell in the air, pervasive and acrid as the dead smell after a forest fire—my scent and the world’s, the scent of trees, rocks, waterways wherever I went. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put in the meat and roots, swap in fresh rocks, and go find something green to spice it up a little. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

On the altar stood a stone figure of a man sunk to his knees in rock, a dagger and a torch in his outraised hands. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For the first time he understood some of the true power of the knife, and laid it very carefully on the rock in front of him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I followed him up the stairs, the waves rocking the boat up and down. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

On that day, the country was rocked by an occurrence of such magnitude that when Chief Luthuli returned to testify a month later, die courtroom — and all of South Africa — was a different place. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a waterfall dropping off a high shelf of rock and falling eighty feet through a gray shroud of mist into the pool below. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The movements occur not just laterally as the Earth’s plates move across the surface, but up and down as well, as rocks rise and fall under the churning process known as convection. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

That’s when we realized it wasn’t a rock I had tripped over. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked his foot free from the rock loop, and his body rose to the surface and his black hair gleamed in the sunlight. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole watched as the boat faded to a mere speck outside the bay, then he reached down and picked up a rock. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are wide and growing more blank, like they did when she closed up on herself and started rocking. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Gently, Lincoln’s long torso is lifted by men standing on both sides of the rocking chair and then lowered to the carpet. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

For a while they kept their rocks in the cave, and then James took them home. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he told me not to knead the dough too hard or it would fry up like a rock. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They were carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them right underneath the castle, until they reached a kind of underground harbor, where they clambered out onto rocks and pebbles. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Other villagers, using tools borrowed from the visitors, pounded the rocks to break them up into gravel. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The news landed like a rock through a stained-glass window. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As Nhamo climbed over a rock, she saw something rise from the ground and hurl itself into the lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were rocks jutting out above the water. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

And she had wept, in her great joy that the hand of God had changed her life, had lifted her up and set her on the solid rock, alone. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Two years ago he went to the Knicks camp and rocked with their starting five. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I got a rock in my shoe!” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But a few became enraged and started throwing rocks, bottles, the very signs in their hands. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And some snakes weren’t venomous at all and spent their days eating crickets and mice and finding a nice sunny rock to lie on. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I just started running down the sidewalk after the rock, which I had kicked as hard as I could in front of me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I fling the rope and rock out into the water. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The rocks were small enough to position with just the four of us working on it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The bus skids to a stop and kicks up dust and rocks all over me. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Cole rocked back and forth on his feet. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

After a while, we started climbing on top of the fence so we’d get better aim and make sure our rocks landed in the water every time. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Finally he stopped to catch his breath amidst the scrub, thorns, and tumbled rocks at the base of the hill. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Come on. You know you’ll miss her. How are we going to know if her metabolism is still rocking?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He swaddled me in wind-softened sailcloth, washed me in a smooth sink in the rocks where rainwater collected. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

On one of our first days pounding rocks, a warder commanded Kathy to take a wheelbarrow filled with gravel to the truck parked by the entrance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below us, the army from the Princess Andromeda had stopped in amazement They were staring at Luke’s broken form on the rocks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

If life were fair, teachers would make millions, and scientists would be rock stars. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The mattress shot forward, and our arsenal of rocks flew through the air. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Guys,” Frank called from the top of the rock. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I’m startled as the onsen reappears around me and Hideo, the peaceful fog of hot water and the glisten of early lamplight on the rocks. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a rocking chair for Lee; it received him like an enfolding arm. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone threw a rock through a store window, and I squeeze tight to Momma. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She ran her fingers through his curls and rocked him and wept. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As the sun came over the rim of the desert and light flooded the little hillocks and bushes all around, Matt curled up in the shelter of a rock and cried. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on a rock to regain his breath, then ran all the rest of the way. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hurled the scraping stone as hard as she could against a rock. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pretend that rock is your ancestors,” said Edwin. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She stood up and arranged herself on the ann of the rocking chair. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Reyna stared at the cairn of rocks, her eyes full of torment, as if more unwelcome spirits might emerge from the grave. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The gap is in the shape of a very large S, and until you are right on top of it you think you are coming to a solid wall of rock and trees. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then she comes over to me and holds me in her arms and rocks me like she did when I was little. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

But if the impacting object is larger or made primarily of rock, there is an explosion on impact that carves out a hemispherical bowl called an impact crater. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stopped near a long rock ledge which walled the road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weasels and stoats jostled past them carrying baskets of earth or dragging rocks and roots. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

For a long time she sat rocking with the girl held tightiy to her sunken breast. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

My eyes shifted to Digger’s dad and tried to burn a hole through the back of his thick, bald head, but he sat there like a rock. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Through the small window, I watch the ocean roll, the rickety Oasis breaking up as it smashes against the rocks. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Natalie is rocking wildly, like a little boat in a ship’s wake. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee’s ghost, seeing why, leapt for the dæmons and wrestled with the pale thing that was coming through the rock from behind them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She picks up rocks as we go, smooth stones that she dusts the dirt from and then puts in her pockets. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The hare then positioned the three others underneath a rock, telling them to push against it with all their strength. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Koontz joined them, incredulously surveying the damage that Bernabe, by parking in the mud, getting stuck, rocking his vehicle, sideslipping and whatnot, had done. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that how many rocks you have? Wow, that’s a lot.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the rock from Wally and pushed it into Beto’s left hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yet here they were, sailing closer and closer to the mighty rocks, now surely less than a quarter-mile away. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath the hills on either side the rock was bored into a hundred caves and maggot-holes; there a host of orcs lurked, ready at a signal to issue forth like black ants going to war. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Holly sealed the helmet to protect her eyes, riding out the final barrage of rocks. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Do you see that, Béene? That is Congo. Not minerals and glittering rocks with no hearts, these things that are traded behind our backs. The Congo is us.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so quiet; the bees hummed and the river water played the pebbles, the rocks, and the hollows. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strange protrusions that Aru had thought were just rocks now looked a lot more like fins covered in sharp barnacles. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The New Meadows was quiet, with the tide slow and careful not to scrape itself against the shore rocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Gardens had sprung up everywhere, in the firebreaks, between the rows of barracks—rock gardens, vegetable gardens, cactus and flower gardens. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Giving him just long enough to get settled good, I let fly a rock and it hit that tin roof like a gunshot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Holmes’s contribution was to measure the decay rate of uranium into lead to calculate the age of rocks, and thus–he hoped–of the Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She went to her and put her arms around her, rocking her and wiping her tears. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claire held one in each arm and then laughed herself as she realized she was raising and lowering them slightly, the same way Einar had her raise and lower heavy rocks to strengthen her forearms. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He could play games with the boys in the courtyard, shooting at a mark, hide-and-go-seek, and duck on a rock. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

His bouncing up and down in the backseat made the car rock. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I splashed through the pools on the rocks, humming a tune. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She spun and saw a path back to shore, lined on both sides with water, like a canyon lined with rock. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

His rifle was ten yards above him, leaning against the rock up there, useless. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I did what you said,” said Liz, when we were settled on our usual rock. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel put her hand on his shoulder and tried to press him flat against the rock. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The nearer acres of rock flowers fluttered and for half a minute the breeze blew cool on their faces. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I manage to make it passable-sharp as I walk the wall, using a decent rock and a lot of spit. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

All is vastness; the clouds are piled up like giant rocks, and there is a “brool” over the sea that sounds like some presage of doom. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But her mama only stared at the fireplace, rocking slowly back and forth, her eyes blank and still as though her spirit had gone away and left the body there rocking on and on. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with an exaggerated motion, he heaved the rock into the water. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But farther out, and farther along, the water rushed furiously over sharp rocks. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

May rocked back and forth, slapping her arms and scratching at her face. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rock back on my heels as if pushed back by some invisible force, then walk out of the room, my heart beating fast. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

His skull rang in the silence, and he watched shock-still as the storm of hot dirt and rocks and branches and weeds rained down upon him and then wasted itself to a veil of grit. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They had made a crude lean-to—Brian missed the overhanging rock with his shelter back inside a great deal. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bernabe ran to the edge and began pelting the bird with rocks. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her leg was red and swollen, so even her rocking on the back porch made her grit her teeth. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

From there, the road was unfamiliar to me, though its ruts and rocks felt all too familiar. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She crossed her arms at her chest, as if suddenly cold, rocking slightly, then after a time she looked at him and said she was glad he hadn’t tried it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smooth black bumps he had taken for rocks were actually the backs of another dozen or so enormous cockroaches. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then they tried to hurry along the rocks and Robert cut his knee quite badly and they had to recognize that this path must be taken slowly if they were to be safe. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The thing he set in front of me is an ugly gray rock. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I then went out behind our cabin, and sat on a rock by the edge of the creek. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He would hang onto these rocks, all right, of that he was certain. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hogs were gone now, but I could see their tracks in the sand around the rocks, where they’d tried to get at him from behind. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a word they began picking up the rocks and carrying them to the nearby corral where there was already a pile of rocks. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would arrange rocks in a circle to make a hut. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

In gratitude to the crocodiles, the father put out some meat on a rock where he knew that crocodiles liked to sit. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Besides, the way he’d looked so shook up when he saw those rocks for the first time I figure they meant more to him than they did to me anyway. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Beyond were still more steps, hewn out of solid rock. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As the rock tumbled down the hill, Cole closed his eyes. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

As though you have released something more than a smooth polished piece of rock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Pictures of my father and me wading at low tide from rock to rock, chipping off oysters for our supper. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that was how I swam, too, just like a rock. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just there was the big rock, and the three stones there, that split rock, and there beyond was a gap just there. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The clattering stream on the rocks was a good reposeful sound, but the conversation of the farmer stayed with me—a thoughtful, articulate man he was. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was rock one moment and wind the next. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He crawled toward me, the sword noisily scraping on the cave’s rock floor. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Akira had his own shelf too, filled with “Japanese” rocks and “special” dirt and “nice” grass that he collected during the day. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Virgil thought of Paulito and the Jungle Dragon, which had been one of Lola’s favorite stories before she switched to tales about crocodiles and rocks eating children. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

"We've planted iron spikes under the water, y'see, and there's caltrops scattered among them rocks there. It's the same on all the fords, by your brother's command." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was almost too narrow for a horse, and the mare sent a stream of pebbles and small rocks rolling down the steep slopes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

My breath starts to match, mimic his as I keep gazing at rocks, the winding stream. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She didn’t take the chair, but sat with him on the moss-covered rocks at the entrance to the cave. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw was rocking to and fro on the floor, holding his arms up over his head to keep out the dreadful caawing of the crows, and the sight of the puppet faces. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The trees shook and the waves dashed against the rocks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran to the perambulator and rocked it gently, crooking her thin, twisted, old fingers at John and Barbara until they stopped crying and began to laugh. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They were the same height, and as they sat on the rocks, their legs were tan in front of them, shiny with sunblock. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The sword was loving this, while I struggled to keep down my rice dinner as the chariot rocked and spun in the hurricane. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Deen would stand below, on the rock cliff, and Jinny would step very intentionally, out into a gust of wind, holding his hands, to keep her from falling right back. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And a rock in the middle of the stream, unrolling itself into a forest troll, its heavy eyes blinking ever so slowly. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She pulls me up and hugs me, rarely stopping to sit in the rocking chair anymore, and rushes me to the bathroom because I usually have to go really bad first thing in the morning. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The men whitewashing the rocks made no sounds. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps there are smaller forms in every rock and sand grain. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eagle landed on an outcrop of rock and screamed in triumph. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I stood facing the rock, with my feet on a narrow ledge and one hand thrust deep into a crack. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas watched as Minho tossed a rock over the Cliff, then followed its path with his eyes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Tally crawled out into the big part of the cave, every muscle stiff, every rock she’d slept on imprinted on her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The last thing Cole gave up was carrying the ancestor rock and soaking in the pond. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The boy didn’t speak, but he crawled slowly out of the hammock, barely rocking it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Now they were sitting together on the outcropping of rock at the edge of the river. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the nearest thing to hand—a jeweled cup big enough to bathe a baby in— and turned, and squeezed into the flaw in the rock. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi was sitting on a broad, flat rock at the edge of the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cab driver sang loud and free, clapping his hands and rocking his head back and forth. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Only a winged creature could reach it, so steep and slimy were the rocks on all sides, and so fearful the onrush of the descending waters. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without seeming to, Will was memorizing the exact layout of the cave: the shape and size of every rock, the slope of the floor, the exact height of the ceiling above the sleeping girl. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And heard the assault coming, up the rocks, clawing up through the bushes, through the shattered trees, the pocked stone, the ripped and bloody earth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the crunch of a footstep and then a small spray of pebbles hitting a rock. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The windswept hills were barren except for rocks, grass and wildflowers - and, of course, a bunch of crumbling temples. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Instead, I heaved the paddle through the black water, eyes glued to the rock still achingly far ahead of us. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

My father held me close and rocked back and forth. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered how many generations of our family had been rocked in that chair. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And so the four travelers sailed on, sleeping in the ice-encrusted balloon, toward the rocks and glaciers, the fire mines and the ice forts of Svalbard. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Grabbing the next yearbook off the stack, droopy-eyed Sheed leafed through a few pages, his head bobbing like he might doze off, before rocking forward on his knees, thrusting the yearbook at Otto. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He closed the screen door gently as he entered and slipped past his mother, who was rocking herself in the kitchen chair watching TV. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Seven screamed as Thorn scrambled for purchase on a slippery rock. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

If there was time to whitewash rocks, there must be time to organize that. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Scrub grass and thorny bushes covered its lower slopes; higher up a jagged tangle of bare rock thrust steep and sudden into the sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Stared to the left, then mounted the rock again, aware of pain but concentrating. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper put her hands on the table like the ship was rocking. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She buried her head on Papa-Nnukwu s shoulder, rocking back and forth. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Entering, Woody had passed through an immaculate rock garden, its sand white and freshly raked. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a place I sometimes took Thembi on Sunday morning, as he liked to play hide-and-seek among the rocks. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe, dreaming big, someone fulfilled all our fantasies and threw a rock at the head of the nearest Psi Special Forces soldier. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Ahead, and a little to their right, there was at last a slope: a slope downward and hummocks of rock on each side. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Nathan squirmed around and every inch of his shoulders, his stomach, and his hips rubbed up against the rock. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Had it been only twenty-four hours before that she had leapt from rock to rock, had climbed and grasped and pulled herself up the sheer cliff? Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I sing to him, I rock him, I give him a bottle of water, and take his temperature. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy in the distance cried out and dropped to one knee, but his arms were still raised, and the ground still rumbled and rocked beneath them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The dumpster rocked as the pair crashed against it. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure of it. Can you skip rocks?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I waited for a minute, but Dismay was barking from somewhere inside the grove, calling me to Come climb this rock! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The wind-carved rocks and boulders seemed to grow from the ground like trees, confusing her way and disrupting her balance. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He fluttered down to the armrest of the rocking chair and made himself as prim and still as he possibly could. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Nothing more than a pile of rocks against the rover, but it reached the roof. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peaches was still sitting with J.T.’s mama, kind of rocking her in her arms. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

From on top of the rock, the announcer slurs, “Hey, there appears to be some kind of interruption in The Death Match.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She has lots of the smooth, flat rocks. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I was rocking my Olaf’s basketball shorts and Syracuse T-shirt on an unseasonably warm Saturday in October. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“What if she tells on us?” he asked as we looked at her as she now sat cross-legged on the ground, scraping the dirt with a rock. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Bullets zipped in the leaves, cracked the rocks. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her body starts to sway, and her clasped hands rock beneath her chin until it seems she is all loose, swinging angles. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I chop them very fine and add them to the pot, switch out the rocks again, put on the lid, and let the whole thing stew. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The boy noticed that his mother had stopped rocking; the loose boards did not rattle as the chair moved on them. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hall had for some years been an avid hill walker; about the same time he went to work for Alp Sports, he took up rock and ice climbing as well. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The boat was rocking gently, that was another. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached the food tree, she hid herself behind a rock. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

In the mornings, early, two or three of their children went down to Center Bay with hand lines and fished from the pier or swam out to the rocks and tried for cod. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Along with the sounds of rocks hitting the bottoms of our metal pails. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I pulled off my jeans, wadded up all my clothes and set ’em on one of the rocks and then I just stood there a sec, completely naked except my boxers. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Two rocks have been placed on either side of it, about three feet apart. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe, just maybe, if I do this—and if I can rock it—all the other kids will have their minds blown, and it’ll be completely satisfying to watch. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I was a tree, a rock, a mountain. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lydia rocked back in her chair with a smug bearing. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Swaying slightly at the gentle rocking of the ship, Archer watched them both. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In one photo from that year, I’m rocking bell-bottom jeans with white flowers embroidered on them and a blue polo shirt. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

His foot found a rock and he braced himself on it. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He would sit quietly and rock in the chair until the sense of order was in him once more. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Looking into her face, he cradles her and gently rocks her back and forth before bending and gathering Chou into his arms also. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, breathing softly through his mouth, he crawled toward the rocks shut away by greenery grown ruthless in sun and air. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Sadie was sitting on the front porch, rocking, waiting for me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The plane began to rattle and rock from choppy air. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

What calms me down is the rock of the houses and the towers and the churches. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Felicia knew that her mother, who stayed at home reading her books and rocking on the porch swing, had an instinctive distrust of the ecclesiastical. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The desperation I’d seen at the bottom of the rock, so real and so deep and so big. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He caught her and held her while she tried to steady herself in the rocking world where the trees and the lawn seemed somehow tilted sideways and the sky turned and swung. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at the words on the rock and then a fat tear came down his cheek and he quickly turned so I couldn’t see. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

These thoughts weighed down on him, like rocks in his pockets. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The crew rocked in their couches as the craft shook violently. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ethan stands and leaps to an adjacent rock to get my attention. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Gary sat, calmly rocking in his chair, watching Deborah’s every move, like a doctor studying a patient. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

His nose was as porous and dark as volcanic rock. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a rock for you that I need you to hold.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You know, Mountain Goat, I still feel bad about making you leave your rock collection back in Battle Mountain,” he said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She angled toward it and, with a groan of relief, let go of the rock. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He had worn a place for himself in some comer of her heart, as a sea shell, always boring against the rock, might do. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My favorite rocks to find were geodes, which Monyaid came from the volcanoes that had erupted to form the Tuscarora Mountains millions of years ago, during the Miocene period. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Two days ago! I seed it too. His mum chucked a rock at him ’cause he tooken some food! Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The subway rocks and sways, and finally we break out from underground and, just like that, like a surprise, we’re on an outdoor bridge, zooming straight out like a leap. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Tuesday afternoon in the rock crusher, I felt pretty down when I met Liz. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath me, the rocks of the streambed felt smooth and slick, even soft, as the water rushed past, carrying itself away. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Abyssinian was a big church too, but they’d line up along 128th Street to get into Metropolitan like it was a rock concert. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the first real cover up the slop>e was the rock against which he had originally been leaning. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rocks underfoot were slippery and loose, and it was much harder going down than it had been climbing up; but he didn’t falter. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They carry loads of clapboard and sassafras root, and barrels of shiny rocks that we hope contain gold. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He stared at me moodily, his hands in his pockets, rocking backwards and forwards on his heels. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She wedged the boat between the fig-tree roots that snaked down into the water, to keep it from battering against the rocks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the shadows beneath an awning, Sefia dimly made out the figures of five old people, as thin as skeletons, sitting in rocking chairs. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It rocked dangerously, though she planted her big boots as wide as the sides allowed. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yet they knew that all the hills and rocks about the Morannon were filled with hidden foes, and the shadowy defile beyond was bored and tunnelled by teeming broods of evil things. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“If the rock star can handle a humble picnic with squares like us,” Dad joked. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each morning they would bring the rocks from the mountains; each day the builder would lay the granite blocks upon the previous layer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He tore through the thick forest, dodging trees and stumbling over rocks. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Boobie Miles returned to the football field, no one called out his name with those bellowing chants that had rocked the Watermelon Feed in a moment that seemed like a millennium before. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here was the place he had described, where suddenly, in this massed section of boulders, was a rift, a deep gap in the rocks, a place where she must jump to the next foothold. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He did one quick push and was then rocking back and forth. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The first crate rode to shore on a tumbling, rumbling wave and then crashed against the rocks with such force that the whole thing burst apart. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A goshawk flew overhead; a rock fell off the cliff and bounced past the blazing-star flowers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Just then, a gust of wind sandblasts the side of the shuttle with tiny rocks. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Sit,” he said, pushing the arm of the other chair so that it rocked slightly. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Before long, I discover a tuft of chives growing at the base of some rocks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He could carry the ancestor rock and carve his own totem. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And we went on rocking and rocking together. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He padded up the rocks in the water, leaving no tracks. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A rock, hurled at him, struck his arm. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sheer rock buttresses seamed with ice pressed in from both edges of the glacier, rising like the shoulders of a malevolent god. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

We rowed a lifeboat to the edge of the rocks and made our way up, very slowly. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a thin brown brook, pulling itself like a ribbon across the curve cut into the rock just ahead. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

One soldier, who sat on a cement brick underneath the kitchen, bowed his head in his hands and rocked his body. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

There were steps stretching out behind them, but steps made for giants, and the ochre rock wall to his right. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The only thing that I could tell was that he’d picked a perfect throwing rock, the exact same kind of rock I’d use if I was about to chunk someone in the head. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He dropped his eyes to the floor and wrapped himself in his own arms and started rocking back and forth. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She kicked a small rock that skipped into a tuft of grass. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

All the way up that cliff, bullets kept spraying the sand in our faces and bouncing off the rocks around us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cut a little hollow space in the rock of another world, put all the tiny golden hairs into it, and replaced the rock before closing the window. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There is one road from Wall, a winding track rising sharply up from the forest, where it is lined with rocks and small stones. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Through the open window he could hear the waves breaking on the rocks—a little louder now than earlier in the evening. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The only truly safe passage across the forest for an ordinary person was the Road, which was situated on a naturally raised seam of rock that had smoothed over time. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Ah!” he screamed, feeling more of the rock scrape against his bare skin. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Light trips over pebbles, rocks, dirt...searches for the fewest weeds, fallen branches, and twigs...searches for where brush has been worn away. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sophie, squinting through the glare of the sun, saw several tremendous tall figures moving among the rocks about five hundred yards away. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stay much longer up here on these sunny rocks and you’ll pass out from heatstroke. It’s time to go. But I bet you’ll like the next part almost as much.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Have you lived your life under a rock? Were you born of sheep? Do you know nothing of drums, horns, and pipes? Do you even sing?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment he caught a glimpse of a black form or shadow flitting among the rocks away near Frodo’s hiding-place. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I wish I were throwing a spear or a rock.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Oomph!” he says again as he hurls a rock much farther than I would have figured a person his size could throw. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

For the next hour, we danced to the latest rock ’n’ roll songs. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

When we get home, she always takes it out back and breaks it open against a rock, then scoops out the heart of it—the sweetest, reddest part—and hands it to me. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He felt his heart pumping, adrenaline rocking his body. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He picked up his bucket and his jars and his crowbar and went slowly over the slippery rocks back toward the beach. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s more like a small outcropping of rocks and shrubs.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“We hit a rock and landed on Pirates Island,” I said. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The uneven wood floor creaks and rocks with every step. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We find that the inner two, Io and Europa, have a density as high as rock. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins crawled out from behind their rock with a length of rope, Miig watching their six with his revolver behind them. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He picked up a small rock and wrapped the note tightly around it, walked a few feet closer, and threw the rock toward the girl. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Below that again was a rock that stretched away toward the lagoon. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I tossed the rock up and down in my hand. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Once she stumbled over a rock and fell against the wall, and her hand found raw earth supported by timbers, whereas before the tunnel had been dressed stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A young white man stood on the beach about seventy-five feet away, gathering rocks, heaving them into the water in their direction. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He looks around, disgusted, and kicks a rock toward the empty fountain. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They turned in its direction and scrambled up the difficult slippery rocks, sliding back at each step almost as far as they’d gone forward. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was always sixties music too—I recognized the Beatles and some of the folksier stuff you hear on the classic rock stations. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He sat down on a big gray rock by a cholla. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Peeked up along the rock, saw down to where shells were bursting along the road, saw cooks and bakers scrambling to escape, horses and wagons wobbling away down the road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water, which never stopped rocking the small boat, carried them swiftly to the side of the huge ship. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been lying on a rock for hours, by the feel of it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There’s an antique child’s rocking horse in the window, a threadbare quilt, a wooden-headed doll with a battered face. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He began to weep, pulling his knees up to his chin and rocking himself. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

That’s why kids liked them, pretending they were down with the rock trade. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

As I was climbing out of the passage, my head slammed against a rock. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rock was flat, almost like a platform, and was overhung by a large fig with roots snaking down on either side. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beverly stopped occasionally to beat Ida Nee’s baton against the small rocks and gravel on the side of the road. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The skins were too leathery to bite through, so old Ikwa used his sharp rock to open them. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

All the charmed folk are there, and I’m leading them in some kind of game that involves hopping from rock to rock down the stream. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There he continued to rock, squatting, focused on the space between his feet. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

On the fifth day after the Preacher and Mr. Highgate left, me and Old Flapjack were rock fishing at our secret lake. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The flat glitter rocks with words on them. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

At the top of the handle, the space dropped off with one of those craggy cliffs of shale rock. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I took the smaller rock and scraped in a message of my own, right under Mong’s. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There were many recesses cut in the rock of the walls, and in them were large iron-bound chests of wood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I could have slain this one with a slingshot, with a rock or stick—with a folded newspaper, I’d almost bet—and all it wanted was a drink of water. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

There are four of us, but only three can go; we must shake off Tjaden, so ply him with rum and punch until he rocks. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I spit in the toilet again and sat on the edge of the tub, rocking back and forth. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, the only person who ever bought one of my rocks was Dad. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The path was easier now, made of crushed gravel and graded rocks, and he cracked his whip to urge the four black stallions on faster. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ron looked half resentful, half sheepish; he rocked backward and forward on his feet for a moment, then said, “Right then, well, that’s...yeah.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As I took off my blazer an earthquake of laughter rocked the Ritz Cafeteria. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He picked up the rock I had taken before and handed it to me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I kicked a rock out of the way and sat down, still watching him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a rock, so he picked up a colored glass paperweight, hefted it in his hand, wondering if he could throw it hard enough to stop Abanazer Bolger in his tracks. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The air above the chasm turned into a fireworks show of flaming projectiles, exploding rocks, and fresh produce. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The rock in his throat began to roll. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

We had to stand, still chained, in the hold of the old wooden ferry, which was difficult as the ship rocked in the swells off the coast. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I had received my minimum-security custody rating from my caseworker, Mr. Bow offered to take me out on an evening furlough to a "special motel where you can get your rocks off." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I covered my mouth to hold in the scream and rocked back and forth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hildy’s rubbing Viola’s back again and I see that Viola’s eyes are wet and leaking and she’s started to rock a little back and forth. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He rocked back and forth on his heavy heels, his face wise with profundity. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Each one landed at a spot geologists thought looked interesting, where the rock formations might contain new information about the structure of the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found that the rocks inside Io should have been melted, not by radioactivity but by tides; that much of the interior of Io should be liquid. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lander was immobile, while Sojourner wandered around and got a good look at the local rocks. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

At once the men who were gathered round him broke up into small groups, and went off this way and that, vanishing quickly into the shadows of the rocks and trees. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“A rock path and a scanty one at that. I’m sorry, but I’d have to show you—which means I’d have to come with you. I don’t mind. It’s what a—a friend would do.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The kids who didn’t own ships would either hitch a ride with a friend or stampede to the nearest transport terminal, headed for some offworld dance club, gaming arena, or rock concert. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Below the bridge he could make out a dark pool of standing water among the rocks. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Finally he slammed down three bucket-sized mugs of mahogany-brown tea in front of them and a plate of his rock cakes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He had disappeared—except for one foot, which stuck up over a rock above her head. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little Ann had cut the pad of her right foot on a sharp jagged flint rock. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they came to a high saddle between two spires of rock, Mya dismounted. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Everyplace I went I got me a rock. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my heels struck the edge of the big rock, I whirled around. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed so swiftly that my hand hit a rock and I bruised my knuckles. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided this was a good sign and rocked him cheeringly in my arms as I held him close. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a light at the end of the room, and in the light a man came walking, walking through the rock, and Bod heard Scarlett choking back a scream. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I see the northern granite rock rising straight up out of the ground with the road cut through it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Here!” said Lyra, reaching forward to touch a sheet of rock that blocked the way, smooth and wet and cold. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Kids sat on the ground or on large rocks in the sun. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He yearned for a bed and sheets-but the only whiteness here was the slow spilt milk, luminous round the rock forty feet below, where Piggy had fallen. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

When I was done I handed the rock to Rondell, and he looked at me, confused. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was speckled with white spots, as hard as a rock, a biological bomb ticking with hot agent. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She barreled down the beach in the direction of the skull-shaped rock and its long tongue of a jetty. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

We sat side by side in two wicker rocking chairs. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Up there it looked like a trout stream, flowing swiftly with shallow stretches and pools under the shadow of the rocks. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

We pushed against the rock to propel ourselves downward, the eerie glow of the plants lighting the way. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He throws the rock in the sand just in front of his feet. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Pippin was reminded of the hewn rocks of Argonath, and awe fell on him, as he looked down that avenue of kings long dead. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Presently the path turned round a huge bare shoulder of rock and plunged into the gloom of soft-sighing trees. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Up close the rocks look like hard black sponge. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d explained how to find the rock with the E, how to go down to the boat room, even how to use the candles. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mom ran her fingers through my hair, and rocked me back and forth, even though I was standing, and she said, like a poem, “You’ve got your father’s eyes and my nose.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole crouched and set the Snickers bar on a rock, then turned and retreated to the cabin. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Ever since the film, a lazy identification of Liszt as ‘the first rock star’ has developed. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a wishing star turns out to be just a lump of rock that crashes into a planet and kills all the dinosaurs. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His characters escape from Cuba on rafts of sticks and tires, refuse to harvest grapefruit, dream of singing in a rock and roll band in California. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she must capture the tree with the noose of her rope and use it to get across the wide expanse of vertical rock. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Still others fought bullets with rocks and schoolbags. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran his fingers fondly across the rough surface as if he had touched the rock before. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Yeller lay back under the rock slab now, staring at me with a look in his eyes that made that choking lump come into my throat again. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using the tree as a reference, he found the spot where he had built the pyramid of rocks, but the rocks were gone. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Hazel could feel the water beneath their feet rocking, roused like an awakening beast. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They walked for four hours in all, up and over three hillside towns, across fifteen miles of beach, before they were finally close enough to the rock to touch it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Only when the applause dies down does Lincoln ease into the rocking chair on the left side of the box. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like a rock in his throat. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I held on to him and comforted him and whispered to him and rocked him, just the same way he tried to comfort Miss Franny when she had her fits. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The word man hit like a pile of rocks falling on George’s skull. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He saw how the rocks had changed color under Spender. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will I be allowed to speak with the rock?” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They rock and sway in the doorway, they laugh so much. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sits on top of an enormous hot spot, a reservoir of molten rock that rises from at least 125 miles down in the Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Slag looks like pieces of porous rock but actually is the cinders left over when iron ore is melted down to make steel. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm convinced it was the product of a subtle magic, the alchemy of moonlight; the school a flower-studded wasteland, the rocks sunken, the dry winds hidden, the lost crickets chirping to yellow butterflies. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Digging my feet into the murk, I reach down for a rock. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At their backs rose a perpendicular wall of rock, and Perrault and François were compelled to make their fire and spread their sleeping robes on the ice of the lake itself. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

High rock bluffs on the far side of the canyon with thin black trees clinging to the escarpment. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She threw the stick at him and followed it with every rock she could lay her hands on. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because their anger lifts a rock inside of her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the rocks and looked out. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

After some minutes’ walking, they came to a larger clearing in front of a rock that rose sheer from the ground. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He had thrown every rock he could find and it was still not enough. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

During the last ice age it experienced what geologists call a periglacial climate—a zone at the edge of an ice sheet characterized by frequent freeze-thaw cycles that fractured the rock. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The waters carried them across waves of sands and rock, and in no time, they had arrived at Nali’s. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

That smell of cold and damp always sends a little shiver down my spine, it’s like turning over a rock to see what’s underneath: moss and worms and earth. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under its multiplied roar could be heard a mighty sound of grinding rock and timber and a wail. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

You could tell he’d never spent a minute of his life dozing in a rocking chair. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Severed torsos soaping themselves, arranged like dark busts on a thin, rocking, ribbon lawn. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patches of daisies sprouted from the rock in sandy places, with a few determined bumblebees buzzing around them, but mostly there was wide, warm rock to walk on at a slow but steady rise. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

So they cautiously crept over the rocks to take a closer look. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Doc Smith was sitting in a rocking chair under one of the trees, reading a book. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Capone takes Rocky in her arms and rocks him gentle and wide like a large cradle. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nod frantically, like a bobble-head strapped to a rock crawler. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mom held her on her lap, rocking back and forth, singing softly to calm her. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

The courtyard had been constructed over a landfill, and in order to start my garden, I had to excavate a great many rocks to allow the plants room to grow. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All morning, while sucking on anti-Oscar lemons, I listened from across town, hoping my practice rock would tell me what was inside it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I kept my rock collection behind the house, next to Mom’s piano, which was getting a little weathered. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he stopped rocking, and the nauseating smile faded off his mouth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have a way of rocking you gentle like a baby in a crib. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Whenever the water came in, which wasn’t that much, we’d just step our shoes up on a big rock or a part of the cave wall until it went back out. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Toddy didn’t go to school but instead spent his days in a corner of his room, clutching the ragged remnant of an old quilt and rocking himself without ceasing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She would not leave us that day, even for her nap, but rocking in her chair after dinner, she fell asleep, her mouth slightly open, her head rolled awkwardly against her right shoulder. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I give the rocks a pat good-bye and we head down to the stream to wash up. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her hands chase each other in circles on her lap as she takes a wooden rocking chair in the darkest corner of the study. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

That month, Darwin found more bones strewn among the pebbles and rocks. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I made the Trevi Fountain out of rocks from Freeman Lake. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was in Children’s Court when he was ten for throwing a rock at his teacher. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of this had the effect of making a monstrous chute where the water fought and roared to get through, smashing around the rocks in huge sprays of white water. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m Abbie,” she said, “You the boy who throws rocks at his nose?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Whites and blacks massed at the beach after Eugene Williams was hit by a rock and drowned. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They broke against the rocks and roared into the caves, sending up white sprays of water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she noticed lizards warming themselves on a distant rock. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I had my hand over a rock in a flash, but the tears in his eyes kept that hand still. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“We really would,” agreed Milo, and as the Which rocked slowly back and forth she told them this story. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watched falling leaves skitter over the watery surface, which gurgled as it tumbled over the rocks. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then the sea breathed again in a long, slow sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock; and when it went, sucking back again, the body of Piggy was gone. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

With a scream of frustration, I throw my hand forward and find a hole in the rock. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And I knew that what I had in mind was to rock his jaw. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I am so distracted I don’t even automatically brace when we go straight through the rock and into the palace. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

That awoke the baby and the baby awoke Uma, who reached out, took him to her breast, and rocked him as she lay in the furry warmth of her skins. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't need to carefully put each rock in a stable place. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the small porch, there are a couple of rocking chairs and hooks holding sickles, a scythe, and extra-sharp swords within close reach, in case shamblers get through the barrier fence. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Their leader clambered to the top of a great rock, and he mocked them for their lack of faith. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

All around Helmuth, boys and girls cheer, too, rocking the balcony with their stamping of feet. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Within a minute the crack of rifles, the whine of ricocheting bullets, the smash of pulverizing rock echoed and rang the length of the mountainside and along the hollow gulch behind. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was terrified of horses, or I was terrified of what I thought horses were—that is, thousand-pound devils whose ambition was to dash brains against rock. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When your family’s one missed check away from rock bottom? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Four Anasazi pots were carefully arranged on a rock nearby. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

One girl, prettier than the others, was made to go with four or five different men every night, until finally she hit one with a rock. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When my wife, Marie, and I were vacationing in Australia one summer, we decided to visit a site with well-preserved Aboriginal rock paintings in the desert near the town of Menindee. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We store them in this hide-a-key fake rock that Finch found in his garage. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Back and forth she rocked him, her eyes wandering around his room. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was Mirabelle’s playroom, a whole enormous bedroom devoted to her toys: wooden blocks in all colors of the rainbow, a rocking elephant made from velvet, an entire shelf of dolls. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

An understanding deep within me told me I wasn’t to meet the rock until sunrise. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He rolled down behind the rock and worked the bolt back and forth. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she heard it there came before her imagination the figure of a man standing be-side a desolate rock on the seashore. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rocks and the deep water were no good to us. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was taking an elderly woman’s money for a rocking horse. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

One look at rocks in water decided me: I want to be stone. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It raced past him like a rock speeding down a mountainside. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Everywhere she looked was chaos—piles and piles of wood and rock and metal. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Fine, whatever, you stay here and rock. Who cares? Who ruddy cares about anything?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I have got too excited. It was not my surprise to give to girl. The rock was my surprise for boy.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Conversation trailed off, and the room became silent except for the monotonous thwacking of J.B. riding his rocking horse in the corner. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

On all his previous visits, seals could be seen basking on the broken rocks below. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

You can’t explain things very well to somebody who is screaming his head off and chunking you with rocks as fast as he can pick them up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

James had a library book on rocks, and they spent days just wandering around the park, filling their pockets with little rocks that matched the pictures in the book. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sergeant pointed at the rock face, suggesting a path up with his finger. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I rocked from it, my cheek burning and tears welling in my eyes from the surprise of it as much as the pain. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

See, she used to call me every Christmas and tell me to come and pick up my rock. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A veritable avalanche of earth and rocks cascaded over the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nicole had always been talked about, but after the attack she was a rock star. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Baugi struck again with the auger, but the snake was gone, and he flung the drill from him angrily and heard it clatter on the rocks below. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Still clinging to the top boulder, she was too short to touch the rock below with her toes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Yellow spiders ran when we turned rocks over and pale worms blind and afraid of light rolled over in their sleep. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tossed rocks into the water as they waited for Clay. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

After showing them the pond and the ancestor rock, Cole headed back toward camp. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

As the captives were loaded into the boat, it rocked and tilted as if it were about to toss them into the water once more. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were one thing, like the wall and the rock growing out from it.—Or so I ardently, desperately affirmed. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rocked quietly for a few minutes, picking a thread on her knitted shawl. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says, “OK, Son. I’m putting this rock here. Let’s see if it’s going to move before tomorrow.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unseen, silent, he waited patiently with his killing rock, counting the seconds until the man in black would die.... The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was the neck of land, the ledge skirting the rock, up there were the red pinnacles. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Instead of toys, books, or other things to amuse the youngsters, Count Olaf had provided a small pile of rocks. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mami’s sewing machine, the bed, her rocking chair, the small dresser where Papi kept his special things, baked in the sun, their worn surfaces scarred, their joints loose and creaky. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A sweet scent filled the air about our rocking chairs. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“Or to go because you wanted to be somewhere better than a shack on a rock in the middle of nowhere.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

That evening, while Grandmother sat in my hospital room, rocking me back and forth as she hummed her favorite hymn, “On the Battlefield for My Lord,” Mother paced the floor weeping aloud in her despair. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We yelled into the cracks, tapped on the rock, did everything we cpuld think of to get a signal to Grover, but if he heard us, we couldn't tell. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She said it was a great skipping rock.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Ever since they adopted us, every time I talk about Maddy's hair, Uncle Tony says the same thing—just let it rock. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Kalo had thrown open the gate and stomped up to Curly, who was wondering if he should pick up a rock for self-defense. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few feet in front of us was this hole in the side of a medium-sized cliff that ran right up along the sand and rocks. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He imagined her as, say, Mrs. Cobb, swooping out from behind her picket fence with eyes aflame, calling down the turbine perflant upon a minister’s son who threw rocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He stood beside a black rock that overhung the waters of a pool. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, my superintendent, Dr. Cohn, and the president of the Board of Education, Karin Po- lacheck, realized that this particular boat needed rocking. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even though Elijah and the other guys weren’t into it, they totally rocked it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I jab the stick at the cluster a couple of times, and sure enough, part of the glittering rock comes loose. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He held a handful of small rocks and dried flowers, and here I realized I had made a critical error. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They were supposed to leave a blank piece of paper under a rock outside our weak place in the fence, showing they were ready to come. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Under the thin crust of snow, the ground was damp and muddy, slick footing, with rocks and hidden roots to trip you up. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She rocked herself back and forth on her heels. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The entrance to the Citadel also looked eastward, but was delved in the heart of the rock; thence a long lamp-lit slope ran up to the seventh gate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The holding cells looked much more like the prison he had anticipated—no white stone or glass displays, just dank gray rock and iron bars. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Because Zeus chained you to a rock,” I guessed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I picked up the flat rock in front of the cross and set the offering in the hollow under it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited awhile, then put my satchel on the big rock and started to climb the oak tree. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swam in a sulfur spring, watched over by Cahuilla women scrubbing clothes on the rocks, and stretched out to dry himself in the sun. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Scientists are generally agreed that the world beneath us is composed of four layers–rocky outer crust, a mantle of hot, viscous rock, a liquid outer core, and a solid inner core.* A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Dad says punk rock only comes in one volume: loud. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Hodor was leaning forward, grasping at rocks and trees with his hands as he climbed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Probably this whole segment of the woods has been armed with precision launchers that are concealed in trees or rocks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They crossed the broad stone plaza, then a modest rock garden, then waited as Constance shook the gravel from her shoes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I do not remember why, but instead of finding rocks to break the windows like everyone else, I punched the glass with my fist. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He’s the only dude my age I know who’s rocking a beard. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The nearest island was nothing more than a giant rock with the barest scrub of green. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He said no brave and reassuring words, he simply sat alone and rocked himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing but what you might expect: pink, tumbled boulders with guano layered on them like icing; and a steep slope up to the shattered rocks that crowned the bastion. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

We were only a few feet off the ground, but the plane got higher quickly, rocking back and forth as it climbed. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ditched our bikes and started the trek to the big rocks at the edge of the tide, egg-shaped hunks of granite banging together underfoot. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Between two weeded rocks on the barrier Doc saw a flash of white under water and then the floating weed covered it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The triumphant strain in her muscles as she pulled herself up a rock face. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I added more rocks, chinking them with dirt and moss. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Stooping, he collected rocks and built a small pyramid to mark the point where he had intersected the path. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Finally they reached an archway carved in the shape of human skulls—or maybe they were human skulls embedded in the rock. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I want to say that I am a rock crab and Tressa is a seagull, but I know Grammy would say I am being dramatic. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

They tramped up a hill and down into a heavily wooded valley, careful to avoid the black-and-red-striped snakes sunning themselves on the rocks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Let’s grab some food. I’m starving. Come on, rock star.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When the frantic rocking was over, he rolled off her and was asleep in minutes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Ernie was on the ground, now curled into a ball, rocking back and forth. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He puts his arm around my shoulders and walks me out to the living room, where Natalie is sitting, rocking. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I think you live under a rock, Morales,” he said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was something to play with when pretending to be a mommy, something to feed and rock and lay down gently in a crib. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I’m beating on the stone now, taking off more and more rock. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to look at the rocks one more time. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Often Rontu and I would go out to the rock and live there for several days catching fish for Won-a-nee and the others I had come to know. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The terrain was flat with acacia trees, small bushes, and a few rocks that increased as we went farther into the lowlands. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

We prowl around among the trees, looking for bones, for hummocks in the earth that could mark diggings, the outlines of buildings, turning over logs and rocks to see what’s underneath them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody's talking about a mound of dirt. Rockeries are made of rocks. And a water feature, I was thinking of.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Before I could explain, however, a booming sound shook the mountain, sending bits of rock clattering down and the two of us stumbling. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Cresting it, they arrived at the black rocks. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tad raced around the corner and almost crashed right into Rashid, who was standing as still as a rock. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We reach the end of the path and stand at the bottom of the chasm, where the rocks form unsteady ground, rising up at harsh angles from the rushing water. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

After a little, clinging to the rock, he found himself with only clouds above him and mist below—and he knew that beyond the wall of mist reigned fire. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Any kind of folk music or rock and roll was out. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The cliff is pocked with knobs of jutting rock, some of which deteriorate as soon as I touch them. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

At last, as far as they could judge, they had reached the middle of the stream again and had driven their boats back some distance above the jutting rocks. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lori and Brian and I would use the rocks to decorate the graves of our pets that had died or of the dead animals we found and decided should get a proper burial. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful would awaken, I would feed her, she would fall back to sleep, and I would watch the breath rock her body ever so slightly. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piggy fell against a rock and clutched it with both hands. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My eyes wet with tears, I rock back and forth on the stool, trying to push the memory from my mind. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I clutch the mattress and rock forward and back, forward and back. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I am the beacon on the rock. I am the wheel that drives the firmament.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It’s astonishing, really, how she’s a different person from the one who was just standing at the crossroads, kicking dirt and flinging a rock at the railroad sign. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Pick it apart, leaf by twig, stone by rock, until I have orderly piles of the material. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moonlight was very bright, and there were rocks everywhere, and to Buttercup it all looked dead and yellow, like the moon. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had taken notice of a small rock formation in the distance, jutting into the sea a few miles down the shore. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Another time he fell down and struck his elbow on a rock and didn’t say a word about it for several minutes—until he saw blood seeping out of a cut on his arm. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, as Beidleman clung precariously to the rock 100 feet above the clients, the overly eager Yasuko clamped her jumar to the dangling rope before the guide had anchored his end of it. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Saw them rock back and forth, the sound of their hearts breaking, weeping, sobbing, all in the pitch of pain. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They never threatened to call some other kid’s mother because her son threw a rock at my face. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When the shadows were gone, and the cliff rock began to get warm, the frogs came out from their sleeping places in small cracks and niches in the cliff above the pool. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She peered into the tall woman’s eyes, as though looking into a long, dark tunnel in the face of a rock. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

At that moment the rock quivered and trembled beneath them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There were rocks and weeds, bushes and trees, everywhere. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then, without another word, he climbed down the back of the rocks toward the cave and the rest of the tribe. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Someone else collect feathers and twigs. We’ll get rocks!” said Oz excitedly, already running in the direction of the tide pools. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In a cozy room dimly lit by oil lamps, Miss Wren sat in a rocking chair holding Miss Peregrine in her lap. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The old woman readjusted, rocking from side to side as though swaying to an inaudible tune. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But he feared what would happen when he returned to Minneapolis and there was no ancestor rock, no soaking pond, and no totem. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

His scream echoed among the rocks as he fell to his knees gasping. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She keeps rocks: jagged rocks, smooth rocks, big rocks, little rocks. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Below, and far to the right, closer to the boathouse, three boys stood on the rocks at the foot of the bluff, one of them holding what looked like a ball of fire. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I have to get to the rock garden on my own. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I moved my bed to the foot of the rock and for protection kept a fire going throughout the night. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the rocks brought back from the moon were basalt, a dark, smooth stone formed by the cooling of molten lava. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brought her rock down on the old lady’s head and broke her into dust. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If I could get my hands back on my rocks I knew I could outrun Mr. C. even though he was a lot stronger and his legs were a lot longer than mine. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Girls loved him, and he was dumb as rocks. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Without saying anything, he strode over to where I was clearing and began picking rocks, too. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

State guardsmen were pelted with rocks, bottles, and bricks as they patrolled the streets. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“What — live with you?” he said, accidentally cracking his head on a bit of rock protruding from the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Jack cast about on the bare rock and looked anxious. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I would run outside to the middle of the soccer field and rock back and forth, my arms wrapped around my legs. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I looked anxiously towards the mouth of the cove where the waves were breaking upon the rocks. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We sat down on the rocks in the shade along the dry creek and ate a lunch she’d prepared for us: peanut butter sandwiches and sliced apples. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Typically, folk, blues, rock, marches, and Classical-era46 music is based on relatively straightforward chord progressions, but of course there are plenty of exceptions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They had lost two cogs to the rocks of Shipbreaker Bay on the very day they set sail, a poor way to begin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A fat older man in shirtsleeves and suspenders was rocking on the porch of the house next to Josef’s. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Next to the rock is the latrine—a concrete hole. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Sinclair received an exclusive lease to a reserve in Wyoming, which, because of the shape of a sandstone rock near it, was known as Teapot Dome. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Then he unhitched his horse from the rocks and let it graze while he began to manhandle the first of the granite blocks into the trench he had already dug to receive it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Aru snuck a second glance from her hiding spot behind the rock. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t one blade of grass in that yard, just dirt and rocks, with sprinkles of color here and there. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And Billy and the Maori and others helping them with their particular hole came at last to a membrane of timbers laced over rocks which had wedged together to form an accidental dome. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was tempted to throw a few of the rocks into the rushing torrent, to ease the burden for the run back down. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He went bade to die fallen trees and found more dead limbs, carrying them up on the rock until he had enough for a bonfire. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spotted a woman in a corner who was rocking a child who was not there. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always before their boat had floated serenely above the rocks. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“One thing at a time, Greenie. Let’s get some rocks and test this place out. There has to be some kind of hidden exit.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Computer: “You snake crawl for thirty yards. A trickle of water runs down your body. You reach a mound of small rocks blocking the passageway.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Is the sand merely pulverized rock or something else? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chariot did nothing, and the witch-woman stamped her foot on the rock. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The actual village of Sticklehaven could not be seen, only the hill above it, a jutting out cliff of red rock concealed the actual little bay. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He was a puffing lieutenant staggering up among the rocks. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she sat and anchored her hands to the rocks, her nonessential programs switched off, and then, in her own way, the robot slept. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Landslide makes me think of rocks and dirt falling down a mountain. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And then a gigantic wave crashed over the rocks and engulfed the entire gravesite. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the radio in our company car the classic rock station notes the season by playing “Maggie May” several times a day—It’s late September and I really should be back at school. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Baker had come along—probably because he loved camping, and Mrs. Baker was willing to put up with soggy ground, mosquitoes, sleeping on rocks, and dew for his sake. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

This time the knife cut straight into the air—and met rock. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

My dad picked me up and rocked me in the chair. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Claire knelt on the path at the base of the cliff while Einar leaned his walking sticks against the rock wall and adjusted the pack on her back. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I stood there for a long time looking down at him and then I climbed off the rocks. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might as well be lighting a cigarette or ordering a Scotch on the rocks, it made him seem so much older. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He was able to lift Zero high enough for him to grab the protruding slab of rock. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Because Iorek was moving backward only to find clean dry footing and a firm rock to leap up from, and the useless left arm was really fresh and strong. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t say nothing, just drop to our knees on the rocks at water's edge and drink, Manchee wading in up to his belly to start lapping. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He stepped on a loose rock, slipped, then fell hard. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She’d climbed over rocks and cut through heavy growth until she could no longer run. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

In a bend of the river, between huge gray rocks lit by the moon, he saw them, so close that he could almost touch them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finnick goes to hammer the spile into the green bark of a massive tree with a rock, but I stop him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was nearly dark, and I was sitting on the rocks with my knees drawn into my chest, and suddenly there was Emma, breeze tossing her hair, standing on the sand below me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then Zeus chained Prometheus to a rock and sent vultures down to eat Prometheus’s liver. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

As my dad rocked back and forth in pain, I grabbed a dish towel from under the sink. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She sat beside the bed, facing him, in the same rocking chair he had sat in to watch Granny. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Sergio points to a large rock at the edge of the water that extends out into the ocean. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Hesitantly, he removed his clothes, glancing again at Edwin, who had already swum over and seated himself chest-deep on a rock ledge across the pond. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Laleh rocked back and forth on her heels and glanced at the counter. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The rock he selected was nothing special, as far as he could tell. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

His feet began to slip; pebbles and rocks began ringing beneath his feet; he looked up, trembling, in terror of death, and he cried: “Lord, I can’t come no higher.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He focused his gaze on a small white rock near the water’s edge and breathed in deeply. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Only the collection she’d been assembling on the windowsill, of rocks, shells, dried flowers, and seedpods. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

That large clump of rocks up ahead—it almost seemed to be moving.... A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I would feel that heavy rock grow weightier on my chest, while I was lying there on my back, still in bed. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I slept until I could see the stars shining between the cracks in the rocks. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Licks was a scattered outcropping of dark rocks with black streaks in them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men pulled themselves up the 600-foot rock face, inch by inch. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ana pointed to a bowl of shining rocks. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the bright moonlight, Poulsson and his men could just make out the shapes of dark rocks sticking up from the snowy ground. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the same kind of smile he’d worn the day he helped me pick rocks. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

By the time she arrived at the flat rocks above, Jinny noticed clouds were roiling out over the water. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I glance at the dark gap ahead I saw in the rock next to the jungle. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

There’s good grass there, though it’s drier than in the high country, with some rocks here and there. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she wraps her arms around herself, as if she needs them to hold her chest together, and begins to rock. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

With any luck at all . . . but did you see those rocks? The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Moon now shone upon the grey face of the rock; but they could see nothing else for a while. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I stared at the ground and rolled a small rock back and forth under my shoe. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Miles dragged a handkerchief from a back pocket and mopped at his face, and Mae sank down heavily on a rock, pulling off the blue straw hat and fanning herself with it. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got home, Jamie showed up in Bridge’s room holding a large gray rock with jagged edges. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She walked to the cave, but when she saw the necklace lying on the rock she grew quiet. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

No wonder the idea of learning how to talk round a large mass of people was something that Athenian aristocrats—traditionally *So named, supposedly, because it met on a big rock above Athens. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

"We've all got to use the rocks again. This place is getting dirty." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I wake up to the sound of rocks at my window. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I tramped out of camp by headlamp behind Rob and Frank, wending between ice towers and piles of rock rubble to reach the main body of the glacier. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He stood with his lips bunched, watching until the rock crashed to a stop at the bottom. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

After what seemed like hours they reached the rock, where Uncle Vernon, slipping and sliding, led the way to the broken-down house. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He sniffs close at her face, licks her once or twice, then sits down next to her, leaning into her side as she rocks. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

At last there was something different—a mass of rock sticking up out of the sand about fifty yards long and thirty feet high. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“What kind of a question is that, Peach? Look—we’re on this rock! We can go even higher if we need to. You’re not about to die.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lester’s spotlight blazed from the top of a small, flat rock, but cast only a small arc over the ledge of the quarry, out into the water. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Nothing could catch a dwarf underground, not even a Skaylian rock worm. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I have to stop holding this rock and praying he’s going to come to the window. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She landed on a rock that stuck out from the cliff and shook the excitement out of her feathers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Food comes irregularly, carried out from the citadel by the guardian’s wife across the quarter mile of rocks at low tide while shells explode in the city behind her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her mother rocks Imani, back and forth, back and forth, until she calms down. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

A towering cliff of a black, basaltic rock cut off the sunlight, and the deep night shadow of an airless world surrounded them. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Brian explained how we could make a catapult, like the medieval ones we’d read about, by piling rocks on the mattress and rigging it with ropes looped over tree branches. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’s aware that he’s rocking anxiously on his heels but can’t seem to stop. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As my crying wound down, I let myself be rocked in her breathing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pitched a rock at a stray cat prowling through our bushes. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The three of us maneuver down into a valley of snow-covered stone, then weave up to avoid a sharp outcropping of rock. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They might have to ask Maxim's permission to blast away rocks or whatever it was that was done to move a ship. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Trees and rocks—you got to listen to your enemy.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a day of cleaving rock salt from the innards of the mountain, finding him standing there with six guards hadn’t improved her mood. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

This shellfish grew on the rocks along the shore and was plentiful. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just started searching the ground for a rock or something to throw, but the bus moved on. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Several moans escaped him as he shifted, rocking back and forth on his side. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The message written in stone from the rock pillars. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The meteorite itself would vaporize instantly, but the blast would blow out a thousand cubic kilometers of rock, earth, and superheated gases. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The horses had drunk their fill of the icy cold water, and were grazing on clumps of brown grass that grew from clefts in the rock. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Muddy banks covered in tangled water plants lead to large rocks that increase in size until I begin to feel somewhat trapped. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Yuccas grew tall among the rocks of the ravine. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bryce, I have a rock for you that I need you to hold.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m not on social media, but I don’t live under a rock,” Trey says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Tonight, Papa found us a place next to a big rock near clumps of desert brush. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He stayed down, rocking and crying, for another five minutes at least before he got up and we walked home like nothing had happened. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

"We had to throw rocks," she said miserably. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Chucking rocks usually don’t get you into the river” I said. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She had to stop, feeling like a rock had lodged itself in her throat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“That’s not from you. I slipped and fell on a rock right after you left. It was the damnedest thing!” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He stared down at the rocks, a smile hovering around the edges of his broad lips. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you work the stone, sometimes the stone works you. I think today the rock win.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Herman E. Calloway’s name was all over the flyers and his writing was all over the rocks. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

‘I’ll just put baby in his cradle here, and if he doesn’t go right to sleep you rock him a little with your foot.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the truck slowly rocked along the busy street, streetlights flickered on. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Hound leaned forward as he rode, his lance rock steady, but Jaime shifted his seat deftly in the instant before impact. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth as if to say something else, then crumpled the quilt close to her heart and rocked in place for a moment. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We walked so many times on the same gravel road that I could close my eyes and still avoid all the big rocks on the road. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He saw a round face, bearded, mouth open, flat on his back on a rock ledge, hands folded on his chest. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That wing chair is too lumpy. I want to sit in the rocking chair today.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The water pulls at my legs, and I cling to the rock, tasting salt on my lips. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She fell backward as another slab of rock and ice shot from the ground. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Specially us, haw!” said Pink, raising on one elbow to chuck a rock at a hickernut tree. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As you walk down a narrow pathway that zigzags back and forth, you can see the history of the region in the various layers of rocks. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon and the stars were beautiful, the brook, the shore, the forest and rock, the goat and the golden beetle, the flower and butterfly were beautiful. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

—So this year, did she mention the rock? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw it to the side, and as he reached for another, he was pitched forward as the school rocked with another explosion. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Dad finally got a job in the gypsum mine, digging out the white rocks that were ground into the powder used in drywall and plaster of paris. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But there was no house visible, only the boldly silhouetted rock with its faint resemblance to a giant head. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The rocks could hardly be called land, but we knew they were the beginning of the Hawaiian Islands and we knew that the Hawaiian Islands were a territory belonging to the United States. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This morning she was thinking about how to construct a device that could retrieve a rock after you had skipped it into the ocean. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

It is smooth and warm, like rock polished by water and then left to heat in the sun. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A man chewing on a rug in the corner of his living room.Two kids throwing rocks at each other as hard as they could, bloodied and bruised from head to toe. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They point to a big flat rock where a squirrel is now stuffing kernels from another ear of corn in his cheeks. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the more she holds and rocks me, my chest stops heaving up and down and I settle into her arms. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hackett and I followed more slowly, to a rock that rose out of the water. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I flew to the bottom of the rock and stood a hundred feet below my friend. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t foolish enough to set out for Hollywood, Disneyland, or the beach where they filmed Happening ’68 with rock and rollers like Paul Revere and the Raiders. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

From what she had heard described, they were endless work—feeding, rocking, bathing—and they cried too much. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Herbie was outside in the yard, sitting on a rock, playing his guitar. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy never heard this gossip, for she spent each happy day in her beloved forest, climbing trees and memorizing from above the location of every thicket and clearing and rock and burrow. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Bernabe rolled the concept of painted cattleguards around in his brain the way a lapidary rolls a rough stone around in a rock tumbler to make it smooth. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A real bonobo mother would have been able to catch her son, but I rocked back and fell. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Arrows hissed past his ear and clattered off the rocks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A rock whizzed by my ear and hit Red Rabbit in the side. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as we made our way to meet you, an evil beast jumped from the rocks! Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him bound from rock to rock. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light played over the contents of the cabinet—a jumble of books and boxes, rocks, carvings, and other curiosities. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He brushed dust off his clothes and placed a huge rock in front of the cabin door to keep it open. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

After we finally came back in we dried off with our sweatshirts and got dressed and made our way up to Mong’s rocks again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

We throw rocks in the river and we swing on the iron chains along the bank. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

The Rangers rocked Clemens in the first inning. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

An ugly rock stood defiantly against the sea with five jagged spires projecting from it, as though a hand were clawing its way out. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But Hugo reads the whole screen at once, not just the one rock that's most dangerous. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Boulders blocked the way to a narrow strip of sand, with more rocks beyond. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He sprang to his feet and leaped to the top of a large rock. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Down below, a bunch of sea lions were sunning themselves on the rocks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Regular soil is a crazy mix of everything from fine rock fragments to water, air, insects, and even bacteria and fungi. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

To my left, the water is calmer, but to my right, it is white, battling with rock. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Half-blind, the dead unicorn stumbled toward the green rock needle until it reached a depression at its base, where it dropped to the knees of its forelegs in a ghastly parody of prayer. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were some fallen rocks on the edge of the dell nearest to the hill. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Under the tree there were two carpenter’s horses, and little Ralph was busy putting a rock on top of one and then carrying it over to the other one. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They passed through the ruined tunnel and stood upon a heap of stones, gazing at the dark rock of Orthanc, and its many windows, a menace still in the desolation that lay all about it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The right wall rumbled across the ground, spitting dirt and rocks as it moved. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Every rock, every tree, every crystal of snow cries out cold-blooded objectness. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rocking of the ship calmed him some. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

She tumbled to one side, evading Kelli’s claws, and came up with a rock in her hand, which she smacked into Kelli’s nose. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Minli and the boy followed from a distance, past sharp rocks and jutting boulders. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“That ground up there is very thin—a skin of rock with fire under it. You’ll fall through as sure as anything.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

They concluded that lightning had struck a lump of sandstone on the ground; the idea of rocks falling from outer space was simply ridiculous. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The first one threw a glop of molten rock at me and set my pants on fire. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The party rocked on until two in the morning. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I stretched out my arm and leaned against the rock. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Cotton was making something with sticks and rocks in the small square of shade next to the porch. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Elsewhere they saw beautiful bronze daggers for sale, dried squids and carved onyx, a potent magical elixir made of virgin's milk and shade of the evening, even dragon's eggs which looked suspiciously like painted rocks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I stood on the rock until the Aleut fires died. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I skinned a papaya with a sharp rock and removed the seeds. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He examined the heater on his smoke, packing it in and trimming the ashes by dragging it on a rock by his feet. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They will lay the final pattern with these rocks they will lay it across the world and explode everything. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I made up the weight difference by loading 600 kilograms of rocks in with my other supplies. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore beckoned Harry to the very edge of the rock where a series of jagged niches made footholds leading down to boulders that lay half-submerged in water and closer to the cliff. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he’d walk out after dark and sit on a rock and look out over the canyon, just for the spectacle of it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Picture of a skinny, miserable, rocking child, flies near her mouth. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

For three days they rocked in each other’s arms, voracious and inseparable, speaking few words, but knowing all they needed to know. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man ain’t expecting it, and he goes down like a sack of rocks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Then I think this: If I hold one of those rocks I will be covered in colored glitter dots. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The throbbing ache near her clavicle when she shifted was a painful reminder of the rock that had hit her, but she bit into her lip until the threatening tears waned. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

What I ended up grabbing was a round, mossy-topped rock—or so I thought, until the rock started speaking. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then he stepped into the water and swam confidently to the rock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I threw a bunch of rocks in. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when nobody heard ’em they just went quiet and sat with their backs against the cabin, rocking back and forth, confused as hell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Once I weighed down the excess canvas with rocks, I had a water-tight bathtub! The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tiny gray rock is all that’s left in his hand. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was as ragged as a rock star, but his missing teeth and the unhealthy pallor of his skin spoke eloquently of a life of privation and despair. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He towelled himself vigorously, making the muscles of his biceps ripple, then he sat down on the rocks and reached for his pipe. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole landscape—beach and headland and sea and rock—quavered in front of my eyes like a stage backcloth. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I’m just another rock, she told the dassie as he suspiciously sniffed the air. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they rocked back and forth, Gary tipped his head to the sky, and began singing in a hauntingly beautiful baritone. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I sat outside in the sun, rocking back and forth. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She placed her bow and arrows on the wet rock between them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Piggy had settled himself in a space between two rocks, and sat with the conch on his knees. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

When she woke, she came bleary-eyed into the kitchen, then into the living room, where Mrs. Delaney sat in a pool of lamplight rocking a sleeping Pearl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looked a little green, though Leo wasn’t sure if that was from the rocking of the boat or from arguing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He rocked against me, not letting go, his hands reaching up for my elbows as I bent over him. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we jump on down the hill, skidding on leaves and wet vines, using rocks as handholds as best we can. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Fred walked right up to the edge of the line and stood there, rocking on his toes like a diver preparing for a fifty-foot drop. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He heaved himself up on the silver rock and hurled himself at the Dragon. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

With its five arms spread out against the rock to which the abalone is fastened, it holds the shell with its suckers, and then begins to lift itself. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gloomy creature flung his hands to his head and began moaning and rocking back and forth. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Matt thought of all the gold watches, jewels, statues, and moon rocks people had given El Patron for over one hundred years. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rock became his ancestor rock as he walked in circles. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The water ran down the hillside gullies, pulling rocks and small trees with it, and spilled across the roads, tearing off chunks of asphalt. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He unbuckled the sheath and laid it on the rock, and then he and Lyra walked away and sat where they could see the Gallivespians. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His feet no longer scraped the rocks on the bottom, and the current lifted him, carried him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was as though here were a palace long dead except that early lilies bloomed among the rocks of the gardens and the golden flowers of the early trees of spring blossomed upon bare branches. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

But slowly the whale did stop rocking, and the seas calmed, and the rhythm of the swells took hold again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Surely saliva from a snake’s actual mouth had to count for more than a rock, right? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

At least when he wakes up from his nightmares, the rocks are right there for me to hand to him all over again. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The rest of his body rocked almost imperceptibly inside his white shirt, marking time, keeping his rhythm. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although he would have preferred to stay at the rock a while longer, he decided to descend rather than remain in unwanted company. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Between the rock lasers, the sheer mountain face, and its completely obscured city on top, the Ridgefolk really did seem to discourage visitors. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

James’s mom had long, glossy black hair and wore hoop earrings that rocked like swings when she talked. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Great lumps of blue rock were scattered around, and dead trees stood everywhere like skeletons. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she saw the cannibal, her heart gave a leap of fear and she struggled to roll the rock back. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

To Sam suddenly it seemed as if all the stones were listening and the tall rocks leaning over them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I picked up the old tobacco bag that I keep my rocks in. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

At the entrance of the harbor, a shallow crescent bay, he let the windspell drop and stilled his little boat so it lay rocking on the waves. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I watched her limp away, rocking like the Old Ship of Zion. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped he was pleased with what the rock had said to him. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Saw the men behind the rocks, Tozier with the flag, the smoke, white faces, a scream for bayonets. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This includes most types of rock music and some kinds of jazz. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Although some ferns had overgrown the outer ring of rocks, our monument was still standing. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He knew the ship’s speed, and could sense no rocks, sandbars, or other natural dangers in their path. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then we sat in silence watching Lenny and Cotton filling a plastic bucket with rocks and dragging it to the side of the yard where they were building some kind of wall. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He makes a rhythmic gesture with his hands, in time with the thumping bass from the faraway rock song. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was the way rock ’n’ roll was meant to be. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The gray stallion pulled his sled, piled high with rocks, through snowdrifts and through blizzards, up steep hills and down again, through icy gorges. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

At last the way to the top looked like a scramble over pink rock, with no more plunging through darkness. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The next day, Catherine had her sit fully clothed on a rock on the beach as she painted her on canvas. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She sat down on a rock and took the boots off. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re the ones throwing rocks in my pool!” he shouted, his face red. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

All I felt were rocks, mud, and cold water. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’d had to make his way alone, and no one — not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses — ever makes it alone. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

She quickly found the status report; Watney always placed it close to the rover when rocks were in abundance, usually to the north. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had taken that tree, and that tree, and that rock as markers of the path...but there was no path, only the mirk, and the twilight, and the pale trees. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stands in front of the rocking chair, facing Lincoln’s slumped head. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The olive and copper trolley car ground slowly toward him, leisurely pitching and rocking. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My vision is so accustomed to a shifting horizon, to the metamorphoses of ocean and clouds, that to see such a mass of rock, immovable against the sky, was astonishing. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman appeared from behind the rock and shook out a thick-leaved branch before dropping it and brushing her hands together. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He looks down and kicks an invisible rock. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Could you be? If your belly was empty and you saw whole baskets of bread on the other side of a window, would you continue waiting patiently, Béene? Or would you throw a rock?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have forebears buried beneath the rocks of Cairns.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then Polly saw him: a boy about their age, sitting on a rock overlooking the river. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others agreed, and, with Constance riding piggyback, they left the rock garden and walked across the empty plaza. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ron swallowed, then, still breathing hard through his long nose, moved back toward the rock. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was perfecting a technique by which the gold could be leached out of the rock by processing it with a cyanide solution. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Other times we just walk on over to the lakefront, sit on the rocks, and kick it: LeAlan: Isn’t this a pretty view? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could cook in it and eat out of it and would not have to search for bowl-shaped rocks or tortoiseshells. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

An ancient woman sat in a rocking chair and sipped a mug of tea. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A rock path went down to the road. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least when Ernie and his gang came around yelling that we were trash, we could fight them off with rocks. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain saw two men standing on a rock ledge, men of the Regiment. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s barely five feet tall, hunched over from years in the factory, but rock hard and still to this day very active and very much alive. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He believed they were circling now, for it seemed to him that this was the third time he had seen that double-humped rock in the distance. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole world rocking up and down, swooping side to side, I hobbled down the steps, leaning on Sohrab. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he happily arranged the rocks on the sand, following my lines. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this game, all children sit closely in a circle, each with a small rock in front of them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Jagged rocks and fallen trees and tangled underbrush made it difficult for her to walk. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

You could walk with care along between the rocks, picking your steps, and if you slipped you’d fall and cut yourself, but it was no use blaming the rocks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rocks hit harder as the villagers came within stoning range. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another group of men toiled in a quarry, extracting large rocks. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He gave them to me to smash on the rocks. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Omakayas rocked and muttered, shushed, hummed, and sang an old lullaby her mother used. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Bing was pounding the soda bottle against the rock, so I called to him, “Don’t dig so hard. You’ll bust a hole in the wall and fall all the way to China.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead are beetling rocks and dark blue glancing Amphitrite, surging, roars around them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jar of the sudden stop, even moving slowly, rocked the raft and Derek rolled against the lashings and almost fell in. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Håkon squeaked and pulled his tail tighter to him, pushing off to try to gain some ground as his blood spattered the rocks behind him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Her tumid eyes filled with tears and she began to cry, rocking back and forth slowly in her chair with her hands lying in her lap like fallen moths. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The lamp in the rocks on the side of the hill was little more than a mote of light and after a while they walked back. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

A tugboat made its way down the river, causing the water to crash into the rocks along the shorelines. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The knife tip leapt on the rock under the massive blow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Back we go, avalanching rocks as we scramble up the shaley streambed and arrive at the embankment where we had seen an ear of corn. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kit had had a Swiss Army knife, but Jack broke it performing an emergency tracheotomy on the dinosaur rock at the park. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

At night, they sit on some big rocks outside his grandmother’s home, where they have a bit of privacy, and talk. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

A new game had come to mind, and I collected more and more rocks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled herself in and took a seat next to him on a flat bit of rock. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The rock caught it squarely on the back. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest were concealed among the rocks at the foot of the trail, ready to attack the intruders should they prove unfriendly. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me in the rocking chair on her right, watching her. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Late in the day on their summit push, the two Americans climbed a stratum of steep, crumbly rock—the infamous Yellow Band. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Crouched atop the rock that had sheltered him during the night was the rabbit keeper, wrapped in a black cloak so large it drowned her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On top of the stilts was a tiny porch with two rocking chairs and window boxes full of flowers perched on the railing. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The boys sat out on a rock surrounded by water, while the girls stood knee-deep in the waves, dipping and rubbing the clothing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to make things worse, spiders and scorpions peeked out at us from under jutting rocks and fallen pieces of roof. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

With his eyes closed and his mind open he lay on die rock through the night, lay and hated and wished for it to end and thought the word Clouddvwn, Clouddown through that awful night. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps that was the route of infection: the virus clings to the rocks and gets into the bloodstream through a cut. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Polyphemus will have to move the rock to let the sheep inside.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

My mother sat in her rocking chair, humming to herself. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew Papa kept her paintings in the corner of his study behind a wooden rocking chair. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The Americans and their guards and Campbell took shelter in an echoing meat locker which was hollowed in living rock under the slaughterhouse. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ship rocked violently as a wave took it from an unexpected angle. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

On an outermost island, panicked sheep run zigzagging between rocks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I close my fingers around the rock he gave me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Removing the lava rock and black plastic liner exposed the hard-packed dirt. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Then, naked, she returned to the rocks and proceeded to cross. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Squatting on the edge of the other flat-headed rock with only the night to cover him, Guitar smiled over the barrel of his rifle. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Desperately he tried to keep his mind on the rocks and shoals of the entrance to Salem Harbor. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deedee was crying but also rocking back and forth on her heels, something that again reminded Mark of Madison. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The charred sticks still lay on the rocks where the rain had quenched them but the sand by the water was smooth again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Help me, Stars,” Seven said as she attempted to jump across, using the way-too-slippery rocks to land on. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Harriet saw a little old woman, rocking her body back and forth, sitting on her heels, in front of the fire, sucking on a clay pipe as she grieved about her boys. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even as she spoke, he appeared, terrible to behold, and threatened to crush the ship with rocks if they drew nearer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We swam toward it, and I realized it was a hole in the rock. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

We’re at Black Rock, so named because of the rocky cliff formed by the lava rocks that run right up to the beach and just high into the sky. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up a rock and thought how weird it was that people call ’em aliens. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s said that the boys from this Catholic school are very tough and that they conceal rocks inside their snowballs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the creek, I jump rocks until I find a good cave where I can watch the sun swimming inside the rushing water for the next hundred years. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I poked a stick in the hole at the base of the rock trying to provoke him. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roger was waking too; the creaking of the basket was enough to wake the deepest sleeper, nevermind the rocking and bumping. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The helicopter’s winds had stirred up the water, and now the house was rocking so violently that Barry was knocked onto his knees. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mona looked tired, and she sat down in the rocking chair. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It had been done with a key or a rock and was in no way accidental. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Grandpa was laughing so hard he hurt—rocking back and forth in his seat, grabbing his stomach, slapping his leg, flopping his arms, and shouting like somebody getting religion at a camp meeting. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The dark orange sandstone formation held springs like this one, all along the base of the sandstone where wind and erosion had cut narrow canyons into the rock. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It happened when I went for a walk. I stumbled and came down on a rock.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I heard the thump of the rock and I looked at Ben. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nettle had been hanging on to one rock this whole time. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I put Ramo out of my mind as I searched the rocks for mussels. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I give Bryce and Aurora each another nudge, but it’s like trying to wake up two rocks. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The guy rocked left to right and adjusted the hat on his head, and his crotch. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The bear cub was out on the bank, whimpering and crying and clawing the rocks with all three of his other feet, trying to pull away. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Javier runs back to me, nearly tripping on a rock on the path. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t sound the same as a good clang with a rock, but Joseph wanted to throw a bunch up there, and we did. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Here is the baby jumping off a high rock into a deep pool in the company of cheering friends. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

In front of the cave was a high ledge of rocks surrounded by deep kelp beds, and I would have paddled by it if I had not seen a sea hawk fly out. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you need a mound of dirt with rocks on?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“His Highness wishes to entertain a more decorous final image of you than being held over a rock and berated by some parcel of insanity.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wandered around, looking under rocks for a spare key, while Jule huddled under the umbrella. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Side by side they scaled the last height to where the diminishing pile was crowned by the last broken rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Usually he can see insults as big as a speck when they’re hiding under a rock in the next county over. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know where you can get some nice rocks.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The whispers in the dark, random and soft, in the sinuous Orgota language that made Karhidish sound like rocks rattled in a can, ceased little by little. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore moved closer to the water; Harry watched nervously as the tips of Dumbledore’s buckled shoes found the utmost edge of the rock rim. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She rocked the cradle and in a moment the babies were asleep. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they squeezed past the rocks at the entrance to the path, Doon thought he saw the candlelight glance off a shiny place on the wall. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She looked over the red hillside, at the rocks and the soil and the scrub grass, and then at the arch of the sky, pink and gold in the east. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Those otters were now hiding behind a rock. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They watched a pair of seagulls that had just landed on a rock near them. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He found a place out of the wind, beneath an overhang of rock, and took off his cloak to use it for a blanket. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I finally reached the top of the hill, sweating and panting, Farmer was perched on a rock, writing a letter to an old friend. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I spelled out a Morse code message using rocks. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few trees surrounded it, their roots like gnarled hands digging into the rock floor for food. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Kermit and six of the men positioned themselves on a small island of rocks in a little waterfall right above the canoes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The difficulty was not the steep ascent round the shoulders of rock, but the occasional plunges through the undergrowth to get to the next path. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Each mountain, each tree, each rock and animal and skittering insect. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Here through the rocks was a grinning Tom. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A young woman, probably in her early twenties, sat with her head between her knees, trembling and rocking. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Zella has made it cozy with two rocking chairs, a patchwork quilt on the bed, colorful posters, and bright copper pots at the fireplace. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rocked backward and forward on his small feet for a moment and spun his bowler hat in his hands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She waited for darkness, and then she padded to the center of a clearing, nestled herself between some rocks, and became part of the landscape. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The brownish-green husks, oozing their dark purple stain, were beaten off on a flat rock outside the cabin. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nate wove through a crowd of soldiers building an enormous wall out of dirt and rocks. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel it radiating out of the very rocks and earth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Now that the pile of rocks had turned out to be worth millions of dollars, he said, “everybody wants to get in here and get some of this money.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Without waiting for his father’s laughter to die, Ben lowered his voice and said, “Then I’ll have a double martini on the rocks with a twist of lemon.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used the rock for the back of the house and the front I left open since the wind did not blow from this direction. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I've been able to drive over most of the rocks, and around the ones that are too big. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They swayed, for the rivulets of grief or of ecstasy must be rocked. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“His mum be yelling at him. I heared her. And she throwed a rock at him too, and he laughed at it and run off!” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, slowly, a rock spire began to grow like a massive tulip bulb. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They fought in the predawn gloom, shadow against shadow, stumbling over roots and rocks, with mud and rotting leaves beneath their feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Grandmother rocked back and forth, wailing with grief, when she recounted the story. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted me up and tossed me like a rock. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in order to do that, one must look beyond Alaska, to the bald- rock canyons of southern Utah. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We each pick up our rock hammers and a little pail. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Down to the river and out to the harbor, where the lighthouse stands on a hunk of bare rock, tall as a giant with a head of light. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The ogres stared, as surprised as if a rock had spoken. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Classifying natural forms such as plants, rocks, and animals. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Her sack of rocks was so heavy now that an ordinary person groaned, trying to lift it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He put down his enormous bag and climbed on top of it, so he was looking down at Tristran, who sat on a rock beside the road. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now, surrounded by the warm, womanly voices and calmed by the tanker’s rocking motion, I fell asleep. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mariam watched as the girl’s days became consumed with cycles of feeding, rocking, bouncing, walking. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It’s not that he cries or gets sentimental, not at all, but he does spend a quarter of an hour—an entire fifteen minutes—rocking from his toes to his heels. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Seven always goes with rock or paper, so I easily win. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It looks like mostly rope tied into wooden stakes driven into the rock at either end, with tight wooden planks running all the way to the other side. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then she reached up for the first wedge of rock and lifted herself by one arm into the crevice. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Four nights I slept on the rock, and every morning I left the hole under the fence open so he could leave. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tore the grass to shreds, crushed the neatly manicured bushes, stomped the flowers, and cracked one of the house’s windows with a rock. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far down the shoreline, where the rocks disappeared into the folding mist, a white object had appeared. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The bus lurched, and the girl rocked back to keep from falling. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She pointed somewhere in the middle where the water tore into frills around rocks. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“No, I don’t think I did, because it sounded like you just said we’ll have to dodge rock lasers.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Grandma pulls him and Kim together and she hugs and rocks them. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Splash goes the next rock from the boy. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

"He's wondering where the stone fell, and how to reach it first," said Sextus, remembering his fall down the rocks and into eternity. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He came up with a whole avalanche of rocks, a classroom set of scissors, and enough paper to make a fleet of airplanes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They were going away, back to the tower rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It may look like an ordinary black rock, but who knows what would have happened to me at Edna’s hands without it? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Cora’s grandmother saw a little boy among the gawkers eating rock candy and wondered what he was putting in his mouth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

After that, he skipped rocks and told himself he would leave after he skipped one seven times. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

They reached the summit of the rock; they drove towards the gates. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And I was no longer used to the rocking motions of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bottom, too, was as treacherous as the rocks above. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

One enterprising rock critic has tried to solve the problem simply by calling his music a cross between the British new wave music of the 1980s and hip-hop. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The ground was not soggy, and there were no mosquitoes and not too many rocks, which I pointed out to Mrs. Baker. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then Denna hung from the lip of the rock and I grabbed her legs, letting her slide down slowly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He set the shovel so that half the blade was supported by the rock slab. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Beneath it is a cluster of craggy rocks that almost feels like a cave. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

At night, I could rock her alone in the hush of my room, rest her on my belly, and wish she were inside. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The archers would climb the high ships’ towers to shoot their arrows; slingers would use leather thongs or catapults to launch huge rocks and flaming missiles onto Octavian’s ships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

King of a smoking rock in the great salt sea, yet a king nonetheless. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As Mami pulled her feet onto the rungs of her rocking chair and rubbed the goose bumps from her arms, I imagined a world of fascinating creatures slithering underfoot, drawing squiggly patterns on the dirt. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

As they climbed back down, Jiichan said over and over as if it amazed him, “Girl who like rock! I wish I know. I wish I know!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A slimy white hand had gripped his wrist, and the creature to whom it belonged was pulling him, slowly, backward across the rock. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

My dad tapped his hand on his mangled knee and Bullet rocked forward and back to the beat. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The top of the big sycamore rocked and swayed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doon turned so that his back was to the river, and he eased himself carefully over the rocks, feeling for the first rung with his foot. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the quiet I could hear my heart pounding and I knew that my hand still had its hold on the rock and that I was alive. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a larger part clung to the security of the familiar, as a sailor cast adrift might cling fast to any rock, no matter how small or barren. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

When all had been chopped off he disposed of the one that was immortal by burying it securely under a great rock. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deep enough to hold him, deep enough to rock him, deep enough to ask, “How you feel? You all right? Want some coffee?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A green lushness seemed to bloom from the rock — a jewel-colored splendor softened the sharp edges that had painfully sliced the sky. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan kicked one of the smooth rocks and it flew into the air. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A cruel wind shrieked through the rocks and the air was thick and heavy, as if it had been used several times before. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rocks around his shoulders had him locked down. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Beyond was dense forest of pine and spruce, and the mountain like a black wall, but the steps were there, chiseled deep into the rock, ascending into the sky. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When the stick broke in two, he yelled in sheer joy and continued beating the rock with the short end of it. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Another cliff-ghast and then a third fell in the stream or on the rocks nearby, stark dead; and then the rest fled, skirling and chittering into the dark toward the north. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Church rocked through time—a cradle, an ark—to rhythms of sorrow and joy, marking the passage of man. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The red rocking chair was a rocking of his own hips as he sat in the kitchen. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

To Thomas’s surprise, the spot in which the rocks disappeared proved only to be a few feet square. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The words stayed in my head like rocks, too heavy to move out. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside I could see a bunch of mean-looking kids, both girls and boys, arm wresding and arguing with each other while rock music blared. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mom listens and cries with me, rocking me in her arms. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

That’s exactly what I feel like: a little rock against a mountain. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I would sit on a rock or a log, take out my packed lunch, and examine the contents. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

A second rock struck Shin in the head, knocking him to the ground and making him dizzy. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The shrines are actually a series of grottoes built out of sponge rock and crystals so that the exterior walls sparkle in the light. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A full effort would send the rock thundering down to the neck of land. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Peeta presses his eyes against a crack in the rocks to watch the sky. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I close my eyes, I imagine her falling onto the jagged rocks below and shudder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was easy to beat because he was one of those people who always picked rock. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Soon the whole car is rocking with his crazy song. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The next day he was back with a crude leather sack half filled with rocks. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They held each other for a few minutes, their breaths rising and falling as one, their bodies rocking gently to the rhythm of whatever silent music the night was playing for them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“In my day, I built a bridge. I called on my friends to help. We gathered rocks and threw them into the ocean so I could get across,” said Hanuman. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Before I can even ask her what she plans on doing with those rocks, she’s in the bathroom, filling the bowls with water. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And people were forever shouting at, and shooting at, and throwing rocks at Pacheco’s gargantuan, voracious animal. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We placed them on a rock and plunged to the deep again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

If there was a rock, Nathan could trick the fish into swimming into it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They know that the pressures at the center of the Earth are sufficiently high–something over three million times those found at the surface–to turn any rock there solid. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Cole asked aloud, as if his dad were sitting beside him on the rocks. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I see Dr. Katz’s face in the water and throw the rocks at it over and over again. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Jinny stood, rocking on her heels in the soft sand of the dunes, and shook her head hard, as all through her she felt a flutter. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The people cleared a path for him, and he walked directly to the rock and bowed low at the waist. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

After the eruption of Vesuvius, volcanic ash had buried the city and hardened to rock around dying Pompeians. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Most days I hauled lumber, rocks, and dirt to build more barracks. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Where it touched the ground it melted, but all about him rock and root and branch wore a thin blanket of white. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Lyra saw that three witches were holding a rope looped around a rock, anchoring the great buoyancy of the gas bag to the earth. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

With his wide stance and his grippy feet, the crab could crawl up and down any rock face. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Matt remembered a particularly nasty dinosaur with long claws and teeth and a willingness to burrow through rock to get at its prey. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tilting his head, Clayton saw the lizard, frozen where it stood atop the rock den. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Girl who like rock. I wish I know this all my life. I see many rock in my life. I could have save for you. Then you have too many rock.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Pitching a rock at us, like he’d done with the eggs. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m rocking back and forth, unable to answer, making gagging noises, so Shirley tries, “Here we are! Your big night!” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She took me to see a punk rock band, helped me pick out Doc Martens and she and her friend, Daragh, made a video for my students. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And felt my foot go through the ice and into the water and onto some rocks. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Anatole and I took turns rocking his limp little body, talking to him, trying to coax him into the world of the living. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the night, he spends with his breadfruit head rocking on my belly button. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The baboon was followed by a rock rabbit, which also showed no sign of wanting to drink the milk. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Scoob gulps, and that nervous rock reappears in his gut, tripled in size. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

They were sitting in Mary’s, smiling into glasses of Jack Daniel’s on the rocks. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There weren’t any gloves or maps or papers in the box, just a bunch of perfect throwing rocks. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I’m reaching into my pocket for the rock when I hear footsteps. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And even so many years later, anyone could still hear in his voice all that the word meant to him — rocks burst into blossom, the black rinsed from the night sky. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The studio begins to pulse, to rock beneath my feet, to tip over. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She takes out the campfire box, looking all around her till she sees a good-sized rock. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He would have to snag them on the run and continue maybe ten more feet to the large rock against which he had been standing when the original shot had been fired. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her sister is rocking this clear and strong and powerful voice, while Stella’s is breathy and soft, smooth in all the right ways. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

No hippos would be attracted to a grassless rock. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

R.C. picked up a rock and moved through the azalea bushes toward their house. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were big rocks, and it was a big pile. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The doll stares at her from the rocking chair. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Past where the shipwreck lay submerged I could see Emma’s canoe tied to the rocks. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad were out exploring in the desert when Lori, who was four, turned over a rock and the scorpion hiding under it stung her leg. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, the game became as deadly as sitting on the rocks. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We walked along a rock path of what she called succulents, a word that for some reason I couldn’t stop laughing at. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The water that day was as dark as the rocks. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sean didn’t go down—he was too big and too solid for that, too ready for anything—but he rocked on his feet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

If something went wrong he could be driven up on the rocks and sunk. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of it burned a low fire and two piles: one of wood, the other of round rocks. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Mya had to dismount a half-dozen times to move fallen rocks from their path. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was also close to the cliff and a ridge of rocks which would shelter my house. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them, a sleek three- banked trading galley rocked at her moorings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I stopped his tree-climbing by cramming rocks and chunks into the hole. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he set it down, the earth rocked and the bright grass blew. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

So Bing wandered down the beach, walking stiffly like an ousted emperor, picking up shards of rock and chunks of driftwood and flinging them with all his might into the surf. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the water begin to pull back from the rocks below him, saw the seaweed sucked out in long green tresses, saw the ocean yanked away from the dark, sharp mussel beds. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Head of rock you got there. But we knew that already. I didn’t make my fist tight enough. My pinkie too.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She didn’t know what kind of rock it was, but she saw a small stone on the ground and kissed it before putting it in her rucksack. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Matthias had no knife, only the bloody rock in his hand, and the remaining wolf prowled the arena between him and the pile of weapons. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

On the rocks of the rapids below it searchers discovered the bodies of five more, and also a long black cloak, slashed and tattered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Was she asking the rock for food for her child? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t turn around and look at her in the rocking chair. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z