| 单词 | sixth |
| 例句 | Then I moved here at the end of sixth grade, and after a few weeks, we stopped texting each other so much. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He would squeeze his eyes shut, hold his breath, and rub the clay between his fingers, trying desperately to detect whatever was different about a fifth or sixth draining. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I spoke across a vast gym floor to six hundred and fifty sixth, seventh, and eighth graders arrayed in bleachers before me. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s sharp and stings my nose as soon as I walk into sixth period. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Afterward there was a reception for the fifth and sixth graders under a huge white tent in the back of the school. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Some sixth sense warned Constance to get off the road to a hiding place. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They will come on Mother’s Day, and the sixth graders will put on a play in honor of our moth- ers and the foreigners. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m in the sixth grade, am I not? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In Egypt as well, food production began in the sixth millennium B.C. with the arrival of Southwest Asian crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He is eleven years old, in the sixth grade, on a school field trip of some historical intent. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But by the sixth year, at thirteen and sixteen, they were too old to even pretend it was funny. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I have to admit, John had guts talking back to a sixth grader like that. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z She grieved when her children had to leave school after the sixth grade and go out working. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As I went down the list, I noticed that a third Osage Indian had died under Mathis’s guardianship, and so had a fourth, and a fifth, and a sixth. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I bet he wrote stuff when he was in the sixth grade, too. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I’ve been writing since the sixth grade, when my mom bought me a fancy gold journal that came with the smallest lock and key I’d ever seen. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “So if there was once a sixth borough, then what are the five boroughs?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s as if Lorena just told him I had a sixth toe or something. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There is an episode in the sixth season of Star Trek: The Next Generation called “Chain of Command.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z If she says, Actually, I don’t want to miss sixth period, I will disconnect. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He hadn't been counting really, but he thought this was his sixth. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I finished the sixth grade, if that is what is called education.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And I’m pretty sure it was me who ate five cookie cones at the Ren Faire in sixth grade, and then vomited into a wax mold of my own hand. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Transpose parts up a major sixth for alto sax, and up an octave plus a major sixth for bari sax. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Mrs. Olinski thought, how unusual to find four sixth graders who listen to one another sympathetically, unselfishly. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Behind him, I could see a few kids I didn’t know — probably sixth graders on their way somewhere — looking in. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He explained patiently how some of the sixth- grade classes moved around for math and reading and science, but Miss Harris kept the same group all day. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z All chords will tend towards pure fifths and thirds, as well as seconds, fourths, sixths, and sevenths that reflect the harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z My fingers feel his stumps, where his sixth fingers were trying to grow. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Together, they joined Savanna and Gretchen, a sixth grader, who were waiting for them by the exit. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z There are all reasons why this sixth or fifth or ninth child cannot be, he would tell them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I pull open the heavy front door right as the bell rings at the end of sixth period. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I scarfed the food-diaper down on the walk to my building and wiped my face as I rode the elevator up to the sixth floor. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z No western school even dared to compete until Stanford appeared in 1912, only to finish a distant sixth. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I would start off the sixth grade looking like a schoolmarm on Gunsmoke. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z But what I hear, still ringing in my mind’s ear, is the Glee Club I belonged to, made up of girls from the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we take another elevator to the sixth floor, where Caitlin’s apartment sits, halfway down a long, carpeted hall. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Venkatesh, who is a thoughtful, handsome, and well-built but not aberrationally brave person, had made his way up to the sixth floor, trying to find someone willing to take his survey. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I beat the sixth, the seventh, and the eighth graders. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z How did such a monstrous thing ever get up to the sixth floor? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In sixth grade, we had a babysitter from Mama's church who wore this charm bracelet. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z As we park, a sixth grader wheels by on a bicycle, a clear plastic trash bag of links over his shoulder. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I’m impressed with the team that shows up—most of the art club, a lot of kids from the meeting, and about twenty sixth graders. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It was a great relief when, on the sixth day, Grandpa’s four-wheeler broke down and Tyler and Luke took it apart to find the trouble. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They’re big complainers—“their” gym is being hogged by a bunch of do-gooders; where are they supposed to shoot around before school; sixth and seventh graders will volunteer for anything; blah, blah, blah. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He counted along the moons, stopping at the sixth one. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But it all changed when I graduated from sixth grade and enrolled in a junior high that accommodated several different elementary schools. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Well, sixth graders are the opposite of that. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The fifth and the sixth bullets hit him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Though educated only through the sixth grade, Katherines father was a mathematical whiz who could tell how many board feet a tree would yield just by looking at it. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The oldest boy in Miss Blunt’s sixth grade was nearly nineteen, and he had three contemporaries. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Further fact: No sixth grade had ever competed against the eighth because no sixth grade had ever gotten that far. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z One summer afternoon—in my sixth year—while peering under the swinging doors of the neighborhood saloon, a black man caught hold of my arm and dragged me into its smoky and noisy depths. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, in order to be promoted, every student in third, sixth, and eighth grade had to manage a minimum score on the standardized, multiple-choice exam known as the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Even when they’d finally quieted down, the sixth graders glowered at one another suspiciously. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s like he never matured past sixth grade, so his parents just bought him bigger and bigger toys. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Waiting for me to decide how I want to live the rest of sixth grade. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I woke up early that morning and lay in bed, looking at the stars and savoring the thought of not going to work and of starting sixth grade for the first time that year. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z No one had expected them to trounce the other two sixth grades, but they did. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z In 1576, a few years before Bruno’s Oxford lecture, Digges had published a sixth edition of his father Leonard’s perpetual almanac, A Prognostication Everlasting. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z On the sixth day, there were more trees, but I was too dazed by hunger to realize their significance. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I was also about to start middle school, where I would be a lowly sixth grader. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The man is the fifth or sixth driver murdered in the last two months. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I show up in the middle of sixth grade, all the friend groups have been set for years. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It was afternoon, late August, the end of the long, lonely summer after sixth grade. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In sixth grade, all the girls had been taken to the auditorium for a special film on the subject. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “The Sunshine Buddies for the sixth grade have arrived at last, so we can get started.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I am in math class, sometime during the winter of sixth grade. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z These names bothered me in sixth grade when I was excited to start middle school and make friends. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z As my sixth month approached, Mother left San Francisco for Alaska. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But they were just gossiping about who’s going out with who in the sixth form, and playing Police singles. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Then Brooke, and that sixth grader with the guitar I heard rehearsing in the stairwell, and, of course, the Great Timdini.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The table is crowded again, because the sixth chair is squished next to Byrd again. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I am not too modest to admit that in sixth grade, I had serious game. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Be it known to all men that my negro, Primus Provo, has been freed by me this sixth day of August, 1859. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z According to most accounts, he was born in the sixth century BC on Samos, a Greek island off the coast of Turkey famed lor a temple to Hera and for really good wine. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Sorry, Moss! Turns out I couldn’t read my own schedule, cuz I definitely thought that I didn’t have a sixth period on Fridays.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A few months earlier, on the first day of sixth grade, Carol Horning came into class wearing a slight but unmistakably self-satisfied smile. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Do you think they’ll make a sixth one?” she asked. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The jail contains six cells; the sixth, the one reserved for female prisoners, is actually an isolated unit situated inside the Sheriff’s Residence—indeed, it adjoins the Meiers’ kitchen. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “So we were in PE, you know, and we had to go to the outside track and run a mile. And I have PE sixth period, right?” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Lincoln was sixth on the bill—making “Dedicatory Remarks” after music from Birgfield’s Band and the Marine Band, a prayer, a hymn, and the main speaker. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z A woman in the sixth row immediately stood up and raised her hand. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z I’m his only friend and that’s because he lives down the hall from us on the sixth floor of our apartment building. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z "It seems all of our sixth grade is one happy family. Go ahead," she said. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He was aware of it—everybody in town was—but up until the sixth grade Permian was off-limits to him because the school system was segregated. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Adele received her South Carolina foster care license on my sixth birthday, but she was told it would take several more months before the interstate paperwork would allow us to travel. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z At twelve, though, Carla was at least a year older than most sixth graders, and she felt mortified at the thought of having to repeat yet another year. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Faizah was in a good position to qualify for the Olympic team as well because her national ranking was around fifth or sixth place. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z So Auggie had to go to the hospital instead of going to my sixth birthday party. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z On the sixth day there was a mighty storm, and they caught six fine lightning bolts in their copper box. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z For three years, from sixth to eighth grade, Ben would go to the courts adjacent to the Centre Theater in Alexandria, Virginia, to learn the fundamentals from boys much older and stronger than he. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was in the sixth grade, right after his father first got sick. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I had found Dr. Minerva—the sixth one that Dr. Barney and I tried—and found her quiet, no-nonsense attitude amenable to my issues. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z It seems Principal Wertz called my mother when I failed to come back for the rest of third period, or show up for my fourth-, fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-period classes. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The sixth grade began to find out that April had a way of making life interesting. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a neighborhood peopled by fifth and sixth generation Americans, whereas in the Nolan neighborhood, if you could prove you had been born in America, it was equivalent to a Mayflower standing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z That might have been true in sixth grade. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The sixth man ran from the carnage . . . but not far. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On the sixth hour, at which time, my lord, You said our work should cease. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Ishmael stopped and watched the fifth and sixth men draw fire, then gathered himself and thrashed out of the water while the men ahead of him ran for it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z On the morning of the sixth day the dribble of cylinders slowed down. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z One day I asked Nofaleyyah if she would let me touch her sixth finger. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z I was the school champion in sixth grade. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Strider now turned their course again north-eastwards, and on the sixth day they reached the top of a long slow-climbing slope, and saw far ahead a huddle of wooded hills. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Bridge had been picked for the tournament once, at the end of sixth grade. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z We led off the sixth with a hit. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We watched them in broadcast order, starting with The Original Series, though things got complicated after the fifth season of The Next Generation, since its sixth season overlapped Deep Space Nine. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The bell rings and we pack up for sixth period. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z A sixth grader tumbles to the mat and has to join the spectators on the grass. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The holes were actually sensory organs that gave the shark a sixth sense and helped her seek prey. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Tommy almost got himself killed before a pitch was thrown in the sixth game on Sunday. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z When Sapo and I were in the sixth grade we would play hooky by going there to play hide and seek, hang out. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “This is sixth grade, Merci,” she says, as if I don’t know. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z And just so you know, I could do the rope in under two minutes—which hardly any other sixth grader could do — and so what if I had to use my legs. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z Finally, on his sixth try, the loop neatly encircled the shining moon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I was put back in sixth grade because I’d missed most of it back home. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z In sixth grade, a bunch of kids including Margo and Chuck and me were forced by our parents to take ballroom dancing lessons at the Crown School of Humiliation, Degradation, and Dance. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Based east of Lima in the Andes heights, it first became prominent in the sixth century a.d.—a bad time to be launching a nation on the Pacific side of South America. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The sixth floor consisted of dormitory rooms for the out-of-town students. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Mrs. Olinski said, "By the time they get to sixth grade, honor roll students won't risk making a mistake, and sometimes to be successful, you have to risk making mistakes." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The school nurse had come in and taught a first-aid unit to the sixth graders earlier that year, and Chess was proud of himself for remembering the symptoms. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Second, Wes failed the sixth grade at “Chicken Pen” and had to repeat it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The description of Danaë in the wooden chest was the most famous passage of a famous poem by Simonides of Ceos, a great lyric poet who lived in the sixth century. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s been trading mutual funds since he was in the sixth grade, and Malcolm thinks he’s a god. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z His cousins grabbed on to the sixth car from the end. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The majority of sixth graders sided with the thief, concluding that Vermeer’s early and late works were indeed suspicious. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Mam says surely I’m ready for sixth class. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z We tied for top grades in first through sixth. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z And sixth, when Wednesday morning came around and I walked in with a bag of five cream puffs—which was as far as a one-week allowance stretches—it was pretty clear that I was doomed. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z It was now November, and although the sixth of the month brought a blizzard, the Antarctic summer was reaching its peak. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Two years before Margaret Draper retired, the district reorganized its school system and sent sixth graders to middle school instead of elementary. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Kids were pointing her out to curious sixth graders who had also heard about the note. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z And even though I have no info on him at all, nothing to tell me who this person might be, a chill runs through me from head to toe, some sixth sense of certainty. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z By the time I entered sixth grade, I was beginning to wonder if I’d be able to maintain my sanity until graduation, still six long years away. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was the end of January and we had just returned from Fresno where I had started the sixth grade in Mr. Lema’s class in November. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z All the sixth graders have to sit in the front of the bus, while all the eighth graders lord it over everyone else in the back. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Instead of improving by one full point between fifth and sixth grade, as would be expected, they improved by 1.7 points, nearly two grades’ worth. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And Diego has mad sixth sense for that kind of thing, right? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z By the time we get to sixth period, the portables’ air conditioners have been struggling along for seven hours, with the doors constantly opening and closing. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She had to be in sixth grade, but she had the body of a third grader and the face of a drunken grandmother. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure drags the heavy rag rug from the floor of Madame Manec’s apartment all the way to the sixth floor and drapes it over her quilt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Where she kneels on the sixth floor alone, as a dozen American bombers roar toward her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z By sixth period the whole school knew: Stargirl had been invited to become a cheerleader and had said yes. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Small kids were perched on tabletops because there weren't enough chairs, and the Epiphany sixth graders stood like caryatids leaning against three of the four walls of the room. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z On my last full day, the sixth day, the old man took me out fishing on the Rainy River. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn't matter how often my mom told me I was beautiful, because I knew the truth: I had peaked in sixth grade. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “I think I know what the sixth Horcrux is. I wonder what you will say when I confess that I have been curious for a while about the behavior of the snake, Nagini?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I did not know then that when I started sixth grade, I would be living in the state of divorce and New York. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z There were five houses alight, the flames grasping for a sixth. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Mrs. Olinski's sixth graders were David versus the eighth grade Goliath, and the kids with the slingshots knew how to use them. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “You ever heard of having something called the sixth sense?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Then in China between the second and sixth centuries, paper, ink and printing with carved wooden blocks were all invented, permitting many copies of a work to be made and distributed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I still remember the day in sixth grade when my teacher, whose name was Mr. Lawson, caught me studying that map of the Pacific when I should have been doing my math. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “As you will recall, you all registered as Democrats or Republicans in the sixth grade—” “Or Independents,” Addie pipes up. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z As his old rival Specify flew to the victory, Seabiscuit labored in sixth, Kayak eighth. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As the tallest boy in the sixth grade, I was on the honor guard and was scheduled to carry the flag at the graduation exercises, an honor I almost missed because of God’s revenge. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z That wasn’t the science we learned in the sixth grade, but I wasn’t going to contradict my great-grandmother, especially if Fern would begin to eat. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z At the end of the summer vacation he went to the seventh grade at the middle school, while I was in the sixth grade at the grammar school. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z So he had prayed the rain away, and for the sixth year it was dry; the grass turned yellow and it did not grow. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z On the sixth day, when the storm had ended, I went to the place where the canoes had been hidden, and let myself down over the cliff. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z With one sixth earth’s gravity, the moon would be a comfortable place to live. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I completed the first draft of this book on the sixth anniversary of my adoption. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Girls wear makeup in sixth grade? Do girls in your class do that this year?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It was almost as though Kaisa had a sixth sense about it, for she never came when Lady Isobel was home. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because I was promoted to the sixth grade?” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z A few days later the sixth Exhibition of the Independents begins in Paris. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The monks arrived as early as the fifth and sixth centuries a.d., having sailed and rowed from the west coast of Ireland. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No wonder she was the only sixth grader who had to bring an extra set of clothes to school. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z By the time I completed sixth grade, I weighed over 200 pounds. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She had been left back so many times that at fourteen she was still in the sixth grade. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z After the sixth stop, he asked the conductor when the next train returned to the city. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Elementary school goes through sixth grade here, so this is our first year in middle school, and even though we’re already halfway through the school year, I still haven’t figured out the point of homeroom. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z She’d had my parents come in to discuss skipping me to sixth grade. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She remembered a girl way back in the sixth grade named Celeste. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z This was the sixth English class of the term. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no sixth taste on the hoard. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Apparently, he is the “poet laureate of the sixth grade.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z And so the following weekend, Ron joined Hermione and the rest of the sixth years who would turn seventeen in time to take the test in a fortnight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The sixth man, Samuel Blair, who had been carried out of the shed by the molasses wave, had ended up on the beach close to North End Park. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He couldn’t show it because I was just a sixth grader and he was an eighth grader, but he knew, all right. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z There were seven rooms, each a different color, one blue, one purple, one green, one orange, another white, the sixth violet, and the seventh shrouded in black velvet. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered him tucking me in, and us listening to a person speaking Greek on the shortwave radio, and him telling me a story about New York’s sixth borough. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The nearly two hundred sixth graders poured into the library, and the teachers shouted out directions: “Blue group sits here.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “That was forever ago! We’re in sixth grade now. You need to get over it.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z In sixth grade he told me glumly, as we stood in line in front of the auditorium door, waiting to go in for Friday square dancing, that I was plain. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I just want to be an ordinary sixth grader, with an ordinary life.... The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Lema, the sixth grade teacher, greeted me and assigned me a desk. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Drawing his last game and coming in sixth, Bobby Fischer became the youngest chess player ever to qualify to play in the Candidates tournament, and the youngest international grandmaster in the history of the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The sixth section was a rich dark green. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Otherwise, he was home by six PM for dinner and found time to coach my softball team in sixth grade. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “This was the first production I was ever in, back when I was in sixth grade, and I’ve loved it ever since. We’ll sing the songs in class tomorrow.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z There are three hundred kids in sixth grade alone. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Slowly the old boat sank, and settled on the sixth step. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t look Jewish to me,” I said, thinking of Melissa Miller in sixth grade. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Although it was only the sixth round out of twenty-two, for Bobby everything that followed from Bronstein was an emotional anticlimax. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z By the end of our sixth trip to France, the house was finished and I’d learned a total of 1,564 words. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Once on the sixth floor she searched alertly for the number in her address book. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Pindar, the greatest lyric poet of Greece, began to write toward the end of the sixth century. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The moment the elevator opens on the sixth floor, I rush out and ring the doorbell, excited to tell Mami the news. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I shrug, because this is sixth grade and I am not going to yell at Maddy or, worse, cry in the middle of the cafeteria. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “There!”yelled a sixth year, pointing over the forest. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Three hours later—Luke and Toby hadn’t had a class together since sixth grade—Toby walked into the lunchroom, cool as anything. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z When the secret ballots were counted, Emily won by a single vote, there being exactly one more girl than boy in the sixth grade. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z In sixth grade, we’d had most of our core classes together. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The world’s sixth most important crop in terms of annual harvest, this large tuber has been fundamental to Amazonian diets for 7,000 years or more. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Fourth grade, sixth grade, and seventh. Crushes from long ago.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z And instead of the eighth graders, who’ve moved on to high school, we have a crop of sixth graders who seem as uncertain as I must have been last year. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Cassius Clay had extended the invitation as a sixth wedding anniversary present to Malcolm X and Sister Betty, and they had accepted most gratefully. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until the sixth round, at which point Bobby had barely compiled an even score, that he was tested by one of the true greats of the game, David Bronstein of the Soviet Union. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I dig out a one-piece that she’s had since swim class in sixth grade, holding it up to her with a smirk. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z If this is the way it is, some of us will continue to wear out and come unhinged in the sixth decade, and some much later, depending on genetic timetables. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Silly things like my pink pillowcases, my record collection, my award for being the best speller in sixth grade. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I was counting the strokes, and as the sixth one hit me, I knew I was going to survive in silence. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Pictures George trying to shove a sixth chair into the perfectly set round table above. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The summer between the fifth and sixth grades was going very well. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Then he looked at the rest of the eighth graders, and all the seventh and sixth graders, too. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z Even if a fifth grader started out the period with a ball, it was sure to be in the hands of a sixth or seventh grader before the hour was half over. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z That was at the beginning of the sixth grade, last year. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z At the start of the school year, a bunch of sixth graders confused me for a teacher while they were trying to find the auditorium. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z I don’t add that, last I knew, Jason had a crush on Teresa Conchetti, and that he actually stood up for her once in sixth grade when Dallas was calling her Terry Conchesty. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I studied night and day and within two weeks I was promoted to the sixth grade. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They hadn't even been friends in the sixth grade. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Birmingham Middle has sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z People still remark about how extraordinary it was to have four sixth graders make it to the finals. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The beam flickered on after the fifth or sixth try. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z For the whole rest of sixth grade, Hunter wasn’t allowed within twenty feet of Max, and so far this year, he was keeping away. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “That was sixth grade, Amina. Everyone goes to the dances in seventh grade. You have to come.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z But on the afternoon of the sixth of August, she reads the following lines to Etienne on the davenport in his study: Was it true that Captain Nemo never left the Nautilus? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It starts changing almost instantly after you tell me you like Dylan Parker, and by the summer before sixth grade, it is all different. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In my sixth year at Huntington Park, January 1965, she came to teach English as a Second Language and immediately caught my eye. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z They always took cabs and you’d only see them walking when they were past Ninety- sixth Street, where El Barrio ends. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Apparently, every sixth bell he told a story. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Sixth graders go to the right. Everyone come in. Come in. Good morning. Go to your staging areas. Fifth graders to the left, sixth grade to the right. . .” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The sixth bed had a white privacy curtain drawn around it. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “And one was missing, because they knew where five of them were but not the sixth....I bet this is it.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I usually get a feeling about the prey that I’m hunting, a sixth sense, if you will. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They’d climb the stairs to the sixth floor and break into the offices of the Democratic National Committee—the objective was to place listening devices and photograph key documents. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The sixth labor, was to drive away the Stymphalian birds, which were a plague to the people of Stymphalus because of their enormous numbers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There is something about sudden darkness in a classroom of twenty-four sixth graders that sets off mischief. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Seven rows back, Dana Matherson was tormenting a sixth grader named Louis. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He must’ve been held back several grades, because he was the only sixth grader with acne and the start of a wispy beard on his chin. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It was not until afterwards that Sam recalled that the date was October the sixth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z That’s why I was kind of nervous about what was going to happen if Byron ever got out of sixth grade and went to junior high school before I caught up to him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The sixth graders are going to do the Blast from the Past rehearsal next. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z After the sixth inning, the scout left the stands. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In that fifth/sixth grade class, I didn’t know how to say any of this. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Last year they made me sit on the bench with the other sixth graders. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z While in the elevator, on our way to the sixth floor of the intensive care unit, I thought about how my dad would look. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “And the myself in sixth grade is the real myself?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z To compensate for this, you must write the part a major sixth higher than your C part. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Five, as far as we know. There are rumors of a sixth, but...” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The sixth shot grazed my pants leg gentle as a kitten rubbing itself ’gainst my shin. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Not even thirteen stitches, enough that I could have mumbled to my dad: “You shoulda seen the other sixth grader.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Looking at him as he reads the letter a sixth time aloud, I realize he's sort of weeping. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The new term started next morning with a pleasant surprise for the sixth years: a large sign had been pinned to the common room notice boards overnight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z An hour later, I’m on my sixth cup of coffee at the Hungarian pastry shop on Amsterdam Avenue. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z So then last year was the beginning of sixth grade. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Tomorrow is the last day of sixth grade. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But in the sixth century B.C., in Ionia, a new concept developed, one of the great ideas of the human species. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For sixth period, I worked in the attendance office, so I knew every one of your classes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z "So you see it, too? I tried telling him to give up, but he said he's been in love with Chantal since sixth grade." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z One thing was clear to the sixth graders: In spite of their discussions earlier in the year with Ms. Hussey, the letter as a form of communication was very much alive. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I’d attended school in the real world up until the sixth grade. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I know there wasn’t really a sixth borough. I mean, objectively.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Congo had national finals for sixth and twelfth grades. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z "Or been driven away," their father said, looking at the sixth pup. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z No one wanted to dance with the tallest girl in the sixth grade. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z With my hand in hers, we catch up with the rest of the family and begin our sixth day of marching. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe all paranoids had a sort of sixth sense for detecting places that wanted to lock them up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The sixth and seventh graders hugged and giggled, reunited after months apart. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Harding entered the Republican convention that summer sixth among a field of six. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But Mama forgave me as usual, and I focused instead on the coming graduation from the sixth grade. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The final week of sixth grade and the start of summer break creeping up mean prime relocation time. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I guess it’s obvious that Jimmy was kind of weird, because no normal person would have given forty- minute-a-day jobs to three sixth graders. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z On the fifth day—or was it the sixth? Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He had this uncanny sixth sense—he always knew when we disobeyed him. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The deliveries were light on the sixth day of the week, and after I finished my chores at the store, I was let off early. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z When these sixth-grade students reached seventh grade, they averaged 5.5—more than two grade levels below standard and even worse than they did in sixth grade. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z This sixth stage always instantly eliminated what so often defeats the average social agencies—the characteristic addict’s hostility and suspicion. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z On the sixth Sunday the gentleman appeared with a yellow rose in his hand. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They came in fourth and sixth places, delighted that Mario had ended dead last. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z And it wasn’t like there would be some crime ring going around kidnapping kids from any family who had a second grader, a fourth grader, and a sixth grader. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There was something both heartbreaking and awesome about that big boy being scared of some fifth/sixth grade special kids. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Usually at about the sixth time through he’d snap at us to shut it. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Early sixth period, right after lunch, my brother is called down to the principal’s office. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z When I was in the sixth grade, my parents gave me a baseball glove and a typewriter for my birthday. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Proclaiming victory, Euergetes rushed back to Alexandria with a mountain of loot, including as many as twenty-five hundred Egyptian cult statues originally taken by the Persians back in the sixth century. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z All I wanted was to start the sixth grade with a sixth-grade look. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Remember when I tore the cartilage in my knee? During that basketball game back in sixth grade?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The party from New York took up two rows, front and center, on the sixth and final night of Les Mis at Truman. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z This chant, also called plainchant or plainsong, has by default often been described as ‘Gregorian’ chant, after Gregory the Great, who was Pope at the end of the sixth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Jack and I walked right behind a couple of sixth graders into the building, and then followed them to the auditorium. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Then she wrote it down again in fourth period, erased it during fifth, and finally perfected it in sixth. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I hated telling her I was only going into the sixth grade when she was going into the eighth grade. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, we know from recorded history that English really was carried from there to England by invading Anglo-Saxons in the fifth and sixth centuries A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Not when I realized it was going to be my sixth lucky thing,” I said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the sixth graders could see how dopey that was. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z When she took off her coat, Mrs. Attison and her sixth sense of decorum caught sight of Aileen’s dress from across the room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z There was some giggling because he didn’t say it the right way—welcome to the sixth grade, class six-three—but also because he spoke with two accents. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I think the teachers just didn’t want to scare the brand-new sixth graders into switching schools. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She spends hours kneeling by herself on the sixth floor with the window open and the sea hurling arctic air into the room, her fingers on the model of Saint-Malo slowly going numb. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He lived in a world shining and fresh and as uninspected as Eden on the sixth day. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Even though he was in the eighth grade and I was in sixth. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z In 1937, she placed sixth in a long-distance air race that called for sixteen hours of flying in a single day. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Balance was the sixth sense, which she won when she first learned to walk, and now she has the seventh one—knowledge of the world. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Some people have a sixth sense, and some are duds at it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if he knows that I came into sixth grade wondering what would ever become of me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z To her four sixth graders puberty was something they could spell and define but had yet to experience. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Remember in the sixth grade when I didn't give you a valentine? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z At the Union Baptist Church, where her family worshiped, she had been an enthusiastic member of the junior choir ever since her sixth birthday. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Ted was in his third year in pre-med, his choice, he told me, ever since he dissected a fetal pig in the sixth grade. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z What matters now, as we near the end of sixth grade, is that freezing urine is easy. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z And Levy, not Wong, represented the best mind and the warmest heart in all of the sixth grade. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z When I was in sixth grade, my mom bought me all these books about puberty and adolescence, so I would appreciate what a “beautiful” and “natural” and “miraculous” transformation I was going through. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z At two o’clock in the morning, the Colonel took his sixth shot of vodka, grimaced, then frantically motioned with his hand toward the bottle of Mountain Dew I was drinking. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The bell rings for the end of sixth period and we start to get up and Kristina stops dead in her tracks. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Then, sixth grade: Tiny was playing third base, and I was at first. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z There’s nothing about any of my report cards since sixth grade that have my parents expecting to find me graduating from an Ivy League school. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Ken Kamata and Toby Alvillar were just about the most disgusting boys in the sixth grade, in a fascinating sort of way. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Principal Marcelo comes onstage and says, “Thank you, sixth graders, for the brilliant performance. Well done! Now it’s time for the students to present cards they’ve made to their mothers.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z By the sixth week of sixth grade, Ms. Hussey still wasn’t a disappointment. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z "What is the difference between a pig sty and the sixth grade?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The sixth through tenth nights I made my second favorite dinner: pizza. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “It’s all right, Professor, it’s all right!” said Harry loudly, his hands shaking so badly he could hardly scoop up the sixth gobletful of potion; the basin was now half empty. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She was in the sixth grade, a grade memorable for the things she learned in class and out. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z On the morning of the sixth day since Shinae had deserted them, there was a loud knocking on their front gate. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Striding swiftly over the meadow some sixth sense told Cluny that all was not right. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I trip up the steps, landing flat on the sixth floor. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Several older boys—sixth graders—leap to their feet. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Okay, it was a big cafeteria, but I’d been working my way up to that position since the very first day of sixth grade. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z But then again, in sixth grade, Jase promised not to punch my arm if I ate a live earthworm, so I ate a live earthworm and then he punched me in the face. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Mom had explained once that sometimes when kids got into sixth or seventh grade, they started getting embarrassed easily. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But he would never get to have his sixth birthday party. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It was as though all those layers of cloud were gradually being peeled away until, at last, on the sixth day they rode with the Xi, they saw the sun. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I get there a second before him and press the button for the sixth floor, and as the door closes, we are panting and breathless. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z It was the sixth day, and the next day was my mother’s birthday. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The surface was level and solid and firm, and he easily kept his balance in the strange gravitational field where everything weighed only one sixth its earth weight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Petey, a sixth grader, blushes red, drops his foil, and leaves the gym. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Roy was an old pro at being the new kid; Trace Middle was the sixth school he had attended since he’d started going to school. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll start up here on the sixth floor and work our way down,” Goddard told the others. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Across the lawn, Bunny had finally made his shot; the ball went wide of the sixth and seventh arches but, incredibly, hit the turning stake. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And I remember a time she did this in sixth grade. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Evan wished that Scott hadn't shown up, but he had, and they needed the sixth guy for three-on-three since Jack had gone home to ask his mom if they could all swim at his house. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z People began to say that to me about the time I was in sixth grade. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman eyed me coldly and said, “All seventh and eighth graders are in portable classrooms. The main building is for sixth graders only.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The sixth night, just before midnight, Nat went on deck for his watch. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d already read it—in sixth grade, I think—but I was desperate. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “You must not remember sixth grade,” Lee Lee says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Isn’t this exciting?” she said for the sixth time since they’d sat down. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But by the sixth inning, they were gone. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I made the hole with a baseball bat Mack gave me for my sixth birthday. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “February fourth,” the voice said, “thirty-two. February fifth—three hundred and twenty-one. February sixth . . .” The accordion door wasn’t latched, so I peeked in. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At school, in sixth grade, my teacher suggested that I start keeping a diary. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The nun who was the principal had suggested that Carla stay back a year in sixth grade, where they still had two spaces left. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Yet here you are, getting ready to start the sixth grade using fourth-grade words. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z This was the start of our sixth day on the water. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z On the sixth day, I came in contact with humans. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Raising my hand in class, making friends with Elizabeth and Micah; I’m very different from the girl I was at the start of sixth grade. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She points to the steep flight of stairs leading from our sixth floor to the fifth floor below. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Middle school is sixth grade, I remind her. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I called her after sixth period, from a stairwell. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Yankees have the bases loaded in the top of the sixth and the cable dies on me.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I was shocked to read that the sixth graders are supposed to return to school on Thursday. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And there they were in damp cardboard boxes all strewn around some random room on the sixth floor. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Mama touched her face, then said, “There’s a school only twenty minutes away. Hanako, we’re going to start you in sixth grade, and you’ll be in seventh when the new school year starts in April.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It’s like Beatriz cast a spell on everybody to not talk to Stephanie for the rest of the day, even the sixth graders. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The fourth and fifth were too small and the sixth brought acclaim from everyone, including Mother, who joined in the Gees, Goshes, and Look-at-thats! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The door pulled open and Terryl’s daughter, a sixth grader, chilly from waiting outside for a few minutes, climbed inside. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Emily rounded a corner, passing the papier-mache witch hats decorated by sixth graders that lined the windows of the library. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Then she smiled and I remembered to smile back and that was how Aunt Gloria became my sixth friend. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z After he signed his name, he wrote, “Remember life is short, and two months is the sixth part of the year, and that year, the first, from which for my part, things shall hereafter date.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z By the sixth, I have to remind myself to be careful. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But, in the sixth grade, I broke my own rule. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Knowing that they would be competing with grade seven, she added their questions to her sixth grade set. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Even though she’s only in sixth grade and all the other kids are in seventh and eighth, Zoey’s the best one on her team. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “They’re on the sixth floor now. Four or five guys. One’s got on a cowboy hat. One’s got on a sweatshirt. It looks like...guns! They’ve got guns. It’s trouble!” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Since sixth grade? That’s not true. I see you every day.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z That year I was twelve years old, in sixth grade. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His sixth sense told him who the man was. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On the sixth floor, the stairs appear to end. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Du Barry had us celebrate their sixth birthday two nights ago. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She reads me the article: ‘“Spaulding Street Elementary’s talented academic team of fifth and sixth graders won the local Whiz Kids quiz competition last night by a score of eighty-six to eighty-five. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I discovered Emerson’s soporific qualities the hard way, by falling asleep with my face in the book, drooling all over an essay called “Self-Reliance” and having the vending-machine dream for the sixth time that week. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Fred had played trumpet in the school jazz band since sixth grade, but he didn’t listen to jazz at home. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The front seats are mostly occupied by kids who are squirming so nervously, they must be sixth graders. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z For sixth and lastly, the spittle of a bird. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z After the fifth or sixth time, he snapped at them to be quiet. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z "Ares 3 was a failure, but we can salvage something from it. We're funded for five Ares missions. I think we can get Congress to fund a sixth." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell reminded me of my sixth grade locker—and that’s not a good thing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Miss Mallory had already cleared space in the hallway for a sixth trophy. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A new weapon appeared and those of us who had traveled to three or four bases mastering the old one were sent on to a fifth, sixth, and seventh to master the new. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z On the sixth floor of Number 4 rue Vauborel, Marie-Laure crawls beneath her bed and clamps the stone and little model house to her chest. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She was a student at the Academy of Sages; she was in her sixth year, nearly ready to receive the mark. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The three of them are all in the sixth grade. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z They were sitting beside the fire in the common room; the only other people awake were fellow sixth years. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She takes an empty seat behind the sixth graders. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Then Matthew went into the sixth grade and his classmate wanted to start a band, so her brother took up the guitar. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She’d send me right back to Yancy, remind me that I had to try harder, even if this was my sixth school in six years and I was probably going to be kicked out again. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I threw a runner out trying to steal second base and we had a double play in both the sixth and the seventh. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When she at last came out on the sixth floor, she found Pauline standing in the open doorway. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This means that on each I would replace the fifth note, first with a seventh then with a sixth, making two different chords, one after another. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The sixth was white as milk, with golden rings through her nipples and her nether lips, the seventh black as a squid’s ink. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Snape had given them so much homework, Harry thought he was likely to be in the sixth year before he finished it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z At PacificVista Middle, the sixth graders had a separate building and a different lunch period, so we never had to run into Conner and the Morons last year. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z It was on the sixth day after the storm, when I was exploring on south beach, that I heard the birds. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Dieter had a sixth sense that told him I was somehow out of place in the Academy, and he didn’t like things that were out of place. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z By the sixth morning, I felt ready to explode with frustration. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the start of sixth grade, my parents had promised me a tablet if I made the honor roll all year. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Ever since she’d gotten her own cell phone at the start of sixth grade, she was constantly on her phone, messaging other people and checking celebrity sites. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z But the sixth was the longest minute of them all—the embarrassing walk to the principal's office. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z For the rest of the day, Harry was besieged with requests from the other sixth years to describe the sensation of Apparition. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z At lunch recess, Doug Swieteck’s brother lurched across the field, sixth graders scurrying out of his way as if he was a southwest wind about to blister them all over. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Especially that he remembers a vocabulary word from sixth grade. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Most fifth and sixth graders try to look cool. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z The day of his sixth birthday, Mother baked a cake, a special one with raspberry jam dripping down the sides. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z And also because we've averaged about two classes together every year since the sixth grade. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I was at the end of my sixth month when my childhood friend Mo- hamed arrived at the center. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Seventh grade started out even worse than the sixth. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Once upon a time, New York City had a sixth borough.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Harry watched, astounded, as Dumbledore placed the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth keys in their respective locks, reopening the trunk, and each time revealing different contents. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “It contains the main office, the cafeteria, the library, and the sixth- grade classrooms.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There were five of us in the race: me, Webb, two other seventh graders, and a sixth grader. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z It’s filled with different-colored inks, reds and blues and blacks, and a couple of sparkly fluorescent colors from a gel pen kit I got back in sixth grade. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I started drinking and smoking moderately in the summer after sixth grade. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The east wing, which was sixth, seventh, and eighth grade. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The students in classroom A averaged 5.8 on their sixth- grade tests, which is a full grade level below where they should be. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z His father was in the ladies’ undergarment business with his brothers, on the sixth floor of what is now a fancy loft at Broadway and Spring Street in S0H0. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z On the sixth- floor landing, she pauses beneath the chandelier and tries to listen. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It would have been better if it had turned out to be a stranger—a sixth or eighth grader I didn’t see in homeroom every day. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z We'd be moving into the sixth house we'd lived in since we arrived in America, while my high school friends continued to occupy their childhood homes. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Finally, after struggling for English words, I managed to tell her that I wanted to enroll in the sixth grade. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Fact: No sixth grade team had ever defeated a seventh grade team. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z And for Mrs. Olinski that was not until Bowl Day was over and so was the work of her four sixth graders. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z In the sixth grade there was a boy in my class who had a steel plate in his skull and was always complaining how test answers could never get through to him. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “We are on the sixth floor. It’s a good bed, isn’t it? I thought you and your papa would be able to rest well here.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “I’m in the sixth grade at Hazelwood Middle School.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles had a rather startling talent for forgery which, according to Camilla, dated from early childhood—expert report-card signatures by the fourth grade, entire excuse notes by the sixth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Basically the third floor is entirely the sixth grade, the second floor is the seventh grade, and the first floor is the eighth grade, with a few exceptions. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Orthodox monks smuggled silk out of China in the sixth century. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My social situation at Strack Intermediate hadn’t improved one bit since sixth grade. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I’m going to put you into Miss Harris’s class. We have some departmentalization in the sixth grade, but. . .” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z A couple of sixth graders rushed up to support Cap on the other side. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z How could she believe that I’m in the sixth day of a severe cold, when I have not coughed or sneezed even one time? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The ward was on the sixth floor of the hospital, which was lit up and colorful. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Emma almost got distracted thinking about how weird life must be in sixth grade. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z "It was the sixth grade. It was nothing." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The sixth photo was a high school graduation picture of Dad, his Afro so big, it didn’t fit in the frame. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “The—the Commandant has requested you and Aspirant Aquilla to report to her office at—at sixth bell.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They stood not far from the Citadel-gate, in the sixth circle, nigh to its southward wall, and about them was a garden and a greensward with trees, the only such place in the City. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Some little kids walk by, reminding me that I’m in sixth grade—the highest grade in this school. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Notice that the fourth harmonic is also twice the frequency of the second harmonic, and the sixth harmonic is also twice the frequency of the third harmonic. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The crowd—every sixth, seventh, and eighth grader at Chumley Prep—settles down. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Underneath the sixth act, was an announcement in large letters. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We murmured as we followed him inside the building, up the steps to the sixth graders’ floor, and into our new classroom. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Anya plunged the key into the sixth door and turned it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z When Brother Jacques used the word a sixth time and a weary battalion of students struggled to their feet to perform their task, Obie saw a small smile play on the lips of the teacher. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt ready for the sixth grade and couldn’t wait to be in Miss Honeywell’s class. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z It’s not California I long for anymore, or even Dad—it’s sixth grade and another year with Mr. Terupt. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z When middle school started, they were the set of sixth graders who drew creatures on their homework and did not fight. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The following August, Francis, called Frank, joined the family as the sixth child. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But this year Wayne Pettis would be in the sixth grade. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The girl’s face went fifty shades of red and, as if she had a sixth sense for that kind of thing, her mother poked her head over her daughter’s shoulder. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The school had spoken with her last year about moving me straight to sixth grade after Jay and I both finished fourth, and she thought it was a good idea. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He squeezed his way past knees and seat backs in the sixth row and walked down the aisle to where Mr. Larson stood. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “It all sounds like something a sixth- former would make up.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z After my sixth fruitless trip to Imre I decided to abandon my search. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I’ve always had a sixth sense for spotting a trend coming, and I was right on the ball. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I love being a sixth year. And we’re going to be getting free time this year. Whole periods when we can just sit up here and relax.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z When I started sixth grade, the other kids made fun of Brian and me because we were so skinny. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “None of the girls in the sixth grade believe that Ben’s on the team. They say they never heard of him.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Three sixth graders asked for my autograph on a baseball, which I gave them. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z And one time when she was only a third grader, Chess had seen her wade into a pile of sixth graders who were fighting, and she’d screamed, “Don’t hit the little guy!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I swear, adults act worse than sixth graders sometimes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then Matthew went into the sixth grade and his classmate wanted to start a band, so her brother took up the guitar. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In the sixth century the pope, John I, asked him to extend the Easter tables. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It was a very short conversation, however, because I cut him off by asking him to recite pi to the sixth digit, claiming it was an entrance requirement, regardless of the shoes. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was a drunkard in my sixth year, before I had begun school. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks after the show, Mrs. Rappaport announced another project—a class election for someone to represent the sixth grade at the Christmas Assembly. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z By my reckoning, it was the sixth conditional offer the government had made for my release in the past ten years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Michael brushed the mop of brown hair out of his eyes, looked once at his mom in the sixth row, and then at Cara Landry in the fourth row. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z After a low-key night eating leftover pizza and watching The Late Show with Marcus and Todd on the sixth floor, I said good night and headed for my room at about one thirty. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He had in his possession, he said, a marble statue dating from the sixth century BC. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Did you that Jamaica has the sixth highest murder rate in the world?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z It’s sixth period chorus and as usual I’m not the only one ignoring the teacher. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In sixth grade, she said so in class. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There were more on the morning of the seventh than on the sixth. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “So you want to tell me what a sixth grader was doing in the eighth-grade side of the locker room, in an eighth-grade fight?” he said. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z He’s trying to tell me he remembers that one time we danced at the masquerade ball back in sixth grade, just like I do! From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But in America, I got placed in sixth grade. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z On our next to last day on the trail, our sixth since setting off from Rockfish Gap, we were walking along beneath dull skies when there came an abrupt, cold roaring of wind. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I needed to remember I was in sixth grade and not in eighth grade, and I was not the hero who was supposed to be going to the rescue all the time. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z I look away from him, but not before his words send my sixth sense tingling. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The sixth graders are determined to make more links than everybody else, so they skimp on the glue and their chain comes apart. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Then he says that he saw me picking on a sixth grader today and decided to intervene. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Finally, as Glenn prepared to serve for the sixth game, Siobhan saw her father run his hand across his neck in a slicing motion. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In sixth grade, Miss Perry had insisted we all learn to compose proper letters in formal language. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z When I get to sixth period, I see Mrs. Walton has made some big changes in the room. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z 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 When I took my hand away from my eyes, I saw the dairy truck disappear down the highway and watched the noisy sixth graders run out onto the field for gym. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z But when my father picked up the telephone on the sixth or seventh ring, his voice, beery and irritated, gave me a hard, dry feeling in my throat and I hung up. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It’s a chaotic mess as new sixth graders try to figure out where to go and seventh and eighth graders push each other around. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She sat down on one of the made-up twin beds and—it was the fifth or sixth ring—picked up the phone. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z We were still deep into our space phase when my sixth birthday rolled around, so my parents decided to have my party at the planetarium. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z My mother only went up to the sixth grade because it was not the custom for a woman to get an education. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Like when she returned two weeks late into the beginning of the school year in sixth grade. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z While he was inside it struck a sixth time, still on the port—left—side of the boat just above the waterline, and he could feel the hull flex with the blow. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z On the afternoon of the sixth day, we came to a tiny depot, where a train waited for us. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z We’ve been in school together since sixth grade, and in that entire time, I’ve probably exchanged fifteen words with both of them combined. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Our flat was in the sixth arrondissement, near the Luxembourg Gardens. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z This boy in the sixth form was sitting his A levels. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Three, and then I was thinking about that and lying in the bed staring up at the ceiling, and I could see the stars that we stuck up there in like sixth grade or whatever. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z With the sixth, she manages to saw open a quadrant and bend up the lid with the blade of the knife. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In sixth grade, he said his mom was on tour with Beyonce as her hairstylist. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Of the six who were with the team at the beginning of practice in August, five were starters and the sixth was hurt. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I take my piece of candy and walk over to my best friends, Suesetta and Phyllis, who are sitting in the sixth row, right side. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I was kind of lagging behind on the sixth graders because they weren’t in the C Average yearbook. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It’s the bottom of the sixth and we’re up by three, but the opposing team is at bat. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z It wasn't until the sixth event of the afternoon that two of the contestants were finally injured. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “You guys have been inseparable forever. I remember when we were doing Where the Red Fern Grows in sixth grade and we were reading book reports in front of the class.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z On his fifth or sixth step, he barely missed colliding with his mother, who had just come out of her bedroom. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z It was strange to be in the very same room with first graders and sixth graders and all the graders between. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I said Vonetta and Fern were driving me crazy and that I couldn’t wait for school to start so I could officially be in the sixth grade. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z My parents had only gone to sixth grade—they’d never had a chance for a class discussion like that. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z There were some little ones in kindergarten and first and second grade, but not in fifth and sixth. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The sixth level of the marionette range, in a simple reading like this, stood for affirmation: yes, she should. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “I only went to sixth grade, but even I know twenty-nine plus two equals thirty-one.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Before he started sixth grade Nick was Nick again, and all through junior high and high school and college, he proved it. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Turning westward they came at length to a door in the rearward wall of the sixth circle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The fifth and sixth, containing the first-class and air-conditioned passengers, telescoped into each other, killing the passengers in their sleep. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A group of sixth graders races past me on their scooters. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The coach continued, “OK, let’s get started. Gino, you’re the captain. Take them twice around the field. Then were going to break into sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade groups and start calisthenics. Let’s move out.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And like as not, when they sent the bank statement out, she would want to know why I never deposited my salary until the sixth. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He was into his fifth or sixth beer. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And a pair of two-egg twin hearts sank and settled on the step above the sixth. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z While all the other girls sprouted breasts between sixth and seventh grade, my chest was as flat as my back. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z My class was, in some ways, the equivalent of seventh grade, perhaps even sixth or fifth. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Judges tend to imagine the police have a sixth sense—or some kind of special police training—that qualifies them to identify people who are guilty of drug crimes without any evidence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She sent one of the sixth graders in for Maya, who got a loud ovation from the fans. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But other than one do-gooder teacher in sixth grade—who they ignored and was gone a year later anyway—no teacher or principal or any other adult had ever said a thing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Emily rounded a corner, passing the papier-mache witch hats decorated by sixth graders that lined the windows of the library. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Granddaughter, today is one of the saddest days in my long life, in all our lives. You, my sixth grandchild, must go away, far away....” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z And most of the other sixth graders never lost part of their pay since they had full-time maids to do the chores instead of a cleaning lady only twice a week. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He said he likes to watch the sixth graders he teaches grow up to be teenagers and adults. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Then something—a sixth sense? the shadowshaper magic kicking in?—something told her to turn around. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z A sixth grader wouldn’t dare step to an eighth grader. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It was a wonder Mrs. Peterson had promoted him to the sixth grade with the rest of us. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Trying to help her memory, Roberto added, “He also bought me a pair of shoes when he saw mine were worn out. I was in the sixth grade.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z For two summers, after fifth and sixth grades, Davis and I had gone to Sad Camp together, which is what we’d called Camp Spero, this place down in Brown County for kids with dead parents. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z After the sixth and seventh graders went back to class, we stayed for refreshments. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Had he been able to stand, he’d have been no more than five feet tall, and he’d probably have fit into a sixth grader’s jeans. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Because my parents could not themselves write English, they had dictated it to my sister, who was now in her sixth year of school. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the kids in sixth grade have friends from elementary school, but I don’t think Sara does. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z A dyslexic, hyperactive boy with a D+ report card, kicked out of school for the sixth time in six years. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z And the voice coming out of the laptop was saying, “The kidnapped children are in second and fourth and sixth grade.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The happening no sixth grader could avoid, unless her parents forbade her to go. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Finally, and worst, tall and thin Aisha Foster was hurting so badly that after the fifth or sixth time she just curled up on the floor and cried. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To make matter worse for Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton announced that she was pregnant again, with her sixth baby. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Baba always tells me how good I am, but since sixth grade started, Mama hasn’t even looked at my drawings. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I walked back up the steps, this time past our floor and to the sixth. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Five minutes behind us was the second wave, then the third, the fourth, the fifth, and the sixth. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z That was where we celebrated Amelia’s sixth birthday. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And in the sixth month, she began to cough up blood. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z In the middle of sixth grade, Mrs. Wexler pulled all the Frequent Flyers together in her little office. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Our tiny group that year was a fifth/sixth grade class—this too was a school experiment. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z "It's stupid. . . . Tina and I went together in the sixth grade. Not that we ever went anywhere or did anything." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z On the sixth day, he presented his arm and she took it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The last thread that joined them to the world was broken on the sixth month of pregnancy when they received a letter that obviously was not from the wise Catalonian. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The bus dropped him off in front of Hazelwood Middle School, where he was in sixth grade. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a tall and burly sixth year and, at the moment, his eyes were gleaming with a crazed enthusiasm. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z As sixth graders, we had only been allowed to do sixth-grade activities. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I pull the sixth tape from my pocket and swap it with the one inside the Walkman. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z They’ve liked each other since sixth grade, and if your feelings can survive the awkwardness of middle school you should stop playing around and go out. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Second floor, third, fourth fifth sixth, left turn into her grandfather’s room. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I lost this power in sixth grade for lack of practice, the teacher a generous man. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He dropped his voice so that none of the sixth years could hear him and told them all about the Marauder’s Map. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z By the time we are in sixth grade, at the Eugene Field Memorial Middle School, everything is different. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z So an entire roomful of children in classroom A suddenly got very smart one year and very dim the next, or more likely, their sixth- grade teacher worked some magic with her pencil. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The closest security guard bounded up the stairs from the sixth floor and onto the roof, in time to see the scythes stepping out. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z As hungry as I was, all I could think was that they made you dance with a boy in the sixth grade. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “I started a petition after you left yesterday to get you back into school. All the sixth graders signed it.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Our sixth grade teacher, who liked to explain things to children, let us read our files. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “For the clubs fair—sixth period,” one explained. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z There would have been a sixth, but the Usurper’s dogs had murdered her brother’s son when he was still a babe at the breast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Eagle wheeled around, his sixth sense detecting Insubordination To Authority Figures. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Her brother was eleven and heading into sixth grade. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The eighth graders have the second floor, and the sixth graders have the first floor. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As sixth graders who were taking the test in the eighth month of the academic year, these students needed to achieve an average score of 6.8 to be considered up to national standards. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z At my line, I hang back, avoiding Tobias, who is busy picking on some unlucky sixth graders. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He was in sixth grade and had grown four inches in the past year. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z How long would a man that thought the first of the month came on the sixth last in business. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hey. Where were you before sixth period? Tab and I waited by your locker.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The tallest girl in the sixth grade, wearing a ruffled party dress with bows. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z They got on well together, mistress and maid, and by the sixth month of her stay, Michael-Mary suggested that she learn how to type. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, two weeks into sixth grade, Mike Deluca moved across the street from me. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “Always sixth grade. They never get past sixth.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Neither one of us had a proper home of our own growing up—you orphaned and me leaving home after sixth grade. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It would be like everyone else was in the sixth grade and I was in the fifth. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She looked terrified at the sight of the approaching sixth years and dropped the heavy brass scales she was carrying. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z If they were careful, the food could last until the twenty- sixth. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The small mahogany table with the picture of me from sixth grade. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The interval between A and F is a sixth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He’s always had a sixth sense for Deckers who will spend their final hours creating chaos. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I was in sixth grade, and I went. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Ever since they were the only two girls in the sixth grade who were afraid of gymnastics, they’d always been there for each other. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I don’t know the sixth graders very well—they have different recess times. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Even sixth graders felt they had the right to scowl in my direction. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z All the PTA mothers looked forward to sewing dresses, teaching their sons to do the box step, and giving assemblies on how sixth graders are expected to behave at the dance. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Even Rukia Marshall looked like a sixth grader, and she wore a cloth on her head. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Of the sixth in the long row, nothing remained but a single leg, still tangled in its chains, swaying with each breeze. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to be the sixth man,” I say. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “So if there was once a sixth borough, then what are the five boroughs?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “If only we’d done human Transfiguration already! But I don’t think we start that until sixth year, and it can go badly wrong if you don’t know what you’re doing. “ Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Mr.Thomas L. O’Halloran teaches three classes in one room, sixth, seventh, eighth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z By the third week in September, although the sixth graders were still teasing April—from a safe distance—they were beginning to think of her rather proudly, as their own private oddball. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I was developing a sixth sense for when trouble was coming my way. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I don’t want to talk about what happened at St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church, South Grove, Massachusetts, sixty-seven days after the end of sixth grade, just four days before the start of seventh grade. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z On the sixth day since their parting from the King they journeyed through a wood climbing down from the hills at the feet of the Misty Mountains that now marched on their right hand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z After giving his name, he is told to take the elevator to the sixth floor, and then to wait in an empty room, the walls painted a rich dark blue. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Once upon a time, New York City had a sixth borough.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z My school that year was different from the one I had attended for those few horrible weeks of sixth grade. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z |
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