With my mother and little sisters across the Atlantic and my father somewhere beneath it, Mrs. Brenner had declared her intervention a mitzvah, a commandment of God. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, whatever would I do without my child-progeny sister to tell me what to do.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I know. But that blue one right there”—Ivy tapped the edge of her pillow—“it’s mine. My sister accidentally put it in the pile.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I had watched the program every Saturday afternoon, our gasbag of a collie imposing frequent intermissions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are bright, her skin the color of the warm fudge my sisters and I used to steal from the kitchen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Imagine the awesome and awful sight of these three sisters pressed together, presiding over his crib, determining his future. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

So I stayed where I was, kneeling beside my sisters with our heads bowed low beneath the crackling air. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has compared me to my sister every single day of my life, so why should I expect that to change now that she’s dead? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They don’t believe in calming spirits that walk by your side after your friend or your sister or your father has died. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My sister, Sarah, was dropping our brother, Daniel, off after hockey practice. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holmes and the Williams sisters waited hours for their turn to board one of the northbound trains, but the wait did nothing to dampen their spirits. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

If I had grown to adulthood in a Dinka village like my brothers and sisters before me, I would have had many relatives and many traditions to guide me along the way. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I have a little sister who cannot be left without support. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I take a walk over to the zoo every day. My wife usually goes with me, but she’s in California visiting my sister.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Part of him wanted to stuff a sock in his mouth, and part of him wanted to deck his sister. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Woodhull divorced Colonel Blood in 1876, and the sisters took the money and moved to Europe the following year. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Marshall said, “That might have been your sister I saw down by the lake. She was giving the nettles a good thrashing.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I sometimes teased her for her daydreams, but I was happy to have her for a sister. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Not a word of this to your brothers and sister. Understand? I’ll tell them myself. In time.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I looked around, making eye contact with every one of my sisters. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You understand this is not about your father and me getting back together,” she tells Dalton and his sister, but for kids of divorce, hope springs eternal. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I wondered what it was like for my sister, cramped into a yellow Volkswagen Beetle with the folded and hairy Chit, heading toward the sunset, going off to find herself. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

My sister was now sleeping on his shoulder. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Frodo was often very rough with his little sister—the first sign of the bully that he would become when he was older. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

And my sister was getting her finger cut. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I heard screaming and yelling from my sisters. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to speak, but my sister throws me a look that clearly says, Shut up and let me handle this. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She takes my hand and drags me merrily forward, like she's one of my sisters and we're headed to lessons, or breakfast, or to sneak off someplace we aren't supposed to go. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then Dalton turns to his sister and whispers, “Give her the eyes.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

My sister screamed hysterically and flailed her arms as her owlish eyes searched wildly about the kitchen. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unbeknownst to me, after taking out an equity loan on our house to help pay my sister's tuition, my parents couldn't keep up with mortgage payments. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

There are pictures of my two older sisters on their wedding days. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Your prioress is like a queen, the fountain of all goodness. All the sisters are her ladies-in-waiting, happy to live under her benevolent rule. There is a hierarchy, with servants in the lowest place.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

My mother and little sister flew to Syracuse in February 2004 to live with me. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might wander freely through the house drinking pancake batter from a plastic bucket, but the moment one of my sisters overspilled her bikini, my father was right there to mix his metaphors. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

If Cecile had been arrested when we first arrived in Oakland, I would have called Pa, and Pa would have made sure my sisters and I were on a plane back to New York. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the door her sisters seized and bore her to the parlor in a triumphal procession, all pointing and all saying at once, “Look there! Look there!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you care if I’m safe? You got my sister killed!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was the only boy, and far younger than my sister and me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

And so the pleasant evening unraveled—the noisy meal at which I even drank a little wine, the presents, bedtime for the younger children, while their bigger brothers and sisters went off to watch television. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At supper, a fortnight before Yule, Lady Isobel informed Ash that she would be going with them into the City again, to spend the week at her sister’s house. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The government people bundled my brothers and sister into their cars. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, the yelling and screaming of my little brothers and sister, for whom the move was a great adventure, broke the silence of dawn. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I mentioned my sister’s name, he asked me if I had married her. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

With each braid, with each touch, I begin to know and understand my dear cousins, my sisters from another mother. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

These particular brown girls from Mobile and Aiken are not like some of their sisters. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my sister away at college, our family of five would never live under the same roof together again. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Little Raphael,” as her sisters called her, had a decided talent for drawing, and was never so happy as when copying flowers, designing fairies, or illustrating stories with queer specimens of art. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I can bring my sister,” I said as we headed back to Mamou’s, the bottles clinking in their plastic bag at my side. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But if the secret Mexico trip was the defining test of my loyalty, I really earned my stripes when my sister and her best friend turned me into a legitimate stalker. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra—historically known as Cleopatra VII—grew up with five sisters and brothers at the palace in Alexandria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid put her arms around her sister to give her body warmth. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister then said that it was all her fault, that she was provoking him, but my dad said it was no excuse. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Bennet eagerly disclaimed all extraordinary merit, and threw back the praise on her sister’s warm affection. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The screen door at the back of the kitchen banged open, and Malachite’s sister, Glass, came in, balancing a large box in her arms. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I thought of my mother, father, and sisters. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My body felt like it did the time my sisters rolled me down the hill in a barrel. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely, he thought, he and his sister had some ancestor, some lithe young man with onyx skin and legs as straight as cane stalks, who had a name that was real. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A plan to slip away and see my sister buzzes through me, alongside my ever-present fear and panic. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I wanted to go by ourselves, not in any official capacity with an organization, just us—arriving as friends, not foreigners. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The warmth in her voice somehow reduced my fears of her; her eyes shone with the same gentleness of the Catholic sisters at the clinic. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother’s sister is my mother; my uncle’s son is my brother; my brother’s child is my son, my daughter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a student, a daughter, a sister. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was a long time before my sister and I admitted to ourselves that no green was going to spring from our seeds. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we arrive at the port, Eang’s sister picks us up in a small boat to take us to our new home. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach sinks, and I hear all my sisters’ footsteps rush to either the front window or the door to our apartment. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I’d wear my snuggest jeans and lay on some extra bracelets and sometimes bring one of the Gore sisters along to boost my visibility in the stands. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My sisters will be placed at one of five imperial teahouses, or will stay at home to tend to Orléans's newborn citizens. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It hurt to say good-bye to my brother and sister. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

That was the moment my brothers, sister, and I liked to jump on his back. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mom had to work, so it was Dad and the three of us kids: Bobby Gene, me, and our little sister, Susie. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Baba, don’t be so loud,” my sister said. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

"So you have two brothers and two sisters?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She wished that she had a sister like this. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She had sisters, cousins, and aunts who called mornings and asked her to come for lunch. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

"What about my sisters? Can he see them?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He got on his knees, not caring that the icy wetness seeped through his pants legs, and begged for God’s mercy for his sisters. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

His sisters still have the silk scarves Papa brought back from China. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaori moved quickly to stand next to her sister, then clamped a hand over her mouth. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“And the water is for your awesome older sister.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t even want to talk to my sister. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Izzy pulled her sister by the arm into the living room and Serena, familiar with Richardson family dynamics, retreated to the kitchen to give them some privacy. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I have one older sister and a younger brother. But they don’t see things like I do.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I dint see my mother or father or my lit- tel sister Norma for a long long long time. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

As Marshall turned to Cecilia, Leon raised a cupped hand to shield his face, but could not disguise from his sister the tremor along his shoulders. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“My sister is looking to take the S.A.T. again,” Sweet Jimmy said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could I really have been talking about my dead sister, Katherine? Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“For all that, I am still fond of her. These days she reminds me of my littlest sister more than anything.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dicey watched her sister walk slowly over to the swings. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at each of my sisters in turn. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

If you have a sister back home, you’re supposed to think of her as a pretty girl in a propaganda poster: rosy-cheeked, brave, steadfast. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Convenient as hell. Kinda classical, too. Those Greeks carried on with their brothers and sisters like nobody’s—whoops,” he said, retrieving the whiskey glass which was about to fall off the arm of his chair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The baby is coming. Aren't you excited to meet your new brother or sister?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“The facts,” says Marcus, “are that she is terrified of reality, and the Abnegation were not. Are not. And neither is your sister. To her credit.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Alex sent me to a convent this summer, and even though the sisters were very kind, I prayed day and night that I could go home. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

His words had helped convince his sister, my mother, to send me to that faraway place. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were over 500 people in attendance and besides basketball, there was a cheer camp for the little brothers and sisters and a talent show at halftime. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When their baby arrives, he or she will be like my little brother or sister. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

An outsider might think he stopped for practical reasons, but my sisters and I know better. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She tried to tell her mother and father that she was helped by the first girl, but they cried out in anger that her sister was dead. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

"There are such. I used to dream that one day I'd be rich enough to send a Faceless Man after my sweet sister." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His sisters Arya and Sansa would marry the heirs of other great houses and go south as mistress of castles of their own. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Could his sister truly have escaped such captors? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Two stooped ladies who could be sisters are dressed in matching lilac. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then, on Sunday, I will watch everyone graduate and spend time with my brother and all the family because of my sister. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly, because there were no longer any eyes to perceive it, the color was gone, and the fifth April had become, like her four older sisters, a time of grief and desolation. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto finally lost interest in the smaller bonobo and climbed on my back, wrapping his arms around my neck and barking furiously at the dead sister. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What a good girl you are, Amy!” said Jo, with a repentant glance from her own damaged costume to that of her sister, which was fresh and spotless still. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The interview woman is delirious at the good fortune of meeting both sister and daughter of the heroine of the Fourteenth of June underground. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother did the same to me and my sisters and herself. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, nothing like that. My sister Sudha met with fracture sometime back,” Comrade Pillai said, as though Fracture were a visiting dignitary. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We looked at one another, my sisters and I, and then we left the room, ignoring his cry of "Hey, where do you think you're going? Get back in here and listen." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re safe. You said spreading your parents’ and sister’s ashes didn’t do much for you. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My sister spent the next ten minutes denouncing the Greek system of sororities and fraternities. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Matthew, go with your sister,” their mother said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I considered, scarcely daring to entertain the prospect, a father might hold me swaddled in his arms, and raise me to his sister’s lips. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

My sister actually kissed my cheek for that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

All that mattered was that there was enough food for his sisters to make it until Monday. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“He has to come...even his sister is here!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At dawn, I drink three cups of tea and set out alone for the last person I must speak with before the banquet, my sister Vivienne. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

On the drive home, we all wept, unable to console each other, for my sisters had heard the same grim news from Pedrito and Leandro. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doha ran to help his sister and was pushed away by the guard. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

All Alex told his sisters was that the city was under a quarantine and once that ended, the convoys would be running again. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

‘The Lady Éowyn is she, sister of Éomer; and we knew naught of her riding until this hour, and greatly we rue it.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

At least my sister didn’t insult me with false reassurances. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

‘There must be something -’ ‘Don’t be stupid, sister!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My twin sister, Leah, and I are identical in theory, just as in theory we are all made in God’s image. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell my sister, either, because she’d get ticked off and start throwing stuff around her room. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She bent her whole mind to delivering her sister and devising a fit punishment for her husband. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Matthew, go with your sister,” their mother said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I filled it full of hay so she wouldn’t have to climb the ladder to the loft Papa laid down the law to my sisters about being good and helping Mama while we were gone. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What would Jo say if she saw you now?” asked Amy impatiently, hoping to stir him up by the mention of her still more energetic sister’s name. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he was scornful and nodded stiffly when the pair came and bowed before him and his wife as their elder brother and sister. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The mask looks like a cross between my sister and Edvard Munch’s The Scream; blond hair and a terrified yowling mouth—although from behind the mask I can hear laughter. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Get away from there and go play with your sisters. Now!” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

There were other normal kids at home to think about, after all—my brothers and sisters. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Though my sister was upset when she saw me, I knew that months, if not years, might be required to replace her superficial values with those of the English intellectual. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“You made her fly to France,” said his sister. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

When I reached her, August was staring down at her baby sister. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I built her myself. Started shortly after your grandmother passed on. It was this boat that carried me through those terrible times. That, and raising your daddy and his brother and sister.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

What happened was the last best memory I have of my sister. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Did she ever wish she had crossed to the other side like her little sister? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You and your lovely sisters remain as radiant as the sky itself.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I glance at my sister, curled up on the couch, sweating and reading, sweating and reading. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My older sister had a boyfriend who was African American. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nelson teased, poking his sister where she’d already told him a thousand times it hurt to be poked. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, can you at least tell me if you know anything about what happened to my brother...and your sister?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the beginning my sisters bustled indoors, playing the role of mother’s helper with more enthusiasm than they’d ever shown for housework in all their born days. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I had a hunch what was about to happen on the deep- sea boat when the bald crooked-nosed guy grabbed my sister around her neck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

And Qareeb was not the type of kid to let his sisters win just to be nice, so if we won, it was a true victory. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When they were younger, the sisters used to joke that they would likelier be virgins than find a palm tree in their neck of the woods. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was the sound of death looming over me and my sisters, who were still unconscious on the ground beside me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

My sister tries to fight him, but she never wins. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Thoughts of my younger sister pecked at me, and finally, I turned. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"Joffrey likes your sister," Jeyne whispered, proud as if she had something to do with it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The last thing I needed to hear that day was the story of my sister’s life, in which I, her twin, was allowed a very minor role. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now you know what it feels like to be a dumb beast,” said the Blue Monkey, laughing nastily, “like my little brothers and sisters at the zoo.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“How would you like a fist where your mouth used to be, little sister?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chandresh joins them at this point, followed closely by his assistant, Marco, a handsome young man with striking green eyes who quickly attracts the attention of both Burgess sisters. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“This costs much time. Gregor, we do not know that the prophecy includes your sister.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We have no half brothers or half sisters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Briony looked at her sister, guessing that she was unlikely to let her go now. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You pervert,” was the last thing my sister said before she left the room, still carrying the bowl of potato chips. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what’s wrong with me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

You can believe we sisters wailed and paled, whining to go home. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“We were going to take some of your sister’s magic stuff and make a love potion for Kimberly!” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Instead they had to crowd in beside their younger sisters and brothers at the lower school. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She had no idea what had become of her father and her other brothers and sisters. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s infuriating that despite her extended absence, my big sister can still read me like the Dr. Seuss books she used to recite at bedtime. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Joaquin knew even before he met his sisters that they would be white. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My sister tells me he is probably drunk or on a drug. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And after supper, while my sister washed and I dried, she was even more helpful than she had been before. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

After a while the younger girl gave her sister the second piece of cheese and they both ate. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Things went from bad to worse at the beginning of the school year because my brother and sister were both in high school and I was stuck in that yawning chasm of nothingness, middle school. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister and I slept under them wherever we lived. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you had a little sister, right?” she asked. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Reyna has a sister here. She asked me to find her and show her this.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Tara only nods, giving her sister a warm embrace before Lainie departs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The first four lines, stolen from my sister: Black brothers, Black sisters, all of them were great no fear no fright but a willingness to fight. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Surely then you be the sister he talks about, for you look just like him and could pass for twins.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister Adele was due to get married at the end of May, and I was going to be a bridesmaid. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s good. I imagine all the sisters are black.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“And where is your sister? I so rarely see the two of you apart.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He lit up a family of raccoons and a grouchy blue heron, but there was no sign of my sister. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

His mother, sister, and grandmother all descended on him, pulling him into a crowd of arms and kisses and yelling. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You’re so bossy, you know. The bossiest of all your sisters,” she says, smiling. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I was traded in for the price of six goats and a cow for my eldest sister's wedding. My parents promised they'd come back to get me as soon as they repaid him.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

On my own I found Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and my sister Geraldine gave me a copy of Little Men. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Cousin Eunice always walked out slowly, surrounded by a group of women who could have been her sisters. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw something besides the sheriff, but it wasn’t my sister. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“My sister named her. I wanted to call her Darth. Actually, technically speaking, her full name is Darth Daisy, but we never really called her that.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

My sisters quit the table for the candy. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because if you don’t, you’ll kick yourself from Sunday to Monday and back to Sunday. I’m telling you, Miss Too Cool to Keep Up. You have to watch it. You and your sisters.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I asked my sister, scrolling through my mental files trying to guess who had been talking about me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s a lovely day——” began Jane politely to the other sister, who kept Jane’s hand imprisoned for almost a minute in her huge clasp. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

My big sister had been ready to march right out and bang a few heads if a massacre got started. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you have an aunt who was only ten when you were born, sometimes she acts like an aunt and sometimes she acts like an annoying older sister. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I guess you’ll do as well as your sister,” he said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was grateful to the boy and his sister and from that time on gave milk which was sweeter than ever before. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

She was my sister, but she was also a child, and I didn’t know what to do with her. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"I am grateful for your service, sisters," Catelyn said, "but I must lay another task upon you. Lord Eddard was a Stark, and his bones must be laid to rest beneath Winterfell." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I hoped it would be a girl, and I would have a sister. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Cecilia took a cigarette from a packet by the cooker, and then, remembering that her sister was no longer a child, offered one to her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He looked at my sister and smiled as if he loved her. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

My sisters all hollered in the general direction of the woman’s voice. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His sister is there, Eris, which means Discord, and Strife, her son. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted Arya to present herself and swear an oath ... it must mean her sister had fled on the galley, she must be safe at Winterfell by now . A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

According to Hattie’s sisters, Faulkner had begun to steal money from her while she was “under the influence of a narcotic.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Do you ever see anything of the ghost of the Williams sisters,” Holmes wrote, “and do they trouble you much now?” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Next I will tell you how my sister almost lost her finger. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Beatrice. We wouldn’t want to bother your friend’s sister.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My brother and one sister landed on the bonnet of the car, someone else was catapulted out on to the road and at least one small sister landed in the middle of the hawthorn hedge. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight, I watched some television with my sister, but she didn’t want to watch the Christmas specials that were on, so I decided to go upstairs and read. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He brought the two extra blankets into the bedroom and put them over his sisters’ sleeping bodies. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

So the next time Mama worked outside the house, I was sent to my aunt Nancy, my father’s sister, who lived in downtown New York. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“About me going triple agent? No, nobody does. Half my staff quit because they didn’t know. My sister hasn’t spoken to me in months.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When my mother was three months pregnant with my younger sister, Caroline, she was arrested in a sweatshop raid and spent three days in an immigration jail. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Emma took it as a good sign when Etty asked for some of Annies hair to put in a locket, and that she was able to talk about her sisters death. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her father, Matthäus Merian the Elder, ran a thriving Frankfurt publishing shop, staffed by Maria’s older half brothers and sisters from an earlier marriage. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He said that my sister was not allowed to see the boy who hit her anymore, and he was going to have a talk with the boy’s parents tonight. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

His father had forsaken him, his uncles, his sister, even that wretched creature Reek. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Taisin put her arms around her sister, trying to rock her back to sleep. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Vonetta sat in a small heap of herself, looking smaller and smaller, letting that Ankton girl sing “Your sister is a baby” merrily, merrily, merrily. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wrote it, for the benefit of my sisters, left to right. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sisters had once taken care of me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that my little sister was watching the road and waiting for our return. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can't believe I miss my sister this much, but I do. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Tell me about my sister. Was she in pain, too? Because whenever I called her, she would say everything is fine. Just fine. I never believed her.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Ivy didn’t know how to be around her older sister anymore. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Jack Collins, one of the great teachers of chess, lived with his sister Ethel in Brooklyn and was host to a chess salon in his apartment called the Hawthorne Chess Club, which met there regularly. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once Yoyo was sure her mother had drawn a picture of a man's you-know-what; she showed her sisters her find, and with coy, posed faces they inquired of their mother what she was up to. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Since they were cousins, the family money would stay within the family, just as it had when Emma’s brother Jos had married Charles’s sister Caroline. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he had to face his sister sometime, and obviously the time had come. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Is it good money? Did you always want a little sister? There has to be a reason.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She was the only person other than my mom and dad and brother and sister to buy me two presents. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

If she were in her sister’s place, Brave Orchid would have been on the phone immediately, demanding one of those Chinatown jobs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I didn’t make a move toward the door. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Trotter said, “I call that waiting, sister. I surely do.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, it wasn’t me my brother told about going to Los Angeles; one of my sisters told me what he’d told her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Husband, daughters, sisters, brothers,—one says,—all were taken from me, and still I live. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to smile at my older sister, but my face faltered. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Being the only sister of the Grand Elder had its advantages. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

This boy who likes my sister is always respectful to my parents. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

With her braided hair and inquisitive gaze, Hanna reminded me so much of my sisters that it almost hurt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He darted uphill toward his den entrance, but his sister was quicker. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“My sister’s been promised,” he told me quietly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

His father came and went from work, his brothers and sisters from school. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The first time he got up there, I rolled my eyes like half the sisters in class, certain he was going to spout something lame or nasty about girls and sex, or gangsters. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody knows that except Mama and Daddy, and maybe Charlie, my little sister. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

If she spoke to her sister before the duel, perhaps she could change her mind, she thought as they dressed her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter that they were his sister’s. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My sisters all looked towards me, expecting I would chide my husband for making light of sacred things. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some men did in those days. So the two new wives went to live with their new husband and his children, Light Hair and his older sister. That was in what is now eastern Wyoming.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Your sister is crazy,” I said back, not being able to stop myself. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Her sister, Zlata, stood at her side, silent, but she held a piece of charred wood like a club. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But my favorite part was when Maddie and I began to call each other sisters after that. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I catch my breath and realize that it’s Darius who has a firm grip on my arm as my sisters surround me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My younger brothers and sister did not understand what it all meant, but they jumped up and down on the stained mattress like grasshoppers. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

"I wonder if my sister knows how to nurture Belles anymore." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He had known her all his life; she had been his older sister’s older friend, and then his mother’s faithful visitor; she had never, for Gabriel, been young. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then we found my sister, and we walked home together. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Plate, mate, fate, plate, ” I say as Gertie, biting my lips, gurgling, playing not so much Elliott’s adorable younger sister but, like, an idiot monkey starved of nutrients. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you have any brothers or sisters?” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

All Noodles ever said about him was that he was kind of wild, which is pretty much what everybody always says about their brothers and sisters, so that wasn't a big deal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know? Ramon’s very sick. His sister, too. They’ve put a sign on the door to their house. No one can enter.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I will,” I say, pulling free of my sisters to tarry with him a moment. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

What was he in for? hangs in the air—a question that none of her sisters would dare ask. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

His father told Salva that his sisters were with his mother. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems his sister’s husband was out riding with some town woman, and he was chasing them.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I owe that much to his sister. I ... let them both down. I’m not going to let that poor kid suffer any more.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

"Lord Manderly told me when I landed at White Harbor. Have you had any word of your sisters?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Neel turned off the lamp and heard his sister’s sari rustle as she eased through the divider to join him. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just something we Overlanders say when we see our baby sisters being tossed around by bats. See, for us, that’s creepy.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She would have stayed with him, but there was always another job, always a sister demanding help or a soldier calling from his bed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Anyway, as well as I could express it, I said I had been told about him by my brothers and sisters, and I apologized for my poor letter. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll still think delivering your sister to be prodded and executed is evil!” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now, perhaps this reading aloud, about which his sister always spoken and written to him, had recently fallen out of their general routine. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see it often, but I recognized a true look of sorrow and regret on my sister’s face, and for that alone, I was glad. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I love to lounge there in the hammocks, and we longed for refuge there even on the day of our first downpour. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure. I know all about genes. I knew two sisters, uglies, who looked almost the same. But parents and children? That’s just weird.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sophia acted awed, her sister all but called me “Mr. Red.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gabe tried to remember its name; he could picture Nathaniel's sister laughing when she had told it to him, but the whimsical name eluded him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Jack’s aunt, who lived in a nearby town, was expecting a baby and wanted Jack’s sister, Jadzia, to come help her. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our parents are sleeping in, so it’s just my sisters and me, and were wedged against the wall waiting for a table. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Listen up now, little sisters,” Sister Wanda said, and, as one, the girls stopped sewing, crossed hands in laps, and looked up attentively. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I glance up, and it feels like we're all holding our collective breath. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Yes, Francine’s sister had been sent to Mobile, poor little girl. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She immediately instructed his sister, Joan, to send the entire amount of her monthly Social Security check to Bobby to assist him with his rent. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She thought of how his eyes shone with merriment when he made up small jokes, which he did frequently, and how invariably kind he was to his small, scatterbrained sister Cynthia. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

At Philomena’s house the sisters and their husbands ate and drank while Angela sat in a corner nursing the baby and crying. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“They are sisters, Anne. One must remember that.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would support her and my sisters so that they could afford the things that they had so long been denied. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew of at least six, I said, counting Pedrito and Nelson among my two sisters and their husbands. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my sister could not let go of our home. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“But I just got a phone call from your mother. It’s your sister. She’s passed away.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had grown up together and shared all the closeness of two sisters squabbling over crayons and dolls. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His dad was a CO, he told me, his uncle a policeman, his sister a scientist. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gotta go, but my sister has five tickets to see Duke play North Carolina. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

All I hope is that my sister feels beautiful, and her new guy makes her feel beautiful. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I were about the same color as our new congressman. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

My sister stood behind me and said, “Is this some kind of sick joke?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I look like I've made the least effort for this party compared to my sisters, who are dressed like they're heading to prom. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“He quietly stepped from his place in the ranks and slapped the cadre leader,” recalled his sister Inge. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I know that it’s not true, but Darius is dumb enough to believe what comes out of my sisters big mouth. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Usually I am Johnny-on-the-spot, speaking up for my sisters and me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Either we go as a family, or none of us goes,” Dad says, which gets my sister working on me, complaining that I always ruin her life. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

My little sister is holding my hand like I'm some kid, but by the time we step onto the curb, I pull away from her and cross my arms. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Prognosis: Correspondence between you and your sister cannot serve anything but a purely social function. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt guilty whenever I left my sister’s side, but at the same time I could not be with her every moment. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And I could see this boy at home doing his homework and thinking about my sister naked. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She’s got a mother and father, two sisters, and one brother and they all got freckles and curly red hair. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed out back with my sisters, and Rufino, standing proud beside them, holding on to the coffins whenever we hit a bump. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Mommy, my sisters have learned to absorb punishment and get up off the ground after the shock of life’s blows wears off. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stay awake most of the night, wondering what will happen when I call my sister the next day. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look to the left at my sisters' carriages. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Noah, are you holding out on me?” my sister asked. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Still, I can’t help but wonder how different my life would be if I had a little sister to play with, or an older brother to look out for me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His sisters heard him run down the hall, then some murmuring, then his feet stomping back to the twins’ bedroom. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I glared at him, sitting in the next room eating Oreos and watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, blissfully unaware that his sisters might get shipped back to the Islamic Republic. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

That name is nowhere near as cool as Noodles, and even though he never gives my little sister credit, we all know he's thankful for it now, even if it is a funny story. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

What I want is to go back in time—to a childhood I didn’t have—and be a carefree girl like Blanca, giggling with her big sister, sharing jokes and dreams. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deborah hounded Lawrence to tell her anything he remembered about their sister and mother. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I remember that my sister went straight into the bedroom to sleep and my mom cried as she told Ellie what happened. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I threatened to run away from Du Barry once. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The mother rolled her eyes the same way that the second daughter had rolled her eyes at her older sister. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

We behave as brother and sister to each other, said Samuel. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart breaks when I see my parents return without my sister. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It isn’t easy for her to study at home; her baby sister, a spoiled little two-year-old, plays in her room all day. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I can no more tell you what happens to her than I can tell you what becomes of Proust’s Narrator or Holden Caulfield’s sister or Huckleberry Finn after he lights out for the territories.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

But I still missed my sister, and no amount of love and trust was going to make that better. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The weird part is that my sister didn’t do anything. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Long story short: I was with my parents and sister when our car crashed into the Hudson River and I had to watch them die. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"Where would I go? Back home? And even if I did, the queen would just bring one of my sisters to court to try to help Charlotte. I have to find another way." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In the early days we needed a place like this where we could paddle and play about because my youngest sister was only one, the next sister was three and I was four. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, he looked up at his big sister with trusting eyes. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure it’s out everywhere. Go check on your brother and sister.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“What’s so complicated about you lying and taking advantage of my sister? You were never going to leave your wife, were you?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her enquiries after her sister were not very favourably answered. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Since Big Ma counted on me to look after my sisters, my bedtime began to shift and slide past nine. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

To ask your big sister to be your ally is like asking Nova Scotia to go into battle with you. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She tries to lighten her sister's dark mood. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The last thing my sisters and I needed was lightning bolts seeking out plane metal. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The small, frail boy usually settled his older brothers’ and sisters’ disputes, Mother Marie said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could you sit in that witness chair and look in the face of the man who killed your sister? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Daphne’s sister was sent back for intensive therapy. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She wished she had never seen her sister look so vulnerable. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Vega had a older sister, who was at Brooklyn College. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

From inside the house came the sounds of Wash’s sister Peggy practicing the piano. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jaime would have liked to do something for them, but his conscience told him it was better to spend his extra money buying food for the hungry than luxuries for his sister and his niece. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s my sister. I was so afraid when she was lost. I thought she might fall and hurt herself, or be knocked over, or ... Anyway, thank you so much for rescuing her.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Seven holds his seat forward for me and Chris to climb in the back with his sisters. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Viji, if you can watch the stove, maybe I could quickly show your sister some bead tricks?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I could hear that she was happy and sad, even with my sisters yelping and Johnny Mathis caroling. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I imagined seeing my sisters at the airport. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A younger girl with the same skin color and the same height takes her hand—Christina’s younger sister. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t me I was frightened for—it was my sister. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Helen was the most artistic of my sisters. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately this soft pink man was not one of his sister's braver creatures. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

That the traffic lights change fast and my sister must hold tight to my hand as we cross to where a small man singing Piragua! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

My sister answered, “She was courageous in life and lucky to be in love.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

With her sister Iole she went one day to a pool intending to make garlands for the nymphs. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

After primping, my sister followed the trail of graduation caps to the field, and we all found our way to the bleachers. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

There is a younger sister they call La Cadette—think it means “the little sister.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

"I hope my sister is not overtaxing her strength, so soon after her illness. It would be a great pity if she were to suffer a relapse." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps his sister wanted to spare them what was possibly only a small grief, for they were really suffering quite enough already. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, a young American soldier is showing my sister how to operate a seat belt—something she's known how to do since we were tiny. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I bet she never had a sister get sent away. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

All the kids in the program, including my sisters and me, giggled. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister's paraded out at parties to make Bengali guests cry, her flute-like voice adding even more meaning to Rabindranath Tagore's songs. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We have a guest to feed. Bring beer and bread and sister’s stew.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Casimiro Vega lived one floor above me with his parents and little sister, Iris. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And indeed one day his sister came to him and asked to talk to him in private. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

My sister and mother are both breathing heavily. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But her sister Corn Woman worked hard all day sweating in the sun getting sore hands in the corn field. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

As his stomach ached from hunger, Jack’s memories were of wonderful family dinners, when his mother would beg him and his sister and brother to eat more, even though they were already stuffed. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, guys are not supposed to love their little sisters. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Just as I would always love and miss my grandmother, my big sister, and Eugene. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, I was exaggerating when I called it a house party. It’s just Sarah, her sister Missy, and this guy Alfie I used to play soccer with when I was a kid.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Whatever else happened here, she could not watch her sister die. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Two for the Trotter sisters and one for Mrs. Everyone else could get their own. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The MacNamara sisters said Angela was nothing but a rabbit and they wanted nothing to do with her till she came to her senses. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Despereaux’s sister Merlot took him into the castle library, where light came streaming in through tall, high windows and landed on the floor in bright yellow patches. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m Mark Ransom,” said Will, turning back, “and my sister’s Lisa. We live at twenty-six Bourne Close.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naheed would get her own room back when Uncle Iman and Aunt Judith left the next day, but for now her little sister occupied the trundle bed right below. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“I will tell my sister that I raced thought,” said Thialfi. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

"Does she plan to make off with the heir to the throne?" lyrion served his sister a cut of ham and took one for himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Life for us was already difficult, and then last year my sister was run over by a truck. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Of course, Gregor immediately concealed himself under the couch, but he had to wait until the noon meal before his sister returned, and she seemed much less calm than usual. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My sister and I. . . Well, I really appreciate it.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Alex could barely keep up with her, but adrenalin pumped him up and he walked down the single flight of stairs almost as fast as his little sister. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

My mom asked my brother and sister to take care of me and left with the policeman. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But Brave Orchid would not relent; her dainty sister would just have to toughen up. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a sister who told me, and my father finally admitted it, and now that she’s on island—I have to find her.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And all the time, her sister had understood. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Fortunately she was too busy glaring at her sister to pay him much attention. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“That’s your father’s family. My mother and father died very young. My youngest sister was an orphan at ten. Our parents were not even fifty.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister’s husband was a pilot also, but he was a test pilot. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder how the younger sister happened to overlook it.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

That was my baby sister’s first wedding dance.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It’s clearly in a box that’s labeled The Cake Shop, but still he looks at his sister and says, “Oh no, you didn’t bake this, did you, Max?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“She was my sister—and the mother of my son.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he jumped off, he threw the swing up to his sister. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I pray,” he said, “it finds you ready, sister.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

As they are assigning positions, Dede notices that her sister Minerva is not among them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all have parts to play, little sister. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was hunter and stalker and slayer, and he belonged with his brothers and sisters in the deep woods, running free beneath a starry sky. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I keep imagining I see my little sister on board, even though I know she’s not. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

My sister paused for a second and a look of panic flashed briefly across her face. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I pull myself together, and go with my sister to the slaughter-house to get a pound or two of bones. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been asleep on the floor under my sister’s feet, a blanket over my head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Watching my sister walk along the path winding away from our village later that day, I was reminded of the yunka stranger and how the clouds had hovered about him on this same trail. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

When the rain pours down especially, we have long hours of captivity, in which my sisters determinedly grow bored. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked on Erlan’s door, and one of his sisters answered. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

My sister’s favorite book in the world is The House on East 88th Street. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It would be a dream come true to go to the Olympics with my sister. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

You killed my mother, who had a lion’s heart, and my sister, who laughed like the rain, and my father, who captured truth with a few strokes of a pen. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

As if she could tell from her sister’s tone that there would be no setting her right, Callie diplomatically went on to the next page, a green horse. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I pass one another in the hall as we dart around, grabbing stray things we need. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Will’s sisters both laid their heads down on their mother’s lap. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“I do believe in it. I believe in everything. I believe in anything that will bring my sister home.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If Janae is the sticky sweetness keeping us sisters together, then I’m the hard candy shell, the protector. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He stands it because it’s the way to feed his mother and two younger brothers and sister. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Omakayas, who missed her one brother and resented the other, who envied her sister. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

But before I could pump Maurice we had to board, and I joined my sister, Elizabeth, who had just come in from the States. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Frankie ruffled his sisters curly blond hair and snagged a banana from the basket in the center of the table. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then my family arrived and—except for my lively sister, Alice—departed. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn't help but think about my life without my little sister, without Momly. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Once I had enough money, my sister brought me to the mar- ket to spend it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They had best not say it in my sister’s hearing, or they will find themselves short a tongue.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If I put up a fuss my sisters would never stop teasing me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Papá signaled to my smaller brothers and sister to leave. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

But there is some question of school fee, so Mama says, “Let your sister be teacher for you boys.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thought about driving up to my sister’s. But I can’t take the kids, they got school.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Bran would never forget the look on Robb's face as he stared at their sister's words. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I ordered my sister, who was crying, “Papa, Papa!” by the door, back into the house. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I wanted you. My mother wanted your sister." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A sister who will always win because I am a loser. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

My sister asked nervous questions about what college is “really” like and would she put on the “freshman fifteen”? I don’t know what this is, but I’m guessing it means you get fatter. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“She thought it would make things easier for Mama. Finally, my mother said yes, because she did not want my sister to suffer hunger, but it broke her heart to have Jadzia separated from us.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boy and his sister were angered at the cruelty of the boys. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

His sister was surprised not to feel jealousy and observed that Esteban looked rejuvenated. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A big baby weighing ten pounds, James joined a brother and two sisters. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘And by his friends,’ were her explanation, ‘I mean into the hands of his sister Mrs. J. Gargery.’ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

At the sight of the cross and at the sound of those holy words the three sisters fell to the ground in a fit of agony and pain. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack’s father had two brothers and two sisters, and his mother had nine brothers and sisters. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hate killed my sister, and I didn’t want to be part of that cycle. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Just look at those clothes she got from her sister in America. Look at her makeup. Bourgeois! Disgusting!” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister and I battle the breeze to fold sheets, stepping together to make the corners meet, backing up less and less each time to form the shrinking rectangle. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Our two sisters are about done with the bathroom. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I stared at the sky, as I had done so many times with my sister. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was proud of my sister, but that year, something began to rankle beneath the pride. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

One week in seventh grade, we tried to convince people we were sisters, even though Anna’s half Chinese, Morgan’s Jewish, and I’m basically the size of both of them combined. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“My sister is gone to the market,” I say. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Since the birth of her third child, she has cleaned a sister’s house for $35 a month and food. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I’ve been looking around for Dylan since I got here, but there’s no sign of him or his sister. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

You took the dish towel hanging off the icebox handle and wiped off your sister.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I told him about the boy who makes mix tapes hitting my sister because my sister only told me not to tell mom or dad about it, so I figured I could tell Bill. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“My sisters are waiting,” I said, trying to take my hand from hers so that I might escape if I had to. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Oak thinks of us as sisters, which I can tell makes Oriana nervous, even though I would never do anything to hurt him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’d battled too much with my sisters on this trip already. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was like seeing your sister turn into a ’gator. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

If his sister really did fail the tryout, then he’s probably feeling bad about teaming up with me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In recent years the sisters had become very close, overcoming an earlier estrangement. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I go back inside for my gun, slip the leftover food from the saucer into a little plastic sack, and set off up the hill, the sounds of my sisters’ shouts and giggles behind me. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very next day, my sister, in big sunglasses and a long white gauzy skirt, took a stack of her magazines and a glass of lemonade outside to the patio lounge. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She was simply our big sister—two years older than me, and six years older than the twins. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I had no idea where my sisters and brothers were, who was watching them while Mami took Raymond to New York. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He declared himself to be totally unsuspicious of her sister’s attachment; and she could not help remembering what Charlotte’s opinion had always been. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s her sister. The welfare’s got ’em both.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, he was a great man, and when he couldn’t have one sister he took the other, and was happy.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning later on in the summer, Omakayas’s mother, sister, grandma, and Little Pinch all wanted to go into the village and see the big canoes that had arrived to unload furs at the trader’s. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And his sisters, the twins, kissed each of his cheeks before saying, “Welcome home, brother,” and walking toward the escalator. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The point of you being in this room is to say good-bye to your sister, is that not right? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Cinco estrellitas—five stars, five little sisters, traveling through my domain in the sky. A warning for all to see, to let them pass unharmed. You are not dumb. You are not blind.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Now you and your sister must return tomorrow morning, first thing. Do you still have food in your home?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Maybeth curled up next to Dicey, resting her head against her sister’s thigh. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” he said, at least as much to himself as to his sisters. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I asked my sister if she wanted to come to Craig’s for the party afterward, but she said that one of her friends was having a party, so she was going to that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She did much of the work, and I was required to lug water from the communal tap, run errands and baby-sit my brother and sister. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was the first one of my sisters ever to break any bone but a toe. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neel threw his sister one last desperate look before racing toward the tamarind tree. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The minister went home, and the sisters from the church abandoned their death watch, declaring they had witnessed a miracle. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She should shut her eyes, she thought, and spare herself the sight of her sister’s shame. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My poor older sister had a special talent for making herself less attractive. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth had given him stationery with drawings of pandas all over it for his poem, which Oliver thought was weird but his sisters insisted was cute. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He trembled with the thought of the white men in the bank—the men who helped him buy and mortgage houses—discovering that this raggedy bootlegger was his sister. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thinks I’m going to run away like his sisters who made the family ashamed. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles felt that only his older sister, Frances, was kind. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

You and your mama and your stupid sister all make me sick!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also liked it that I had my own room, since in the trailer I shared one with my brother and my sister. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I think about my sister in that exact moment a lot. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“And my sister, Rose. Mom, Rose, this is my friend Tris, and my initiation instructor, Four.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“As I once helped you. She sold my sister. Please, sir, I’ll do anything, just find Ruth, she’s so small and-” The door behind us opened. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished I didn’t know that I was marching my sisters into a boiling pot of trouble cooking in Oakland. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A friend of his gets killed, so about a week later Rat sits down and writes a letter to the guy’s sister. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw herself as a woman of the world, and she encouraged William to keep pursuing her sister. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Later while Mrs. Jordan was talking to the doctor in the hall, I slipped into his office for a private visit with my sister. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We never really knew that, Judith,” her sister reminded her gently. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to comfort her sister, for Cecilia had always loved to cuddle the baby of the family. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even in Michigan, my steering clear of all sisters was so well known, they just couldn’t believe it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cari ignored him and turned back to their older sister Naomi. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

On many occasions, however, the regent would arrange for my mother and sisters to be brought to the Great Place. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he turned around, Doha’s mouth gaped open to see his sister holding another egg in her raised hand. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I sat at the door, Edna on my lap, and tried to keep one eye on my sisters and brother and another on what went on inside. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

My kid sister Phoebe goes to bed around nine o'clock-- so I couldn't call her up. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then I called my sister Gladys, who was living in Queens. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their oldest sister, Mary, was already married to a new friend of his, Charles Lyell, a prominent geologist. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing that it had worked for me, my sisters invented similar stories, and together we announced that the Sedaris Trio had officially disbanded. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

"She wasn't hungry," Sansa said, knowing full well that her sister had probably stolen down to the kitchen hours ago and wheedled a breakfast out of some cook's boy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Seemed like she was jest my sister, my friend. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t rightfully know what that meant, but I was all my sisters had, so I said, “That’s where women go who don’t want their babies.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’d been hard for all of them, but Ivy never once asked her sister how she was doing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It hurt that the one thing Arya could do better than her sister was ride a horse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo and her sister had kept their brothers inside the bedroom, too terrified to make a sound. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When I got home at night, and delivered this message for Joe, my sister “went on the Rampage,” in a more alarming degree than at any previous period. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She would say something about being my sister, and that it's no big deal, or something like that. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Trina and her sisters would eat out of garbage cans; sometimes they would not eat for days. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“But give me this joy,” she said: “to see my sisters.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two black girls about their sister’s age walked past them and up the steps carrying books against their chests. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Watching my sister suckle filled me with hatred, and my hot head thought of forcibly wrenching her away from my mother’s lap and sucking the succulent gourd of milk myself. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could not be oblivious to the unrest around them, but his sister always believed in putting on the brave show. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Like his sister, like the trees, like all of the Sunderbans, she would wait for his return. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But he’s only seven and he wanted to be with his sister. You can understand that.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Nope, my sister says, all of five years old now, and promising me infinity. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Maria stared at her sister as though she’d just seen a tarantula. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Persian flaw in Mr. Abbas was that he underestimated my sister. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I met your zeide, and together we worked and brought mymamá and papá and my brothers and sisters from Poland to Cuba. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

If my sister or I got arrested, it could cost all of us the ability to stay in the United States. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then I turned to my sisters as if to say, See, you didn’t believe me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"After," her sister promised, already beginning to turn away from her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I could easily imagine this meeting, the gravity of my father as he sat across from my sister, the reverence and power in his words. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He’s sad because he lost his job, Saida, Maisha says to her sister, and then we’re all quiet, ’cause that is sad. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My sister’s boyfriends have been beating on her for years. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment Deborah said the words sister and mother, her face got redder and she started to panic. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

My parents and sister were leaving to spend five days in New York City without me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Two minutes later the sister came back with this guy named Justin. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

That said, he retreated to the bathroom with my sister Amy's makeup kit and returned to the table with two black eyes, the second drawn on with mascara. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

"It does my heart good to see you again, my sister," he said. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll show you what happens when someone lays a hand on my sister.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Bayard, who was married to Elizabeth’s sister Tryphena, had been very close to his sister-in-law; they had enjoyed spending time together, reading novels, riding horses, and discussing philosophy and law. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“This here’s a story about a boy and his sisters. They take this boat to an island and all kinds of things happen to ’em. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

"He is not! He's not the least bit like that old drunken king," she screamed at her sister, forgetting herself in her grief. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

María Eugenia, the oldest of the three little sisters, has joined us at the front window. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He was coming back for his November break to check on Pond’s sister. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

All the worries and fears of the past few days are now over, for at last he has found his sister. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So my sister and I retreated to our rooms. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her two sisters stared across at her naked body hungrily. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, with the fear of my sister’s working me before my eyes, I had a desperate idea of starting round the room in the assumed character of Mr. Pumblechook’s chaise-cart. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“James, go wash up while your sister finishes breakfast. Then you two can go. I need some time to myself today.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

All this he seemed to see in the large eyes of his mother and his sister, looking up at him through the green water, hundreds of fathoms down and still sinking. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

You plead with me your daughter sister sister for release, but I am no little beast and have no reason to judge. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had four other friends and a sister from the South, all crammed in their apartment. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I had stayed up practically all night California dreaming about what seemed like the other side of the world. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That was my lady's sister you were hitting, do you know that?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sophia’s sister also has a job as a makeup salesgirl, door-to-door. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Herb, Fermi and I went over to the apartment I shared with my sister,” Woods said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she and her sister, Lauren, were younger, it was done behind closed doors, muffled voices and tight smiles the next morning at breakfast. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

With Neda temporarily living with us, it felt like I had an older sister again. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was very hard to concentrate while my sisters were giving me a pop quiz on world democracy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was able, she recited it along with Julie, while Alex stood there and told himself never to underestimate his little sister again. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Upon which my sister fixed me with her eye, and said, in a low reproachful voice, “Do you hear that? Be grateful.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I watch quietly together, eager to see what develops. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sophia and her sister—did you know she has a sister?” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, I had three sisters and they were giggling all the time, too. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Irene had helped her raise her older children and had been like a sister to her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “And now Ma’s always saying what she wouldn’t give for just one more look at my baby sister.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see how you can write and act such splendid things, Jo. You’re a regular Shakespeare!” exclaimed Beth, who firmly believed that her sisters were gifted with wonderful genius in all things. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s his money. I see my sister and my parents looking for me, by the way. I should go.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the nearest planet, it has for centuries been thought of as the Earth’s sister. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kristin, in her late twenties and a California native, was like a big sister to both my girls anyway. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Even if I had to cover my sister’s recent purchase of two fashionable Paris suits, I would have $1000 left, enough for a year’s stay in Cambridge. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I showed him the picture of my mother and my little sister, Charlie, that I always carried with me, because their hair was the same. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Do you know where I can buy antibiotics, my sister?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Thus, his sister had no other choice but to involve his mother while his father was absent. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see Christina's sister and mother clutched together on the right side of the room. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Vivienne shrugs, and I am reminded of how, despite her being my sister, we differ in ways that are hard to comprehend. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Back when they had met, neither of them had known about his half sister, Hazel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At four o’clock in the morning, September 16, 1978, every- one in the family was up—my mother, father, brother and five sisters—watching me as I packed my last bags. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I play games with my sisters and make a ring of hands with the rest of my family when it’s time to say grace. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I only hope he isn’t as awful as his sister. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Cecilia put the vase down and hurried over, and knelt down to retrieve the fragment before her sister began to trample on it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Arrogant and humble at the same time, the radical, fearless nun and her fellow sisters were the most committed individuals Farmer had ever met. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But did I mention before that I’m desperate to hold on to my old BFF/sister from another mister? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I knew the way to Miss Trotter’s but my sisters had never been. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

My sister and I often had trouble fitting in there whenever we played hide-and-seek. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never had Jessie heard Isa’s violin sound better, and she knew it was from the homemade acoustical treatment her sister had created in the basement over the years. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He could no longer use his webbed hands to propel himself forward; he worked his flippers furiously, but Ron and Fleur’s sister were like potato-filled sacks dragging him back down. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But my poor sister is too scared to share in Susie’s disgust. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

We talked a little more about Laura’s problems—in particular about a certain nursing sister who seemed to have it in for her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He awoke on a bench in the Long Island Railroad Station, a cop rapping on his boots with a nightstick, his escape money gone, the MacNamara sisters ready to eat him alive in Brooklyn. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I have magical memories of our home in Uvira, before we lost my sister to war. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I have to tell my sister, Mia, about you. She’s an artist and she owns a gallery on Jackson Avenue. You two have to meet.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We checked with our classmates, with the mayor, with Alberto, who came from a huge family of brothers and sisters and cousins at the other end of town. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

As I make my way back to the tournament and my sisters, I can’t stop thinking of Cardan’s shocked face, nor can I stop considering Locke’s smile. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Looking straight ahead I jump over the dead and run to meet my brother and sister. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Once upon a time,” I said, “two sisters and two brothers lived in a magical land.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I felt myself falling apart—that by morning I might be just bones melting into the moldy soil of the sisters’ vegetable garden. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister whispered to me, “He’s the prince.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“My mother and brother are in a labor camp there. That’s why I’m raising my little sister.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Michael was fine for my sisters, but I was twelve. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

As I found a new outfit for the honey-colored Barbie in my hand and combed her thick black hair, I recounted my tale of woe to my little sister. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

After she heard the news, my sister locked herself in her bedroom. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I thought about how my mother and sisters remembered my father, how they knew his face from every angle and held in their fingers the feel of his hands. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of her brothers joined the Army, one sister died, and two got married, increasing the living space and giving the entire Kentucky venture a feel of luxury. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her brothers and sisters were waking up and crawling to one another frantically. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

In African culture, the sons and daughters of one’s aunts or uncles are considered brothers and sisters, not cousins. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I become shy only when my older sister wonders what I am doing these days. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought she had wanted to show off my baby sister in the display window. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we wore out those memories, we went on about the Ankton sisters and their swinging dresses, and about meeting Mean Lady Ming for the first time and being afraid of her. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted, then, to turn her into an older sister, a motherly figure, someone who would understand and protect me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened carefully as my sister and Leyla gave me step-by-step instructions on how to take a bong hit. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

‘If you wasn’t my sister then I might not know you. So I couldn’t love you.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They can share, while my sister and I stay in our current room. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ivy finally glanced up at her sister, but Layla was no longer looking at her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But you can’t find the words to explain that you can never visit your sister’s grave, because she has no grave. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Keep an eye on your sister, though. Little ones disappear in big crowds.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told Karim to ask “Mister Soldier Sahib” to show a little mercy, maybe he had a sister or a mother, maybe he had a wife too. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, and I actually saw my sister flinch. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Each of his brothers and sisters had looks or gifts or fortune. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Smeath has a sister, who is going with us to church. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They do everything together and are as close as sisters and as opposite as sugar is to salt. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Which got me thinking I was soon ’bout to get ripped to shreds by the brothers and sisters of the dog that I’d chunked. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

As she arrives alongside us, our older sister smacks Philbert lightly on the back of the head. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not much smaller,” Neel protested, but he obeyed his sister and felt her attaching the lure to his back. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Christmas came my mother locked my ailing brother and sister and me inside the house, while she went about the township begging for cookies, Kool-Aid and other foods to keep us alive. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Sweet sister, I ask you, if we weren't winning, would the Starks have sued for peace?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My mind flashes on the greasy-haired con holding my sister’s hand, and a sick feeling comes over me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Heard you and your sisters got some education out in Oakland.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Her sisters braided up her pretty hair, and the only ornaments she wore were the lilies of the valley, which ‘her John’ liked best of all the flowers that grew. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She probably knew too but left it up to her sisters, who wanted to be called on. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad said she wasnt sick or nothing but she went to the hospital to bring me back a baby sister or a brother. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Love is talking to your sister on the telephone and running out of words to say but staying on the line anyway. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But it felt right and true to be there with my sister that day. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m not her sister,” I said as the innkeeper disappeared into the kitchen. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Your sister will cry; your brother will die. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“My dad”—he juts his lip out—“my mom”—she nods, all smiles—“and my sister, Sarah”—she reaches out a hand. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The smell of something baking, something chocolate, wafted up behind her, and I spied J.T.’s cute little sister Kerry peeking around the corner to see who had come. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Two of her fellows close around her, the way brothers flank a little sister in a rough crowd. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We lived on a farm. Pardon me, ma’am, Miss Becky, but can you tell me where my sister is?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said there was no corresponding word that meant to behave like a sister. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It shows an affection for her sister that is very pleasing,” said Bingley. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Papa does not feel that two sisters make the best chaperones for each other, especially if they are both eager to go to the same place. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All four—Carlos, Eddie, Mike, and Snap—walk my sister to class. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I would say something like “good-bye, dearest sister of mine,” and Judy would burst into tears, and Daddy would be so touched, he’d relent and take us all home. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one ever trusted Rattleshirt but fools. Snow’s not that. If his sister needs saving, he’ll send his crows. I would.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After telling the storekeeper how big my mother and sisters were, I bought several yards of cloth. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet after a week of Val’s and Murdoch’s acid comments, together with the expected unpleasantness of my sister, I emerged for dinner with a clean face. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, just that morning Naheed had gone to pour her favorite cereal, only to find out her sister had eaten the last of it. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t that what his mom always told him when he took his sisters out? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My brother and sister are probably playing together. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had his mother died, or one of his sisters? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was the first picture I’d ever seen of my sister. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“If you choose to drown in loneliness, go ahead, but don’t claim she wasn’t our sister. We’re not just friends, we’re family.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The well's covered by a dustbin lid under a stack of bricks to stop Dean's sister Maxine falling in. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Charles opened his enormous eyes, as sign that he’d heard his sister’s threat, but otherwise didn’t look especially alerted. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Not that I always do what my sister says, but—well, I guess I usually do. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After my brothers, sister, mother, and I made it across the river, we were taken to a man’s house. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My sister always cut her spaghetti up instead of twirling it, which I felt defeated the point and purpose of spaghetti. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“And your sister? She’s one of the ones that gets lost, goes around and around forever?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I used to watch you kiss my sister. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We want to get your sister’s house,” said my mother. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He introduced me to his mother and sister. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

With a twinkle in his eye, and a smile on his face, he handed it to me saying, “Save some for your sisters.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look here, boy,” she said, “if you imply that my sister’s life is worthless again, I will clobber you.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“That Muggle what my sister took a fancy to, that Muggle what lives in the big house over the way,” said Morfin, and he spat unexpectedly upon the floor between them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“How can I make you scared? I’m your sister!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

This meant once their fingerprints were received, they'd immediately get assigned an interview date and my sister would avoid aging out. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The text reads, Happy Fourth to my favorite sister, my favorite bro-in-law, and my favorite niece! I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“She was my mother’s only sister,” said Kit, the tight pain easing a little. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The sisters voiced suspicions about their brother and about local law enforcement but complained that the prosecutor had disrespected and ignored them. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Growing up in Syria, he’d had seven sisters, but none had been this prone to drama. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And sometime in the future, when the brothers and sisters had been raised up, escaped with him into the woods and left 12 behind forever. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Can I get you a chocolate milk? How are your parents? I read that your older sister will be having her coming-out at the Colony Club this fall. How thrilling for her!” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

What squalor and disorder her sister lived in! Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But at least I could see how my sisters and I were both Gaithers and Johnsons. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was impossible for the two sisters to take sides against either brother. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

One bright and fragrant spring day—as if on a wild equinoctial whim—Holmes suggested that Minnie invite her sister to Chicago to see the world’s fair, at his expense. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It might surprise you to learn that many stories of how the “three sisters” came to be aren’t Native stories at all! An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“A young girl with a sister. All on her own. And not going to work that day...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the evening, when Moon Orchid seemed quieter, her sister probed into the cause of this trouble. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aaron is the oldest of a whole bunch of brothers and sisters. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to—she wanted to push her sister away—but she was so tired. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

However painful it must have been to predicate the harsh word dead of a beloved sister, no euphemism—has passed away, is no longer with us—could have ended that sentence. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Javier never runs to greet his father like his sisters do because he knows the lessons, the admonishments will begin the minute his father sees him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my sister came with the lunch bucket, I could have kissed her, but I didn’t. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave Clara no explanation of what had come between his sister and himself. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom, I am trying to help my dear sister,” he says, grinning at me and Sara with all his teeth showing. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Jethro sat at his sister’s side and studied the page to which she had turned. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she with a sickly mother and nearly a dozen brothers and sisters to care for? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But not everyone does. That awful what’s-his-name who wanted to marry your sister... Wouldn’t take no for an answer. It’s his fault she left!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He could see his sister try to stop the whipping and being shoved aside. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“My sister got hurt and we’ve put our mother in a bad position. She might never trust us again.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Running behind Salvador, she rushed into the house past its three small guardians, her two little sisters and her five-year-old brother. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It made him feel a little bit less like that other Rochester Rocky—in Arizona, who was probably still having to stay brave for his little brother and sister. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Neither the breakfast the sisters had brought her, nor the lunch. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A full symphony orchestra was swelling out of the radio; their eldest sister Gwen was slicing onions and singing; their mother was bent broad-beamed and red-faced over an oven. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me talk to his sister. She’s home from college this summer. I can probably convince her to get Milo to lay off.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A couple of black eighth graders start clapping and shouting, “Right on!” and “You go, sister!” but the rest of us are standing there with our tongues glued to the bottoms of our mouths. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’d met the sisters before, but never the kids or their dads. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“The Reverend and everybody else ought to be worrying about the football team, not you sister morons.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the sisters were close, though perhaps not as close as the Dovelies had been. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despereaux's brothers and sisters soon abandoned the thankless task of trying to educate him in the ways of being a mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

That her sisters had put pork on the table did not go unnoticed, but Kathy vowed not to make an issue of it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Had Atticus known of the secret decision between his sister and his daughter he would have never forgiven them. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Buck added, after a moment of concentration, “You sisters couldn’t blow your noses without your mamas!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Seven thousand husbands and fathers, wives and mothers, brothers and sisters, and children had been taken to their deaths—or so we heard from survivors. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I think that tea with the Ogilvie sisters affected you. Maybe you would be right for their Edward.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister Viola was working at an electronics factory on Long Island. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

This is what I wrote: Here is a special memory about my sister, Lynn. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Here is the baby with his new brothers and sisters. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

When my sister sees us pretending to smoke, she shakes her head. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Stung by her sister’s amused tone of voice, Omakayas dropped her head to her chest, eyes squinting narrow. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“But if he were a true gentleman, he’d just vanish and let me off the hook and then I could go visit my sister.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Now she had only a younger sister, but there had been a time when she also had a younger brother named Sota. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I think my sister lives in Quito. I know her phone number.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His aunt Dorothy—his grandfather’s youngest half sister—was a secretary at one of the churches. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Last thing I need is a sister getting sick. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Somehow, it had never occurred to me that my sister might have lived my life before I did. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“When the Red Guards were elected at my sister’s school, the class status of the candidates was taken into account. Shouldn’t we do the same?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peninsula Luggage was floundering, and they could no longer afford our mortgage and my sister's college tuition. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

As long as my sisters couldn’t climb its trunk to get to the cradle, I’d always have a place to go. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I tell my troop about Mack and Ruby and Bob and Stella and Julia and George, about my mother and father and sister. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

When she was asked to carry anything, the load felt twice as heavy to her as it did to her stronger sister. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

My sisters have to sit and have their school, and I have to color and learn my letters. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles was spending time with—and being courted by—three sisters in one family. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bee sting was still swollen, so he could not properly appreciate how beautiful his sister looked with her hair out of its bun, though Helen told him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, Ralph’s little brothers, sisters, and cousins, hiding in the woodpile and behind the curtains, were also waiting. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s sister, Bennie, married a Coalwood miner and they lived down across the creek, near the big machine shops. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She could easily slip back into being a kind of sister. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Eduardo’s family has been holding a vigil in front of the office since last night, his mother and father, his grandmother, his two sisters and his baby brother. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

With nothing else to give them, Jinjoo broke open another brown candy bar and gave two pieces each to her sister and brothers, only allowing herself to lick her fingers where the candy melted. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Come back, her sister used to whisper when she woke her from a bad dream. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ivy knew she was being mean, but she didn’t want her sister to comfort her, especially not the way she used to, by playing with Ivy’s hair. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Most of the boys I knew had a houseful of brothers and sisters. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure if it was from yesterday’s head injury, Phorcys’s special effects, or his sister’s lectures on nauseating sea monster facts. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

No one had ever said anything about where babies came from, and I had never connected Mami’s swollen belly with my sisters. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

And my sister is going to be busy with hers. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I could make sure that my brother and sisters got all the education they wanted; I could compensate for my shattered dreams by helping them realise theirs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She died without a sister by her side — but she also made sure that Jeffrey would live with a brother by his. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Victoria told people that her power was discovered when she was a young girl and her mother left her to tend to her baby sister, who had a high fever. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I’m not used to having my sister’s attention focused all on me, and I start talking too fast. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

"Ser Garlan, your sister's beauty is famed throughout the Seven Kingdoms, but I am promised to another. A king must keep his word." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me how awful that nickname is: Calling your needy little sister something that’s one letter off from a viral infection that causes acute inflammation of the brain? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Yes ma’am, she say, and I thought 1 had this house too, but look like it belong to your sister Nettie and you. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her sister wants to open a school, an international school. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Some day you’ll have a little sister and you can sing that song to her. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The sister gnaws on a fingernail and nods. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

My mother turned her face to look at pottery or embroidery rather than at these miserable families who did not have the sense to leave the favored brothers and sisters home. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a comfort, knowing I had a picture of my sister, hidden away in my wallet. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I wonder what it was like for him, having a little sister tagging along. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been thinking, what if we do a visit to your sister’s gallery? Maybe she can talk about how she started her own business.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was nice sitting with my sister that night because she almost never likes to talk to me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

My sister especially enjoyed this ancient dance because of its fast spinning. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

My sister was brilliant and charming and a beauty, just like my mother had been. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

His sister’s feet were keeping pace in front of him, but as they pushed through the golpata. fronds, he gulped. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Really? Well, he likes you and your sister. I think he wishes he had a daughter instead of a houseful of boys." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My sisters file into the room one by one and find seats. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Ben said a man who truly mastered Heart of Stone could go to his sister’s funeral without ever shedding a tear. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I no longer spoke Krio, not even to my sister, because Mama had promised to sign me up for ballet lessons as soon as I could understand and speak English. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the beast made his way over me and jumped into the backseat, which by that time only held the drowned man because fear had set the rest of my sisters into motion. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I wonder if my sisters will be at the airport. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at her younger sister whose very wrinkles were fine. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Runt lowered his tail and began to follow his sister. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Yet according to her sister Elizabeth, Emma was being wonderful, crying at times, but also coming to the meals with the little children and helping them with their food, attending to their needs. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if Ivy had shown one of her stormy pictures to Layla, maybe her sister would’ve looked at her like she was weird. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You can go to community college, just like your sister.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Soon the father came with the music stand, the mother with the sheet music, and the sister with the violin. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was staring at the tower, not at the top, where her sister was dangling, but the whole length of it. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Ivy even told Keeper about Layla and what a two-faced friend and sister she was. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

He shook his head as if he wanted to shake off the whole encounter, and then started walking away, pulling his sister by the hand. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The sister, who had taken on a job as a salesgirl, in the evening studied stenography and French, so as perhaps later to obtain a better position. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister was second in her class, so she gave the fourth speech. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve told my sister that you’re not allowed to leave the house and that her housekeeper is to keep an eye on you to make sure you don’t steal anything.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have any other brothers or sisters?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He knows because he has a big sister in third grade. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Vik glances at his little sister, but she seems absorbed in her book. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Arthur has a sister named Paige, who is a sophomore and a cheerleader. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister, Jackie, inherited Daddy’s inky black hair and I inherited his fiery red temper. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I was left to care for my sisters and brothers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I rest my case. Rumors of rumors of rumors. Can’t trust yer sister to get her own name right much less any useful info.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Drat that boy,” interposed my sister, frowning at me over her work, “what a questioner he is. Ask no questions, and you’ll be told no lies.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now back in Washington to cover the antiwar rally, Marx decided to invite Ellsberg to a dinner party her sister was hosting. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it wasn’t so hard to ask an older sister to look out for a husband and the girls because she was bound for Baltimore with Miss Vera Louise for a while. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Osage have long been linked to the world of classical dance, having produced two of the greatest ballerinas, the sisters Maria and Marjorie Tallchief. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s my blank stare—that I’m looking past them, staring at the little dead girl that looks like my sister standing in the middle of the courtyard. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I meet my sisters in front of Madoc’s stables, where silver-shod faerie horses are penned up beside enormous toads ready to be saddled and bridled and reindeer with broad antlers hung with bells. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ari-Eil had been unmarried; this was his family home, and his younger sister nodded at his side, asleep at her vigil. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Freud by then was a fully adult male, but he still spent time with his family and often played gently with both of his small sisters.Young brothers or sisters can sometimes be very useful. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Sweet. By the way, your little sister is the cutest." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

One morning, soon after their arrival, as she was sitting with her two elder sisters, she said to Elizabeth: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

They are cousins; they could never be more than brother and sister! Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Her sister’s appearance added to Briony’s unease, and made her feel clumsy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“There’s no one in the world like your sister. I didn’t mean those words to sound the way they did. I’m sorry.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A few months into his trip, when he collected his mail at a port of call in Rio de Janeiro, he read a letter from his sister Catherine. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of us have always been tight, in part thanks to an unwavering and somewhat inexplicable allegiance he seemed to feel for his baby sister right from the start. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You choose the prize, Max,” I told Dean's sister. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure he wasn’t gunning for your sister, but these things happen.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

"It's said that you have uncles, brothers, a sister." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And sibling rivalry means you are competing with your brother or sister for attention. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

The pounding and kicking at the door awakened my sister, and she started screaming from under the table. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad would bellow his younger sister's name over and over again. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He would have asked one of the silent sisters, but when he tried to speak he found he had no mouth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Aru watched as her sister was flung back against the dark throat. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At Płaszów we briefly reunited with my sister, whose factory had also been closed. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I’m usually good at staying one step ahead of a major squabble, but my sisters seemed to have gotten better at keeping things stirred up between them. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was a particular gift of Oliver’s that he could say things that adults couldn’t hear but his sisters could. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I mean, huge. My sister’s friend had had her sweet sixteen at the same place last year. There were like two hundred people there, so I mean it’s a huge place.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Getting together once a week with all my brothers and sisters? X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sister could have no reason to lie to me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I brought them to my sister in her room. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You learned some new stuff about your mom and sister? And what the heck does Carousel Carl have to do with anything?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She was just four and a half years old when sister Flossi came along—and, of course, she loved to play with and help care for the baby. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Often he would tell me about his sisters and brother and their life on a farm. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Gregor lifted his sister high in the air and blew a loud raspberry on her stomach. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fridays are devoted to Civilization Night, when classes are held for brothers and sisters in the area of the domestic relations, emphasizing how both husbands and wives must understand and respect each other’s true natures. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is talking to me about one of her sisters, my aunt, who is seriously ill. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason it bugs me, how alike Webb and my sister are. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

When breakfast was over, they were joined by the sisters; and Elizabeth began to like them herself, when she saw how much affection and solicitude they showed for Jane. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

And brothers and sisters don’t share rooms, so our friends might think we’re weird or poor, even though what are you supposed to do if your house is small? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to say ridiculous things twice, Holling. Once is more than enough” “Why is military school ridiculous?” asked my sister. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was reading the girl’s account of the day she and her sister were taken by slavers when Penny entered the galley. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I took the basket with the still-sleeping bird in one hand and my sister’s palm in the other. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The boys are still grousing that the bits of red dress don’t look like hearts till Billy tells them if they don’t want to play football go home and play with their sisters’ dolls. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was offering me the same terms of surrender he had offered my sister. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then, it was that my sister had better start thinking more about her future and start applying to “safety” schools in case the good ones don’t work out. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not deny that my mother and sister can be a bit... single-minded, but what would you have me do?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went to Ivy’s house because she and her older sister had theatrical makeup. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was trying to bring his sister back from the dead. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She moved across the room to the other bed, where she lay on her stomach and started reading her sister’s autopsy report. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Now that he thought about it, wasn’t it unfair that he had to give six presents for Christmas while Jimmy L—who did not have any brothers or sisters—only had to worry about two? The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see why you wouldn’t be able to do that. I remember a few years ago Lacey Sanders’s older sister did a first-aid demonstration.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Great Uncle Phil with his fake teeth and my aunt Rebecca, who is my dad’s sister. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sisters slumped in the seat of the wagon as they passed by, and their mournful cries were as much for themselves as for the fate of their sister. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to get my sister to the bathroom. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You make sure Day takes care of them children,” Henrietta told her sister, tears streaming down her face. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

After we picked the lock to my mom’s office closet, my sister would open her gifts and mine too, but not before I left the room. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Windy has an older sister named Cherish, who isn’t home. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She placed her hands on her sister’s shoulders, as if trying to keep her from leaving. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

My sister was still mad at me, but she got me a Smiths record anyway. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“My mom and her parents are in New Hampshire—my sister moved there when she was thirteen and goes to Dartmouth now—and most of my dad’s family is in Jamaica.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Sister Mukumbu had no idea how hard it was for me to watch my baby sister stand alone before all of those people. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to the store with my sister,” I told her. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The registrar looks from me to Sunny, studying my sister's stubborn body language for a long minute. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That was something he could tell his sisters. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Each of these women, on her own, gauged the wind of her nation and used it to help her sister pilots get off the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

His sister looked at him with eyes wide with fright. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell my sister what to do next because I couldn’t squeak out a word. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

But then she looked up at her helpless sister and knew what her answer must be. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Rosetta was the eldest sister and the smartest of all my siblings. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am going to Columbia University,” said my sister. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Are you really going to fight me, sister?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

‘Can’t? Your mother signed the paper—and you’re a wicked girl to stand in the way of your sister’s good fortune.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran across the chamber and wrapped her sister in her arms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I told him to meet me on the corner of Jefferson and Broadway, and he immediately knew that I was trying to keep this little hookup a secret from my sisters—and my parents. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

By the third lash, Doha couldn’t hear his sister’s screams over his own hysterics. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was spring in Central Park, and being there with my sister was enough. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Viji, I can imagine you feel guilty about your sister’s death, but you need to stop accusing yourself. You made the choices that seemed best. You did all you could.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was tired of scolding my sister and was glad Mrs. stepped in. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I am afraid I interrupt your solitary ramble, my dear sister?” said he, as he joined her. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

A few years ago, he would have brought his sister with him to school. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

After the letter to my wife, I wrote next essentially the same letter to my sister Ella. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister doesn't say it aloud, but I see it clearly on her face: So is Sunny. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Whatever this is sposed to be, sister,” he says, “it didn’t work.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“She was a trained hospital nurse. Stengelberg her name was. She, too, was devoted to Daisy—and to my sister.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had cost my parents’ marriage, my mother’s spirit, my sister’s arm. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Yet it rankled, to sit here and make a mummer's show of justice by punishing the sorry likes of Janos Slynt and Allar Deem, while his sister continued on her savage course. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“And if you even look at my sister, I will cut you into ten thousand pieces, you lying, stinking, filthy little pig.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Will you sisters hold it down?” he griped as we chattered about our rockets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But how d’you know he’s come here to put his infant with the sisters?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Soon Jinjoo heard the soft breathing of her older sister too. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“What did I tell you? Birdbrain. Now get your sister out of the door.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The sisters registered their dismay, crossed themselves, and hurried back to bed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her sisters emptied their pails into the big round wooden tub. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The smell was disgusting, and when it started invading our room, my sister had no choice but to throw that poor turtle away. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My sister stepped out onto the stage and I dropped into a seat near the rear of the auditorium. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He said, “We need to keep going, little sister. I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. Please forgive me, but we can’t stay here.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You know the great thing about the job market right now?” she tells my sister and me. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As she forced her memory back, she felt she was being exposed as a traitor to her sister’s cause. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We're really leaving Greenville, my sister says and Hope sits up straighter and smiles. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Stuck with a crazy sister who prays all the time instead of doing any work.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I comb through them again, staring at my sisters' faces, missing the sound of their laughter and the noise of their company. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry about your sister,” she said. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

How dare he insult Dvorak and her sister! The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

First Friday attendance is mandatory, unless you are, like my sister, an “essential laborer.” Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

He saw how he had hated his father and sister both. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And how I watched my little sister become a human torch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Edd had been sent to gather up as many spearwives as his wagons would hold and bring them back to join their sisters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Lucy Raleigh didn’t have a bedtime like my sisters and me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

My sisters are watching from the bedroom window. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I get to be tutored by my mother and my little sister.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t take advanced math to figure out how my father met my mother and how Margaret wound up being my half sister. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now Neel was almost home, where he’d have to face his mother and sister and tell them what had happened. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Running to keep up with Yuni’s long, quick strides, Doha marveled at the change in his usually mild-mannered sister. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her mother, exhausted with grief, slept later than Lupita had ever known her to do, so Lupita tended to the baby and her younger brother and sisters. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“You must get up,” she said as the sister was upon her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Look, Moose, you want to help your sister and that’s admirable. But I can’t help you with this. Your parents will work something out. Now, run along.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father had died of stomach cancer; his mother had gone to live in Fresno, where Kabuo’s sister had married a furniture merchant. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every hackle on his body rose, and he knew that very soon she would, like all of her sisters before her, put to him the death-knell question “Where you been?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Their sister, who sat between them, with left leg balanced on right knee, was, by contrast, perfectly composed, having liberally applied perfume and changed into a green gingham frock to offset her coloring. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His sister put down the egg but continued to glare at the retreating woman. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When the sisters say the prayer of the Virgin, I am the mother of beautiful love, and of fear, and of greatness, and of holy hope, I picture Mother Ermentrude. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I kept my sister with me, protecting her without telling her why. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

All was quiet, save for the snores of my sister Florah—three years old—huddled alongside me, under the same blanket, and the squeaks of rats in the cupboard. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sister had taken the king's seat for herself—he gathered Joffrey did not often trouble to attend council meetings, no more than Robert had—so Tyrion climbed up into the Hand's chair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Or maybe, a little like a phone call late at night from your sister, who isn’t all that interested in finding herself anymore. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I was here to make sure my sisters and I ate breakfast, and to stay out of Cecile’s hair. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told my sisters we might as well stick around for the summer camp program. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Step too far one way or the other and you’ve got on your sister’s toes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And how much have you got?” asked my sister, laughing. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Those who measured life by counting the crosses would not count her sacrifices for Rocky the way they counted her sacrifices for her dead sister’s half-breed child. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The covers were hilarious: Walf-Veed 'muscles “You know,” I said, “I don’t think I ever saw my sister reading one of those things.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Your sister substantiates this failing for as her letter progresses her judgment gives way to temper—her thoughts are good, lucid the products of intelligence, but it is not now an unbiased, impersonal intelligence. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t touch or lean against any machine,” Brave Orchid warned her sister. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it had been my sister at Connor's door, she'd have pushed herself into his house and told the girl who was sitting inside that he was a two-timer. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

His brother let out a little whimper, and his sister and mother seemed frozen to their chairs. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then I sit down on the front step, hoping his mom or his sisters will appear and let me in. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Get your little sister up and go to bed." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"My lord, it was your sister's bidding, the queen, as you said, but His Grace . . . he'd never understand . . ." "Would you have me keep the truth from the king?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My heart races when I see the long blue envelope in a sister’s hand, delivered to me under her sleeve as if a man himself were inside. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I needed to see my sister. Surely you understand that." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He got home to find his sisters up and prowling around the apartment. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Into the middle of all this commotion clomped my little sister, Merry, wearing Mama’s high heels and a red slip that pooled around her feet. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She frowned down at them with dismay and glanced over to where her sister Sansa sat among the other girls. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It felt strange to be speeding through the streets of this neighborhood where I didn’t belong, in a truck where I didn’t belong, with my brother hurt and my sister sick. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

No one would have suspected Cecilia, not Mamá, not me, but especially not my sisters. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He looked up at his big sister with a gaze of intense trust. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She walked her sister and niece to the laundry by way of Chinatown. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was about sixty-eight years old, Brave Orchid took a day off to wait at San Francisco International Airport for the plane that was bringing her sister to the United States. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only now there were people everywhere, filling the news shop, heading in all directions, strolling, rushing, dragging children and bags, but nowhere did she see her mother’s or father’s or little sister’s familiar face. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

My sisters close to my age were not as interesting as the neighborhood boys who ran and climbed and didn’t mind getting dirty. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They’re talking to each other and laughing, and I wish that I had brought one of my sisters with me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In fact, she doubts that my sister is telling the truth. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You needn’t holler so. I don’t mind taking money from my sister.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But once I moved into Compartment 307 with my mother and sister, I was expected to get with the program. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When Lainie speaks about her sister her words are met with sighs and laughter and sad smiles. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Since Auschwitz was nearby, a sister camp to Birkenau, they marched us down the road and across the fields to get there. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

This was not, Elizabeth felt, the way a sister ought to talk about her brother, especially to someone who knew him not at all, and who would, probably, eventually meet him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

All the way to school, he’s been talking about what a great time he’s going to have now that his bossy older sister is leaving. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“I told your father what you and your sister said. Shawn will get help.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Lina’s little sister toddled out from behind the counter on unsteady legs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Only one," she said, "the best of them, my uncle . . . but Brynden Blackfish was a Hilly first. My sister is not about to stir beyond her Bloody Gate." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“My sister—” “A scientists work, cadet, is determined by two things. His interests and the interests of his time. Do you understand?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I need you to help at the bodega. Wake up your sisters and get dressed as fast as you can. “What’s happening at the bodega?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I said as nice as I could, ‘I have no sister, Miss Rice.’ Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I knew from losing my baby sister that the pain gets a little less the more time passes, that you go on living, and you learn how to cope with it. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She opened her eyes and saw her sister Sunny, who was looking at her frantically and trying to say something past the strip of tape. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mom and 1 knew better than to start a conversation—even at her best, my sister wasn’t a bundle of cheer in the mornings. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I realized that my annoying sister's a woman. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

His sister's lovely green eyes studied him without the least hint of affection. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I got back to the lounge area around the same time as my sister—I guess she got a delivery too. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

More than twenty years later, my sister still has the same effect on me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

My sister was in love with Nanko, but she laughed at him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, my sister spent the first hour of the party opening up all the gifts, and her smile grew with each check, sweater, or fifty dollar bill. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I rode to school on it every day with my eldest sister riding on hers. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

A whole section was stuffed with matching outfits—mother-daughter, sisters, maybe even cousins. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The nurse was removing the head bandage, and the sister was cutting away the soldiers trousers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Just the white noise of the ambulance, one sister crying, and the other struggling to comfort her without words. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Just as we were pushing off, one of the sisters noticed us leaving and with a scream she bounded toward us. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The other Maiden smiled warmly, and I realized it was my very own sister, Chasca! The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I remember that on that moonless night in February 1942, they attacked the big Lago oil refinery on Aruba, the sister island west of us. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, sister,” he says, waving me away with his book, like I’m ugh. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I know that my decision to go to college will affect my sisters’ decisions and they will not be as afraid as I was of traveling this road. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then her sister, Duchess, pushed her aside and begged for food. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

My heart had accepted the loss, and like my sisters, I too began to move on. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When I got home, my sister was watching a movie with her new boyfriend. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

My big sister, whom I’ve spent the past fifteen days constantly shoving out of my consciousness like a game of cognitive Whack-A-Mole. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

His older sister’s wedding isn’t until Friday, so at least I’m not jeopardizing his attendance there. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I knew the best way to get my sisters moving. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Is it possible, Mademoiselle, that you did not recognize in the Countess Andrenyi Mrs. Armstrong’s young sister whom you taught in New York?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boats from all over the world would stop there to lay over or make repairs, and often the sailors would come into the store and invite me and my sister Dee-Dee to see their boats. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up a handful of knives, forks, and spoons, counting us out: my mother, my twelve-year-old sister Nattie, and me, then three Marshes. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Watching Dominique Dawes flip her way to Olympic gold in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games was the reason my sister Asiya had started gymnastics. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He’s making my baby sister mad, Because she was the one Missing a tooth, Mv fault because I was racing her around In the stroller And tipped her over Taking a corner. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister hit my elbow and said, “I want one.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She knows how hard she will hold on to the things she has, the brother and sister who fill a new place in her life. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In the story they would say, Khosrou was always so mazloom that he had no idea when his sister would trick him. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But sleep remain a stranger to this night Pray for me, Your sister, Celie. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, my sister had become a humanoid underground dweller. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Herb was relieved to see his niece and nephew this morning, and glad they were okay—but he worries about his sister and brother-in-law. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Kat’s older sister, Becka, who didn’t live with them anymore, got pregnant and had an abortion. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Finally, Dad and Mom agreed they should explain to my brothers and sisters exactly what was wrong with me and give everyone a chance to have their say. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Just—go away, okay?” he said to his sisters, holding out his hand as if to keep them at bay. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My sisters started clapping their hands and squealing with delight. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister, the one I could always talk to, didn’t want me around anymore. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed when I clowned for her, and smiled and accepted gracefully the food gifts my sister gave her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I do, whenever my big sister, Christina, has me over to baby-sit. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blurted out, worried my sister might have told my former coach that I was working at the Dollar Store. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She hesitated on the street in front of Lady Isobel’s sister’s house, and decided to slip around the rear to the servants’ entrance. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to the story, he didn’t talk to his sister, nephews, or anyone else. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need any help,” Julie grumbled, but she followed her older sister to their bedroom. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The sister admittedly sought to cover up the awkwardness of everything as much as possible, and, as time went by, she naturally got more successful at it. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

How can she be his sister and not have the slightest idea what goes on in his head, my head, anybody’s head? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

"Have I lost my wits, or did my sister just kiss me?" he asked Bronn when she was gone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

That Libby knows she is six years too old for Elliott’s younger sister. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

That I had been lonely on the farm, surrounded by brothers and sisters with lives of their own, a mother with too many cares, and a pen full of chickens. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Mami's here!" she cries out, hoping this good news will stop her little sister's tears. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She told only of the happy things—how handsome Papa had been—how wise Mama was—what a swell brother Neeley was, and how cute her baby sister was. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew then that she didn’t want to tell me how my sister had died. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

"They were your quarrels first, sister. It was you who sent me that cursed letter, you who wrote that the Lannisters had murdered yobr husband." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You were just showing off, telling Sister Mukumbu how you and your sisters weren’t coming to the rally, like you’re in charge.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His sister is with him. He’s got to go before a judge for violating his probation, but since Marcus’s family isn’t pressing charges, he’s hopeful the judge will be lenient.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“How far do you have to run?” said my sister. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

"We might almost have known you were coming,” laughs my sister, "there is just your favourite dish, potato-cakes, and even whortleberries to go with them too.” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Were Lily and James buried close to Dumbledore’s mother and sister? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

All in all, the sisters spent almost eight months in jail. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s different with a sister. One of us always apologizes. When friends have a falling-out, they don’t talk things over. They drop you. My best chum at school did that to me.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t try my sister, but she came to my room anyway. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

"This is your aunt Catelyn, baby. My sister, Lady Stark. Do you remember?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And Marmeluc answers, “He has a twin sister. She would not speak to him when he returned. I believe he cries for his sister.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She walked up to her sister and kicked the jump rope out of the way with a sigh of irritation. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When your sister cries, you were supposed to comfort her . . . but this was Casa! A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This thing was that the son of Wang Lung’s uncle cast his eyes upon the second daughter of Wang Lung, who was his cousin and by blood the same as his sister. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Daddy gave us the swings, my sister tells her. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mama was holding Mary Toy’s hand, but my little sister begged, “Will, stay by me,” and I put my arm around her, held her close. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I think it’s because I have three older sisters, and so I’ve grown up quick. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Skyla lived on the opposite side of town from Wash’s Aunt Jennie, his mother’s sister, who was just as deliberately respectable as his parents. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pointed the metal rod and froze as JimmyTrotter, my sisters, Uncle D, and Mr. Lucas hollered out, “Hot,” “Hotter,” “To the right,” “More,” “A little left,” and then “Aww!” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Her older sister was in West Side Story, last year’s high school musical. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She wrenched away from her sister's hand, stormed into her bedchamber, and barred the door behind her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I guess my sister saw me stretching out my shirts on the back of a chair and told my mom, and they figured it out. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I just stand there with my arms crossed, not ready to go back upstairs and face my sisters. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Just like I know how to lift my sisters up, I also know how to needle them just right. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the boy was lifting his sister out of the sandbox and they were going to leave, and he couldn’t let that happen yet. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“With a cactus on her forehead, and she can barely speak Spanish. This country is ruining your children, sister.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“People thought I was telling a lie to get more candy for myself! I told them, ‘You want to see my sister? Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He had already forbidden her to go about with her sisters, was he now going to keep her from accompanying a poor old woman to the doctor? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are my sister of the heart,” she said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Go get your baby sister,” he said to me and eased the grip on my arm. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Because her sister just died here awhile back. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems that you were right, Signora Spavento!'' the sister boomed loudly. “The name of our anonymous girl really is Caterina. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As midnight came, twenty-two hours after she left Hong Kong, Moon Orchid began to tell her sister that she really was going to face her husband. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Eh, well . . . Zeus insists on certain rules. Hands off, when there’s a human quest. Even when something really major is wrong. But nobody messes with my baby sister. Nobody!’ The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth explained that her little sisters were staying home because they were afraid of the dark and of all the big kids in their costumes. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They rented a hotel room in Santa Cruz, and my sister drove down from college to spend the weekend there with me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then, one by one, I found the pastel shapes of my sisters like party balloons but in the wrong party, man oh man. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't know how I feel about it yet. Have they said anything about my sister?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Little Clara was at the foot of the bed observing her sister. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the shows looked interesting, but she felt so betrayed by Lauren, so shattered that her sister would go behind her back and talk to her ex-girlfriend. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Apollo cared for Hector and for his sake helped the Trojans, and Artemis, as his sister, did so too. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran back into the girls’ yard, and there was the quiet sister all by herself. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, you have a mother, a brother, and a sister?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

How could my own sisters go on and on about being flower girls, wearing pink satin dresses, and getting their hair pressed and curled for Papa’s wedding to another woman? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

How could they have known that my mother’s big sister in Detroit had been sending us money to leave Haiti forever? American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I removed the metal top and took a sip of the frosty drink—the fizzy bubbles reminded me of my sisters' laughter. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Five: My sister Gretchen was leaving for the Rhode Island School of Design just as I was settling back into Raleigh. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Come back! Give your sister back her chocolate!” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Eighteen months later his sister was born, and five and a half years after the birth of his sister, his brother was born by Caesarean section, both in that same hospital. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Finally Moon Orchid gathered up her stuff, strings hanging and papers loose, and met her sister at the door, where they shook hands, oblivious to blocking the way. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew that she did not have the right to ask her sister about her new address, or Robbie where the train was taking him, or about the cottage in Wiltshire. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A similarity in their pert features and slender arching eyebrows indicated that they were probably brother and sister. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

My little sister had been clinging to my mom during the attack, never leaving her side. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I still want to help you with your sister’s laptop, you know?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He picked up his sister and hugged her tightly. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She needed to take care of Akira, just like the boy took care of his sister. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Thus, while Austronesian languages in China may not have survived the onslaught of Chinese dynasties, some of their sister and cousin languages did. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

My sister’s national and international ranking was climbing steadily, even though she was balancing competing with a heavy courseload at college. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Finally Anger, who had the advantage of sight, managed to yank the tooth out of her sister Wasp’s mouth. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had two older brothers and one sister. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

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

Is this where they arrest boys whose sisters listen to foreign radio stations? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Griphook here told me, he heard about it from Bill Weasley who works for the bank. One of the kids who tried to take the sword was Bill’s younger sister.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I knew I must go back now, to the morning-room, and meet Maxim’s sister and her husband. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But when I see human families all together, especially families with sticky-mouthed, giggling little sisters, I don’t like the way I feel. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The problem was that neither mother nor sister ever really wanted to play. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As to Inigo’s personal life, he was always just a trifle hungry, he had no brothers or sisters, and his mother had died in childbirth. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The younger sister of a friend of Vincent’s died after falling off a horse. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

"Terrible woman! Giving her opinion on everything. But your sister is secretive. I don't understand it. Pass the salt, will you?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I think the sisters felt sorry for her because she is some kind of orphan. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The red bricks were drugs, I found out later, when my sister told me this story. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She was like a friend, a sister— not like a Christian, more like a Jew. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

The episode where someone’s sister gets pregnant and throws up all the time and grows out of her clothes and eats all the grapes and chocolate chip cookies in the house. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Once the engagement is public, Theo confides in his sister Lies that he doesn’t know how happy his friend will be with Annie. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Never mind,” Joaquin said automatically, then felt pleased when both his sisters smiled at him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Mistress Wood is my mother’s sister. Naturally she would always want me to come.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Second, because the little girl, who I guessed was Tobias’s sister, began smooshing Delilah’s ears, which made Delilah wag her tail, and then lean against Tobias in total love with him. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The little girl walks up to her sister so they’re both facing me. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But Dede felt shy addressing their intimate problems in front of her sister and brother-in-law. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, Chit would fold himself into his yellow bug and my sister would go driving around with him. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The sister said, “I seem to remember that you speak a bit of French.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He considered waking up Boots, his two-year-old sister, just for a little distraction, but he let her sleep. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My hair was the same brown color as my sister’s, but it was long and wavy, and sometimes I still wore it in braids. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that has kept disaster away has been Maria Isabel’s oldest sister, who sends money from Texas, where she lives. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She saw her sister’s snow-white legs and naked feet. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the Burgess sisters, after all, who originated the tradition of such statues within the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lily is my older sister, in case you didn’t know, which you didn’t, because I’ve only just started the story. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Violet asked whether she could bring the blankets to her sister, to make her more comfortable during the night. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Abby, what if you became my sister? I need new sisters.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“My dearest sister, now be serious. I want to talk very seriously. Let me know every thing that I am to know, without delay. Will you tell me how long you have loved him?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

His sister says his name more urgently, and he presses the earphone to her ear. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When Zooey appeared to have difficulty in remembering something, his hesitation invariably interested all his brothers and sisters, and even held some entertainment value for them. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

When they arrived home at nightfall, Bull bore his son past his mother, his brother, and his sisters, past a birthday cake, and presents. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t go anywhere without talking about my dead sister, and every time I do, I think I might pass out or throw up. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There was no question which of these two fates my sister would prefer. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But at the same time, I felt protective, because you were my little sister, and I didn’t want him to hurt you. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were septons as well, and holy sisters in white robes and grey. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Fern kept up as best she could while I trotted fast enough to keep my sisters moving forward but not too fast for Fern. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Not like her sisters. One of them is a harpy, the other, all she does is sleep.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

My mother and older sister Annie would be busy in the kitchen preparing the food, sending out all the delicious smells riding on the breeze. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

If anything like that happened to one of my sisters...I can’t even finish the thought. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And then she said in a gentle voice, “Where are you from, little sister?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genes embedded so deep they control our eye muscles, so that two sisters have that same way of blinking, and boy twins dribble in unison. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure if he was holding on to his brother and sister more for their sake or his own. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And the good Saint Francis that said Little Sister Death, that never had a sister. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

So far as the little girl could see, there was only the one little house where she lived with her father and mother, her sister Mary and baby sister Carrie. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first she made things just for her family—dresses for Lou’s sister, Rosemary, wedding gowns for cousins and nieces. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In one of the display cases, I spotted a photograph of Mollie Burkhart sitting happily with her sisters. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

His sister, who was a hard, rather practical person, used to complain that there were too many scents at Manderley, they made her drunk. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad I wasn’t one of your sisters.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lauren was still crying and Maya didn’t want to hurt her sister any more. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His brothers and sisters, whom he had laughed with and played with and looked after.... A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I were folded into the scent of flower nectar, and arranged ourselves around a table. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And they have grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins, or even brothers or sisters who are already grown up. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Now I can go and find my sister,” she said quietly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After supper, my sister came into my room. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You encouraged her? My sister and my daughter lying to me. What did I do to deserve this?” my mom yells as her eyes grow shiny with tears. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

My sister did not start talking among nonfamily until a year after I started, but she was neat while I was messy, my hair tangled and dusty. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And that I suppose is one of your sisters.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

This is the sister I might have had. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Salvador looked down at his sister and repeated, “Mañana, mañana.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

But unfortunately for my sister, he was not a god who listened. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I had the comfort of Chandra, for we were as sisters now, and each evening after my work was finished, my books were there to welcome me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

But once we'd torn open the boxes, my sisters and I gave each other baffled looks. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My father told me having Natalie as a sister is like playing ball when you’re 100 times better than your opponent. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had even brought Frieda over when we were really little, so I could have someone besides my sisters to play with. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then her sister turns to me and says, “So you killed Christina’s boyfriend.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“After your sister’s wine-carrying, we will go to Abba to spend some time there since the campus is so empty,” she said finally. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he glanced over at his sister and muttered, “track of.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat alone to eat and talk, to be sisters together. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

My sister will be home by then too, and we get plates of buttery rice with beef chunks and kidney beans stewed in green onions, mint, and parsley. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I’m the bad daughter who didn’t deserve a quinceañera, but my parents wanted to throw a party for my dead sister. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Eleanor’s sister dwelt richly upon experiments she had heard these doctors did. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

My sister was crying so hard, it was scary. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I got home I told my sisters and my mom about the party as we sat around our big wooden kitchen table. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“My uncle died when he and my dad were little. My dad has a sister in Baton Rouge somewhere, but they don’t speak no more. It’s just me, my dad, and Mikey.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Matilde will live with her husband and start having babies and have no time for a little sister. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gerald, my sister's shadow, is sitting at our kitchen table helping Sunny make RATIFY! posters for her Equal Rights Club. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hylla rose with a murderous look on her face, but Reyna reached out with her senses, trying to share with her sister the most difficult kind of strength - restraint. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He often takes me fishing and swimming with him and introduces me to people as his new sister. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother was running a hotel with his sister in the village where he’d been born. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Neel turned to see his sister down on her hands and knees. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

After they left, my sister turned to me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Parvati found her sister, Padma, and led her over to Harry and Ron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

My real parents and brothers and sisters live far away—farther away than West Virginia or even Ohio. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

We brothers and sisters did not look at one another. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told them that my brother and sister said I had to stay here, and they asked if they could use the room anyway with me still in it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up his little sister and departed. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, my sister and I had joined my mother, who was still shaking. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He liked being a brother to my sisters and me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maria Isabel’s sister Irma tried to make it to the United States but ran out of money in Mexico and had to turn back. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m driving into New York Gty to pick up my sister from the Port Authority Bus Terminal at ten fifty.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Many a night his sister’s pack gorged on the flesh of sheep and cows and horses, the prey of men, and sometimes even on the flesh of man himself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Plus, I gotta set the example for my little sisters,” Sonny says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, they decided they had to ask the sisters for help. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she knows it, she is setting up her life as if it were an exhibit labeled neatly for those who can read: the sister who survived. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But again, he might be too pressed with invitations from his university mates to find time for a visit with a sister who was only an old spinster and a factory girl to boot. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Your sister said he was a good poker player. I guess he travels to all the Indian casinos in the country.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

And how could I explain to Grandma that learning to drive was kind of a sacred thing, and you don’t want your kid sister and your grandma along? A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

My sister decided to buy the sweater on her own. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I loved your sister. You have to believe that. Her death ruined me. It destroyed me like you can’t imagine.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Aziz lost her dad, then lost her mom, then the uncles arrived as if they had heard the news of their sister already. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

How do you talk to your sisters so they like you? Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The sister who sneaks me M&M’s during Lent, when Mom makes me give up candy and you give up soda. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My mother, who has now lost six of her seven sisters in Ville Rose and has never had the strength to return for their funerals. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“You’re wrong. The tiger walks, the sisters said. I could hear them. They were talking about you, you know.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be the one to find him and make things right for what had happened to his sister. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry for your sister and your face and your broken head.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The gods are good. I am free to heed my heart. I will wed your sweet sister, and gladly, ser." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Coach, you told her to look it up,” pipes Zion, proud of his big sister. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I had never seen my mother’s brothers and sisters before and their presence made live again in me my old shyness. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I wanted to teach students closer to my own age, but I loved helping my sisters learn. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

You’re lucky to have a sister that is one of the best cooks in the county—don’t ever think you’re not.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is really happening, you guys,” I exclaimed to my sisters as we sat around our dining room table and passed the dresses and tunics around between us. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I didn't tell him that, at the scheduled time, my sister arrived at the studio with unwashed hair and took a seat beside the dozen other New York women selected by the magazine. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

"Yes. I have your leeches drained, and sometimes the ones from your sisters at the teahouses, too." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I loved the way my sister’s hand fit in mine. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

From far away Leaf looked almost a girl, no older than Bran or one of his sisters, but close at hand she seemed far older. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her sister could crouch behind a drinking fountain and wait for him to get thirsty. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I would have an elder sister to rely on—at least for a time. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Angel is upset because she won’t be reunited with her sister for another seven years, when Skylar will be reincarnated as the son of some family in Australia. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After all, I got my sisters into this by bringing them here. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Your big sister’s right,” the old officer said, laughing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She said languidly, “This is my sister, Briony, Mrs. Jarvis. Try and remember your manners when you speak to her.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Narcissa!” said the man, opening the door a little wider, so that the light fell upon her and her sister too. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The two sisters stood across from each other for a long few seconds before Lauren finally walked into the room. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The good thing was that my sisters never used the expression “born too late” ever again. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But Chess tuned out his brother and sister. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I had been in the middle of a pep talk with the foil fencers, but I turned my back on them to deal with my sister. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I lost my little sister in a massacre, fell into the depths of poverty, and fled my homeland. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

What would she say when she learned that another sister had been murdered? Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

My sisters would love her; so would Mom. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You observed it, Mr. Darcy, I am sure,” said Miss Bingley; “and I am inclined to think that you would not wish to see your sister make such an exhibition.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I imagine my body plummeting, smacking into the bars as it falls down, and my limbs at broken angles on the pavement, just like Rita’s sister when she didn’t make it onto the roof. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We can't help but laugh each time our daddy tells us the names of his brothers and sisters. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

All I can think of is what Mami sometimes says to Lucinda when my older sister makes a face: “If looks could kill...” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

My mother might as well have slapped my sister—to have her scheme pointed out like that. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

His sister had said “I do” in the presence of a judge. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I skipped over my half sister and asked, “What did my mother want to know about me?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for bringing my sister back,” Lara says, taking a step back. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They still looked Mexican to me even though their sister insisted they were all Spanish. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And my brother and both my sisters were very good students. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ismene weeping came from the palace to stand with her sister. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he did not dare make his voice loud enough so that his sister could hear. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yep, my sister and her husband lived in some old silver trailer that was more like a TV dinner tray than a home. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

At every meal she would beseech him not to be selfish and to remember that his little sister was sick and also needed food, but it was no use. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He would cry out with rage when she stopped ladling, he would try to wrench the saucepan and spoon out of her hands, he would grab bits from his sister’s plate. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

His sister had insisted that Joffrey strip Blount of his white cloak on the grounds of treason and cowardice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She took a rusting iron box from the bottommost drawer, and carried it over to her sisters. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Two days after publication, Victoria Woodhull and her sister Tennessee Claflin were distributing three thousand copies of the paper around town when US marshals stopped them. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

His sister misliked being reminded that he was the King's Hand, and he did not wish to inflame the relations between them any further. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s not a him, sister. We know as little as the young cliff-ghast. Maybe the old grandfather was laughing at his ignorance. The word sounds as if it means ‘god destroyer.’ The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For an instant there was complete silence, and then my oldest sister giggled. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The fact that you couldn’t save your sister’s life, but you were able to save the life of this boy, Theodore Finch ...” I hang up on her. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I might quarrel but we didn’t stay mad or gone too long a period from one another’s sight. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Bobby had attended a performance of the French opera with his mother and sister at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York shortly before going to Europe. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it was the big-brother talk. ‘Don’t mess around with my sister’ and all that.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That was the best I could do for you. But now, I wish there was another way. I don’t want to lose my sister.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Could he have turned his back on a sister who was being imprisoned and hidden? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Much against her will, Jo at length consented to sacrifice a day to Mrs. Grundy, and help her sister through what she regarded as ‘a nonsensical business’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Soldiers take a vow to protect Orléans to the death. I can't, but your sister can." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

How I had stolen from the cash register and bought candy for everybody I knew, not just brothers and sisters, but strangers too and ghost children. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get some breakfast for you and those sisters of yours.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We had just met, hugged, and maybe even loved our mother, smelled the coconut oil in her big braids, and there my sisters were, wiggling like worms in a bait box. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

How much I love Isabel and Marguerite, the sisters who befriended me in my need. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And I knew if my sister was angry, then her face wouldn’t be that different. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom, way to be harsh,” Layla said, but Ivy squeezed her sister’s hand. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My mother and little sisters weren’t to blame for how things had turned out, but a part of me resented them for having to put my life on hold. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

So Harry had been brought up by his dead mother’s sister and her husband. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Tuna tower,” my sister said over her shoulder. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

"I've always loved my sister, and you owe me two answers. Do all my kin still live?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Outside, our swing set is empty finally, Cora and her sisters now gone. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I love her like a sister and I reckon she feels the same way about me. It’s always been like that. I thought you knew.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh! then—some time or other we shall be happy to hear you. Our instrument is a capital one, probably superior to——You shall try it some day. Do your sisters play and sing?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The oldest sister, Aliya, is cross-legged on the carpeted floor, folding a massive load of laundry. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I have an older brother myself, and an older sister.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When boyish Katya went to visit her sister in Moscow, she dressed in a stylish women's coat and hat. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“I know how that sister of mine is. You tell her, I know about the curse.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They were brother and sister, and cousins of the Green Grace, who greeted them with kisses when she swept in, and asked them if they had been good. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I can’t decide which of the Bronte sisters I like best. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She and her sisters led Minos out of the chamber. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“That sounds very painful. But why didn’t you explain to her that the underwear wasn’t yours, that it was your sister’s?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“No, I cannot stay; I have only brought you a little parcel my sisters left for you. I think it contains a colour-box, pencils, and paper.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

If so, why did Rasheed insist that she cover when he thought nothing of looking at the private areas of other men’s wives and sisters? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I think, moreover, that Nature was not to him that treasury of delight it was to his sisters. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And ‘Mei,’ this is common mei, as in meimei, ‘younger sister.’ The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every night Mami told me how I had failed in my duty as a female, as a sister, as the eldest. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mark Flannery had received a letter from his sister and was expecting us. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“And I need to hurry home. My sister is by herself, and...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She has walked away from Byron, five, and Melissa, ten, as well as her ten-year-old sister and eleven-year-old brother, whom she had been raising for her ailing mother. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

His sister’s thin ankles were exposed and black with frostbite. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

If I do, I’ll lose my sister for the whole summer. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“And this,” said she, “is the end of all his friend’s anxious circumspection! of all his sister’s falsehood and contrivance! the happiest, wisest, most reasonable end!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

John had not much affection for his mother and sisters, and an antipathy to me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I mean, we don’t fight much. We just like different things. What about you? You have a little sister, right?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I would rather hear the sound of roaring buses, zooming cars, and blaring music over my sisters’ constant cackling—and Mama’s too. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He dreams of a life that will include Dries’s sister Jo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I try to muster a smile, so I can send my sister on her way with a final picture of hope. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word would get around that Block such and such had partitions now, and Mama and my older sisters would walk halfway across the camp to use them. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, Carla could use the practice with her English, but that also meant she would be in the same grade as her younger sister, Sandi. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Alex would keep his sisters alive for two more weeks and the convoys would be running again. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I felt right about looking out for my sisters, but I didn’t feel brave. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m smelling one in the picture—my sister says, like a sissy. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It is the kitchen door that was opened, they are cooking potato-cakes, the house reeks of it, and to-day of course is Saturday; that will be my sister leaning over. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We washed the sisters’ thin bodies and pulled clean shifts over their heads. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran home, only to stand in front of the empty house shouting the names of his parents, two brothers, and sister. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“You know your sisters,” was all she said. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see Sarah, Addie’s sister, who was in a separate area near the washbowls and toilets. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My sister's not totally revolting all the time. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“What happened to her?” she asked, inspecting Pita’s leg as our sister lay with her eyes closed on the rustic bench. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Vincent’s sister Anna is thinking of coming to London to work. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

My Chinese brother and sister had died of an unknown sickness. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s how they want it. Now that you and your sisters are here, you can play along while I get back to my airplane models.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Noah, I’m asking Dad for a divorce. I’m going to tell him today. And I want to tell your sister myself.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

"What did you think of Prince Joff, sister? He's very gallant, don't you think?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Some time back my sisters had made some flowers for Decoration Day. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My sister Seema joked it had to have invisible layers hidden within to keep it expanding.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“My sister means one hundred fifty rupees,” I said. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Bep is currently able to get hold of notebooks, especially journals and ledgers, useful for my bookkeeping sister! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“They’re sisters. They get help once a week because they read and write everything backward.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sister has her nose buried in a book, but I still say hi once she’s close enough to hear me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Yes, we are. I am Violet Baudelaire, and this is my brother Klaus and my sister Sunny. And this is Mr. Poe, who has been arranging things for us since the death of our parents.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“How rude of us,” said the sister bear. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Now you two go to bed and get some sleep. But, por favor, give me another dollar to buy some rice for tonight. I want my sister’s children to stay and have supper with us.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The figure in question for me was an older sister of Mother’s, of a more traditional mind, who brought me to a temple when I was a small baby. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I take the letter with shaking hands, marveling at how smart my sisters must be to be able to read and write Chinese. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like your sister, they have not yet learned much fear. We have a saying down here. ‘Courage only counts when you can count.’ Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Writing was what I did best, better than being a daughter or girlfriend or sister. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Every obstacle his sister placed between himself and Clara drove him out of his mind. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard being Big Pinch, harder than his sisters would ever know. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Kelly was with her sorority sisters, and they started to leave, and she dropped her book right in front of my brother, and she kept walking. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

There she found her brothers chasing each other while her sister was standing in front of a large grill. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise sat there, and giggled when she heard her uncle fussing at his sister in the kitchen. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I was a little child then, too little to understand how sick my sister was. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ngwabi’s brothers and sisters knew that what he said was right, but they accepted they would never know what the world looked like. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Except for her hair, which was a nest of coral snakes instead of green vipers, she looked exactly like her sister. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Pylades answered, “but it will not take me long to deliver your message. Orestes, here is a letter. I bring it from your sister.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt the thump of her sister landing cross-legged beside her. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Several of my sisters were huddled near the stove doing their homework. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a whispered conversation with my sisters, bolstered by the letter I’d sent the month before. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Emily took the card back, she read what Matthew wrote: My sister is bummed about what happened to you, so she’s making me sign this. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know about clouds fighting and pushing for a fact, but I had to tell my sisters something. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dark as her sister was fair, with heavily lidded eyes and a strong jaw, she did not take her gaze from Snape as she moved to stand behind Narcissa. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I had imagined her to be proud in her isolation from the sisters, but she seems glad of my company. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Brother and sister became rivals, each scrutinizing the other with eyes full of hatred, concocting fine-edged arguments to disqualify each other in Clara’s eyes, spying on each other, and growing ever more jealous. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grinned, thinking that she’d allow her sister to return with her to plunder them, but only if Angeline changed her ways. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“We thought it best to go ahead and get him and his family out of town. They’re in Maryland, staying with Leanne’s sister.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My sister and I had memorized the lesson perfectly. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon enough, my sisters’ wedding plans turned to arguing over how to throw rose petals. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“We do need to get home to Dad and your sisters,” she says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I grabbed on to the bow and, with my sister’s help, hauled myself aboard. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“But when I nearly died, no flowers were sent, no casseroles were baked. I was selfish and crazy for wasting my life when my sister had hers taken away.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Their correspondence had consisted of terse notes, hers likely penned by one of the other sisters and signed by Sister Ignatia. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

In June of that same year, my sister was about to turn twenty-one. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

To think that her sister was sitting across from her, that her sister had come to visit her, that her sister had brought clothes for her child. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And there it is, as if he is eight years old again, crouched beside his sister on the floor of Children’s House: static. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I stick my hands in the pockets, End the bus ticket stub in one, and in the other, sure enough, the folded-up map my brothers and sisters gave me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hope that one day I too would be able to find that life balance, and pride that my little sister was charting her own successful life path. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Spending time with friends and her beloved sister Edna, she went swimming and picnicking by Lake Erie. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

After we had our fill of being on the other side, I told Miss Trotter, “I don’t understand why you can’t talk to your sister face-to-face, Miss Trotter.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

At last I have a big sister, and I could not have asked for a more loving or beautiful one. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I thought I understood the word sisters, but I couldn’t believe my ears. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the pictures she’d Scotch-taped to the walls were of TV stars, good-looking guys that Alex was pretty sure wouldn’t be welcomed at a convent, no matter how open-minded the sisters might be. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The following week my sister Jack called Mommy from her apartment in Harlem. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well?’ he said, turning round now and seeing his sister standing in the doorway, clutching the doll, her golden pigtails perfectly balanced on each shoulder, ripe for the pulling. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

The silent sisters would have seen to it at home, but this was Slaver’s Bay. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let me get my strap. Carrying on like hopping mad kangaroos in a boxing match. Delphine, you know better than to jump on your baby sister.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Maya, who had actually been doing homework at her desk for once, got out of her chair and went to sit down next to her sister. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Bridge could see this for herself, and Tab’s older sister, Celeste, who was in high school, confirmed it: “Look at Emily with the curvy new curves!” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

But there were only the two of us, my sister, Caroline, and me, and neither of us could stay. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister rises from a bench in the corner, and I can tell immediately that something is different. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We felt like canned fishes, and it was awkward to sleep and dress in a room with my sisters. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She is less ready to talk about the second wife, the new, engrossing family, stepbrothers and sisters the age of her own little one. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the Christmas money from peddling, his father had bought what toys he could for the boy and his little brother and sisters. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"So what would you have us do?" his sister .demanded. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I believe that if we can’t learn to live with our brothers and sisters here on earth, how will we get a chance to work it out in heaven? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once I tried to slip inside to see my sister, but a nurse caught me and led me back out screaming. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

We lived near this market—my father, my mother, my nine sisters and brothers and I—underground in a big pipe that had once been part of a storm sewer, but was no longer used. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He started to back out but stopped and rolled down the window as he spotted his sister going back into the house. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Because of her hair, my sister didn’t feel like I did. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Of course. Of course, little sister. Where are you? I’ll come get you.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ceremony’s about to end when I notice one of Rue’s sisters staring at me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

While I chewed my bagel, I looked around the table and tried to figure out who Erlan’s sister Ainyr would think was cool, and who she would say was a loser. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

"You've been sent to the orchestra, yes? Well. Join your very lucky sisters. Music has saved your life today." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He says, “Six—almost seven years ago my little sister called me up late at night.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Both her sisters, inexpressibly inferior to her, were splendidly married, each to a king. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you will be so amiable as to write me down the name and address of your sister?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t see Maria’s smirking face—Dylan’s sister enjoyed every second of betraying her father and the rest of the Bureau. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I only know I have failed my sister. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The only difference: her eyes glow crystal blue, like the color of the water in the Royal Harbor, while mine are an amber brown like my sisters'. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Robb’s younger sister, brown-haired, long-faced, skinny as a stick, always dirty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Your sister has died. She was sad when she died. She spoke your name and mine.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand inside my sister's hand, we walk the two blocks to P.S. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I was too busy thinking about Cosine and his little sister, Isosceles. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes a few lines but soon I'm sitting with the March sisters in their drawing room on a wintry afternoon. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Also, Gabe reminded himself, shaking off the thoughts about Nathaniel’s pretty, dark-haired sister, it wasn’t fair to her, even if he found that she did care about him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I got a couple of brothers that are the meat, a few sisters that are cheese and tomatoes, so I guess I’m the lettuce.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It's a reference book given to me by my sister Amy, and it's full of useful information. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

"I'm sorry I make you so angry. My sisters say the same thing, and also complain about the smell of my feet." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

My mother would call the police again if I didn’t bring my sister home soon. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even as I marveled at my baby sister’s potential, I couldn’t shake the nagging feeling that something wasn’t quite right with the boy in front of me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She and her twin sister, Karen, are grinning at me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

"How has my lovely and persuasive sister gotten Robert to agree to the imprisonment of his dear friend Ned?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Now he had heard the boy singing his special song to his sister in the cave and he had remembered the words. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Or what? You’re going to turn me and my little sister in to the Gestapo and let them torture a confession out of us? Is that what you want?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But it was late into the night and I had pulled my sisters out of bed on a spy mission that wasn’t worth a whipping. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Like her sister, Diana, who was eleven years older and had a good job and lived in New York City, my mom knew she had to do well in school and get out of Newark. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

My sisters, Deborah and Theresa, slept in one and I slept in the small cubicle by the door. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She coaxed her father out of his bitter moods, upheld her timorous and anxious mother, gently restrained her rebellious sister and had reached to draw an uncertain alien into the circle. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I look at my little sister and think how she has inherited the best qualities our family has to offer: my mother’s healing hands, my father’s level head, and my fight. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I’ve only heard her cry like this a few times before, like after my sister died. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I think, and roll my eyes hard at my big sister. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I could use my personal experiences as an athlete to train and inspire this younger generation, truly making a difference in their lives, including in the life of my sister Faizah. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She thought she heard him tell her that she was his very favorite sister and he liked her much, much better than Angeline. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“A lot a people are going on vacation,” Dalton’s seven-year-old sister, Sarah, says. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Artemis, my sister is lying drugged on that couch. She was almost killed. So explain yourself now!” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I, we weren’t just Trotters, Charleses, Gaithers, and Johnsons. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Park whipped around and saw Eleanor standing by the meat case with all four of her redheaded brothers and sisters. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But then I started dreaming, too, of my mother and my sisters and how it would be if I arrived in Shanghai. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Captain Vylarr," he called, "I want those taken down on die morrow. Give them to the silent sisters for cleaning." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He came all unsuspecting and Jason struck him down and his dark blood dyed his sister’s silvery robe as she shrank away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not monster movies. My sister, as usual, belittles my chosen medium. Want to know the tide?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Felicia is sullen and envious and barely speaks to her sister. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At least Baba doesn’t do any dirty work,” Neel said, watching his sister pour more rice into the flat basket on her lap. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

"They reminded me of the ones my sisters used to wear. What happened to those?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was also bringing news of the death of a sister—for nearly all of Pellinore’s family had been unfortunate. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom scolded, and instantly my sister started bawling again. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Susan B. Anthony had outlived not only her longtime friend but all of her siblings as well, except her younger sister, Mary. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And Dalton, his mother, and sister have to face the fact that they won’t be blasting off anywhere. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I had always been very careful to stay completely clear of any personal closeness with any of the Muslim sisters. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you ask your sister to help you?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t feel like seeing Claire right now. Or your sister.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

They clung to each other—big sister to little sister, bosom to bosom, their chins wrapped around each other’s necks. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hear she took the kids over to her sister’s, in Denton,” he said. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“No one. My sisters have children of their own—besides, they live very far away, we have not seen them for many years. My sons—well, they have made their lives elsewhere, as you know.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Muslim sisters, both married and single, were given an honor and respect that I’d never seen black men give to their women, and it felt wonderful to me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My sister was baptized as a baby. I was there.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

By telling the comrade sister my parents are dead, I have put a marker on Ma’s grave. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her soft voice she spoke firmly to Matthew, who was trying to grab a toy from his sister. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Because after your mother died, the schoolmate saw your sisters, by chance, while shopping for shoes at the Number One Department Store on Nanjing Dong Road. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so it came to pass, in the Eden of our mother’s womb, I was cannibalized by my sister. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I bet my buttons that was your sister. Don't want her to steal all the glory, do we? Come on, everybody! Let's give a big round of applause to our newest tribute!" trills Effie Trinket. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My dad steps out into the upstairs hallway and closes the door to my sister’s room. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I walked down to the candy store on Fulton without Uncle Darnell. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Say it loud enough for your sister to come. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were finished, Jerome took the joint from his sister. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The next he knew, he was descending the tower steps, thinking, This is my father, my sisters, how can it be none of my concern? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I click on each one, but none of them resemble my sister. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

All of Ralph’s little brothers, sisters, and cousins, hoping Matt would not notice them in the dim light, popped out from their hiding places to watch. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Grace’s little sisters look at me through their eyeglasses when I start to eat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sisters’ bodies were kept about ten miles from the dam in a makeshift morgue for victims. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I heard it on National Public Radio,” my sister said. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She has a younger sister just like I do. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She saw kind faces, people who loved her, a thickly frosted cake, a little sister and cousin by her side, a new year ahead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A brother from Ningbo who makes his sister cry with joy when he returns nine thousand dollars plus interest. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In early June my sister Gerry took me to school, but after a hurried conference between Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Flynn, I was promoted to the fifth grade and moved to a new school. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

How astonished my sisters would be to see what all I have accomplished, starting with practically nothing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed I was going to raise all my sisters’ babies! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the high school down the street, their older brothers and sisters no longer socialized together. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Gloss recalls the kindness shown here to him and his sister. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

My sister killed herself with booze and I was the one getting slapped. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s something really nice about scarfing greasy carbs with your brother and sister in the morning. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Ah! So did my sister. They were always landing on her. Sometimes, if one was on her, I could get close enough to look at its eyes. They're like gems, you know, cut with facets." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They thought my sister and I were going absolutely crazy. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

While Hatsue and her sisters sat on the couch, Hisao brought chairs from the kitchen for the FBI men—the larger one followed him everywhere. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She finally dials her sister Felicia’s number in Havana. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivanito imagines the vines and tendrils, taut and violent as a killing rope, snaking along the floor to his bed, wrapping him in place, tighter and tighter, choking off his breath while his sisters sleep. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, my sister pointed out one very important detail that helped me emerge from the bell jar: senior prom was the only prom that really mattered. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It seemed the sisters shared their father equally but they were determined to prove which one was the right and true daughter of Slim Jim Trotter. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

When we finally got our own house, her boyfriend took the bedroom, and my mom, my sister, and I slept in the living room. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Blanca called her sister only when she wanted to hear gossip or to complain about me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Darcy was writing, and Miss Bingley, seated near him, was watching the progress of his letter, and repeatedly calling off his attention by messages to his sister. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

She and her sister, the wife of a soldier stationed at Fort Monroe, entered the laboratory’s Duplicate Bridge tournament in 1947 and took second place. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

My sisters, Cecile, and I would eat egg rolls, white rice, bean pies, and fried fish before we spent another penny in the stores of the no sayers. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are two cows? I’d give those cows and more to see my sister with all her greats.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was hard to understand, but the Consistorial Court of Discipline was on the same side as the gentle sisters of Godstow Priory, sort of. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She felt almost delirious—and then she thought of Kiyoshi—all alone taking care of his sister all by himself. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My sister wasn’t able to come to the funeral. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The three sisters were fighting for real now, slapping each other as Anger tried to grab at Wasp’s face and Wasp tried to grab at Tempest’s. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

My younger sister who is a self-proclaimed-finance-whiz, says it best: Love is abstract. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My sister collected the scraps of bark and got some Elmer’s glue and pasted them back onto the tree trunk like a jigsaw puzzle. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Stella says, clamping her hand down over her sister’s mouth. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My parents were young and struggling when my sisters and brother were born. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Either it was you or it wasn’t. It’s not that complicated. She was hit at about 5:30. You would know by looking at your phone. It’s not like my sister had that many friends.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We were walking to our parish church for the Mass of the Rooster, Mama, Papa, my sisters. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you got”—I chickened out of saying “a girlfriend”—“any brothers and sisters?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He dislikes the new house almost as much as I do and always leaves it when my sisters at school. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tracy moved to Georgia to be with one of her sisters, who had decided to volunteer at Jubilee Partners, a Christian-run facility in the woods near Comer, Georgia, that worked with refugees. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Hoping to lower the price they scatter insults over their sisters’ wares, like irritating handfuls of harmless gravel. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I told your stepfather about how my sister and Aunt Betts treated me, he spoke about them without bitterness or hate. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ellie and her lover tried to kill her husband,” my sister said. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Corn Woman got tired of that she got angry she scolded her sister for bathing all day long. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Here I am, thinking all of these horrible thoughts about my dead sister. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

This was very unusual since we weren’t allowed weekday visitors and the sisters were very strict about their rules. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents reasoned that in America we could find jobs and help support my sister and brother, whose lives would not be easy in a country struggling to establish itself. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“You’re not his older sister,” he says more to himself than me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It’s the first Saturday morning of summer vacation, and the apartment is a delicate bubble—quiet, full, and round with me and all four of my sisters squeezed into one room. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Since she had lost her savings, then she could not possibly lose her sister too; the custodians of fate were not that wicked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ironically, at this point in the Games, my little sister would be of far more use to Peeta than I am. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

This is the same boy who always picks up a Snickers bar for his little sister. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Aelia and her sisters filled it with rose petals and something that must’ve been Ancient Greek Mr. Bubble, because soon the water was covered with multicolored foam. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Alice was convinced and so were the Miller sisters as they blew into cups of Postum in the kitchen. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then my sister Princesse took me aside and explained: My favorite uncle, Rumenge, the officer who always brought me treats and new clothes, had been killed in one of the conflicts in the region. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“This is my sister,” said Charles, “and this is—Bun, did you tell him your name already?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I feel the spark of jealousy again as Emily and Soojin compare stories about living with grandparents and annoying little sisters. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

"A lady does not discuss such things over her porridge. Where are your courtesies, Sansa? I swear, of late you've been near as bad as your sister." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I do have a name, you know. And so does my sister.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Me and my sister is readin’ ’em together—Shad wants us to.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She strained, squenching her eyes tight to get a picture of her sister, now gone forever. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You must taste,” said my sister, addressing the guests with her best grace—“you must taste, to finish with, such a delightful and delicious present of Uncle Pumblechook’s!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

His mother and brother and sister had come to see him and he had told them to stay home, not to come again, to forget him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bus shudders to a stop, and I take up my bag and look out at the car, where my brother and sister stand waving. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at his little sister and tried to allocate blame so it all fell on her, but he couldn’t. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes my little sister was impossible to have a conversation with. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What happened to the kid sister, to the little girl?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

As I walked toward her room, I could hear my sister crying. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They always said that about my sister, not me because I dropped dishes at them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When our turn in the next amateur bouts came up, all of my brothers and sisters were 24 there watching, along with just about everyone else I knew in town. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And my sister had to leave her senior honors class and drive me home. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She put off her sister’s reticence to that independent streak of hers. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let us wait and see, my sister. How is the family?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

My little sister held on to our grandma, her tiny fists grabbing the cloth of her blouse, her face pressed against her shoulder. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

His sister even thanked him once, which made him so warm and shivery inside, that he had to run and shout, louder than ever, at nothing. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ignoring me, he addressed his sister in a piercing treble: “Miss Megley said you must come and finish your tea!” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose you’ve spoken to your little sister yet,” she said, and turned to look at the shower curtain. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

We got the presidents of the sorority as our “big sisters,” which meant that throughout pledging, we escaped a lot of the hazing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

This story—grandparents killed in a Jeep crash, and sisters not speaking to each other—she should be bawling. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Glancing at her younger sister, Nya did not say what she was thinking: that Akeer, who was only five years old, was too small and walked too slowly. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna felt a rush of melancholy; her twin sister thought something had to have happened for her to call. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her brother ignored her for a moment but then, as if he had been judging the limits of his sister’s patience, he loped over and dropped the toy at her paws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

So I decided to confront my sisters because I just didn’t like being thought of that way. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The boy read to his brother and sisters when he had finished his day in the fields. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the time of night when I miss my sisters the most. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“But a friend to put in a word can’t hurt. Let me take you to my sister’s. She runs a boardinghouse, Number Five, it is, of the Concord Manufacturing Corporation.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

That Ray married my mom a third time—or that she married him because, according to my sister, she thinks I need a dad so badly. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Lyddie had brushed her sister’s curls and was weaving them into plaits. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

"You have to come with me," she told her sister firmly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“My sister and I both felt it. Someone said it was an earthquake, but I didn’t know whether to believe him.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t imagine the world without Deborah in it, my beautiful little sister, my soulful young friend who thought I could do no wrong. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He and his sister were all long gray string now. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Yes, strange as it sounds, this has become my home, these girls are like my sisters. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did take the time to smear the mud on the upper part of the trail while his sister waited by the bridge. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

But ever since Dinorah turned in Minerva’s treasured packet of little notes from Manolo, my open-minded sister has become quite guarded around this so-called victim. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They clapped their hands in delight and both began to walk, holding their sisters’ hands. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

His sister had oft called upon the High Septon of late, to seek the blessings of the gods in their coming struggle with Lord Stannis ... or so she would have him believe. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“She was not your sister! She was mine. Mine. Now I have no one.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was their mothers' voice, maybe their sisters'. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Think of it, my dear brothers and sisters! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need to send it to my sister.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I have never thought about what it would he like to have a sister. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My sister did make it back across the border, and my parents were none the wiser. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Usually her sister did not fetch wood with such enthusiasm. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then, “Someone killed my mother and my father and my sister.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

His sister, conscious of having been robbed of something, had set up a feeble wail. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I did not want to hear that I could not set forth to seek Hallows with a fragile and unstable sister in tow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She told him about her little brother and sister at home, who loved to crayon every piece of paper they could find, whether or not it already had type all over it. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter if they were related by blood or not: Maya was responsible for her little sister. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

"Why do you and the other big sisters wear veils now? You never did when we were at home." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I thought Robert Laurence was as goofy-looking as he’d seemed in his picture, but he kept smiling at my sister, and she kept grinning back, so I guess he was okay. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me get honey-glazed on a roll. Lettuce, tomato, mayo, provolone, sweet peppers, oil and vinegar, black pepper, meat and cheese, hot,” I rattled off like naming brothers and sisters I don’t have. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Now that I won’t ever see my dear sister, I don’t care how I go. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The silent sisters were stripping the dead men of their armor and clothes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he has a sister, a wife, a woman. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He could not remember what had happened, but he knew in his dream that in some way the lives of his mother and his sister had been sacrificed to his own. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Sansa dried her own tears as she struggled to comfort her friend They went to sleep in the same bed, cradled in each other's arms like sisters. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The silver lining was that Adria and I grew up as close as two sisters could be. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I was five and my sister was three. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“My ma had a sister who fell through the ice and drowned when they were young.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I went with my sister Kathy, and when we walked into his hospital room, it was a brutal shock. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mami, and my brother and sister who lived only a few breaths. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eunice had a lot of nerve and a lot of mouth, asking me why my sisters and I were back at the Center. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Must be real rough having a sick little sister.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I loved looking across the room during practices and seeing my sister doing her own routines. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My mom walked out, and I needed my sister. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was like her self-forgetfulness to transfer the remark to my sister, and to get up and be busy about her, making her more comfortable; “that’s sadly true!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

My parents and older brothers and sisters, like most of the internees, accepted their lot and did what they could to make the best of a bad situation. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex asked, but he did as Jimmy told him, banging on his sisters’ bedroom door until he was sure they were awake. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was the last she knew of her sister Leah. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed along with my sisters when the kitten scolded the mice before they scattered, running in every direction. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The Ghost, realizing his mistake, draws his crossbow and points it at my sister, but there’s no way to shoot his way out of this. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Some,” allowed Homeless Harry, “not many. Rhaegar’s sister has dragons. Rhaegar’s son does not. We do not have the strength to take the realm without Daenerys and her army. Her Unsullied.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But also, if it hadn’t been for the massacre, I would still have my sister Deborah. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I know it wasn’t nice of me to do that, and though the kid didn’t hear me, I know his sister did. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I had a wonderful mother and father and three little sisters. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

No natural sister should love a stranger more than a brother, I thought, and what sort of daughter prefers a teacher to her own father? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

While slipping past my mother and sister, I chanced a look. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Instantly, Fifi began to cry, so that right away, my aunt's suspicions were confirmed: I had dragged my little sister against her will to this dirty place. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I sit on the steps of our hut with Kim, Chou, and Geak, watching our parents disappear to bring my oldest sister home to us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night, however, her dear though unseen husband spoke gravely to her and warned her that danger in the shape of her two sisters was approaching. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told him about Orchid Witch and Bonfire, who were like her younger sisters, and he told her of the abbey, and the orchard, where once he’d played Tizerkane warriors. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He came to stay with us and left behind a bottle of Old Spice cologne in the upstairs bathroom I shared with my brother and sister. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Henry’s sister, Nerissa, as you might have gleaned, was not a possible choice. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It must be so depressing,” my sister and, of course, fellow Alzheimer’s orphan writes to me, but not at all. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s find out what your sister has learned.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when the day was very unfavourable, his sisters would expostulate. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was grim and silent the whole visit, no matter how hard Sofía and her sisters tried to engage him in conversation. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Isa interrupted, so caught up in her own thoughts she didn’t hear her sister. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I would not have my sister thinking she needed to starve to stay with me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Olanna wanted to hold her sister for much longer, to smell that familiar scent of home. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She says this baby is the spitting image of our sister who died, with his wavy black hair, his lovely blue eyes, and the gorgeous eyebrows. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The sisters didn't know it at the time, but it would be ten years before they'd be reunited. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He addressed his sister: “Give me your attention a second. Where’s the camera? I have to have it immediately. Where is it?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I wonder if this is what having big sisters would be like. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Others say that he made Apollo angry and that the god by a trick got his sister to slay him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the little duties were faithfully done each day, and many of her sisters’ also, for they were forgetful, and the house seemed like a clock whose pendulum was gone a-visiting. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my room, I plopped down on the floor of the bedroom I shared with my sister Asiya. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Charles told his sister Caroline that Lyell said “it beat all other nonsense he has ever read on the subject.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can’t wring his hands over his sister now, or about his niece’s choice of traveling companions. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I said, “Yes, ma’am, she goes on and on talking ’bout how she would die happy if she could get just one more look at my sister. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

My mother would try to console me, telling me, “Ibtihaj, when you have three sisters, you have all of the girlfriends you need. You don’t need your teammates to be your friends.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

By this time she has hurried down the porch steps and retrieved my sister. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Everybody was very quiet about standing in line, even my pretend brother and sister and all the other kids. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Or, in my grandparents’ case, the circling worked like this: as they paced around the deck the first time, Lefty and Desdemona were still brother and sister. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you just marry Mama?” my sister Viola complained. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

So instead, my parents tried to scrape together every penny to pay for my sister's college in full. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I heard my sisters stir beside me, muttering as they woke, and I knew it was working. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The Tajik had said that if not for Massoud, the other man’s sister would still be “giving it” to Soviet soldiers. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Now my sister throws me another "be nice" look. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I always said that on the phone, like there was someone else who might call her “Mom,” even though I don’t have any brothers or sisters. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My sister does not want to know any of the fancy programs, she only wants to know HOW TO TYPE. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

My sister whirled and dove under the table and curled into a tight knot of screaming, helpless, naked fear; there was nothing I could do to protect her or myself. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

So in 1847, the Stantons moved to Seneca Falls, a small mill town in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, where Elizabeth’s sister Tryphena and brother-in-law Edward Bayard lived. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

My little sister came up and said Momma was on the floor, and I was like “Tell Momma to get up an’ I’ll be right down.” Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Your hauberk must have rusted away, sister," he threw back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I guess Jeri was my little sister’s name, so I changed the spelling for his name. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that must be Mama, no?” one of my sisters would whisper excitedly, pointing to another small woman completely engulfed in a tower of presents. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why, I’ve a mind to telegraph my sister’s boy in Topeka. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Aaron squawked a little, and Layla shifted next to Ivy, so she knew her sister was holding him now. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But he thought a sister who gave me a “pad,” not charging me rent, not even running me out to find “some slave,” couldn’t be all bad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just once I wish I could hug my little sister or tell my dad I love him too. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

After all, next term was coming, and it never hurt a sixth grader to have a play sister in the eighth grade, or a tenth-year student to be able to call a twelfth grader Bubba. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was either Angela’s much older sister or her young mother. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Lily seemed to be pleading with her sister; Harry moved closer to listen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“And who are these sisters? What do they do?” said Alice, her face pale, her eyes blazing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z