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That’s when he started running his workshop out of our yard. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
“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
She got right back in his face and started shouting at him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
He began at the beginning and spoke it from start to finish in the same words. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Of course were not going to leave well enough alone. We’re going to start up our spy hunt again first thing tomorrow.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
Big Ma stepped away from me and started turning in circles, wringing her hands. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z
By the time the three of them sat down on a bench, Joaquin bookended by his two sisters, his breath was starting to come back a little. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
Papa said Lord make us thankful for these and all our blessin’s for Christ sake a-men and started slicing the ham. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
But Mr. Randolph seemed to know each word, prompting her gently if she started to stumble on an unfamiliar one, and joining her, powerfully and musically, on his own favorite lines. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z
Some people start committing crimes when they’re young and keep on committing them, progressing from burglary to robbery to murder. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
When the bombings started, villagers fled for the mountains, as the government had hoped. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
“Liam told me you’re not playing football. Good for you. Ever since he started, his grades have been abysmal. I’m tempted to make him quit the team.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
They lunged at her, and everything started to spin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
"I invented it forty-one years ago. Had this lightweight, skin so thin would start bleeding if his mother kissed him. Lightning Lou Epp, real good little—" "I need a headguard," said Red. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
Except for the beautiful fairy and a number of giants, everyone started back to the house, including Father. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
Then he shook the sun out of his eyes and started removing the staples that held the wires in place on the chewed-up post. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
Luke turned and started back to the living room. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
“It was a fairness issue, honey. It wasn’t right that you got suspended while nothing happened to the boy who started the fight.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
And that was when I started spending lots of time with Roger. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Polly changed quickly into the stiff black uniform, inwardly praying that perhaps this would be the start of her move up to the main house and out of the kitchen with the slaves. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then I start pulling the food out of the trash, putting it back on the shelf, trying to match her pace. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
As cheerful voices and bursts of laughter from my Worlds Party floated in through my window, mixing with the rhythm of “Burn,” I collapsed onto my bedroom floor and started bawling. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
He’d always been a little grumpy, but then he started drinking a lot. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z
Eventually the window sills were completely done—two coats—and my mother had Nathan start on the wood railing of our front porch. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
Instead of writing the information in notebooks, I started to use a little tape recorder. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z
“Anyway, I know lots of women who never wear the hijab. Even my mama didn’t start wearing it until after she got married.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
Someone suggested that one person hold a butterfly net behind the tailpipe while another person start the car, which would allow the engine exhaust to blast the ferret out into the net. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
When a confused dream woke her with a start sometime in the night, Mo was still sitting up in bed, the open book in his hand. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
They started up the steps, and the closer they got, the more Needles stepped back. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
Out of the corner of my eye, I could see them all just fine, but if I focused on any one of them in particular, they started looking . . . transparent. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
As the females greeted one another, he got a good running start and re-created Anastasia’s charge. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
I had been waiting for her to start shouting, so I could shout back and cry and blame her for all my misery. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was Sourmelina’s belief that the soul didn’t enter the body until a child started speaking. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
I knew that was a lie, but 1 helped Jack get up, and we started walking over to Amos. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
Dad mumbled something about finding a phone to call the insurance company while Dr. Somerset started toward another family. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
The crowd started to notice him, started cheering him on. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
He ran down the gravel to the main road and then started running west away from Washington and Millsburg—and the old Perkins place. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z
A hot, angry knot started forming in Pong's stomach. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
I started shaking my head, lost yet again, but there it was: The same butterfly tattoo. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
I started to feel that fluttery anxiousness, so I stopped thinking and tried to pay attention to the parents’ conversation. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
Subsistence is a convenient facet of society with which to start, since it in turn affected other facets. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
I ask as he starts to head back to the door. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
“Well, I was going to start by telling you that Raizel is investigating a lead down in the Stockyards.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
I started up the embankment, slipping in the mud. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
She started laughing again, and that made me laugh, too. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
“I want you to listen to me. To finish what I started to say once.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z
“Look. I came, didn’t I? Don’t start pushing me before I’m hardly off the plane. My god, I’ve been gone thirteen years, and you still think you can tell me what to do.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z
I feel as though I might start crying. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
She jerks her hand free and starts walking. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
Who’d have thought you hadn’t better sense than to start home in a perfect blizzard?’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
I woke the next day with a start, to chill sunlight and the thump of a stereo down the hall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
The skinny bald man settled himself comfortably against a stump and started drinking. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
It was like starting school all over again, having unsuspecting adults pass me on the stairway. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
“And I see your wounds are healed up now. So you can start doing your share of the work in this house—” The girl was nodding quickly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z
She handed them to the man, who grabbed the autopsy report book and started reading. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
I start hanging out across the street from the Quinns’ house. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
He called it the hardest sudoku ever made, with only 23 of the 81 squares filled in at the start. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
And once that starts, I know the teacher will have a point to prove. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
It only makes sense to start with the worst of the worst. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
“Walk up to her and say, ‘Hey, mama, let’s you and me start working on the lambada so we look good for the natives at the dance.’ 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Thunder! That was thunder!” everybody started saying to each other in voices that were giggly with relief. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Screw that," Cal said, "I'm starting at the top. And I'm getting you a girl, too." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
Now everyone would know he’d been out and start in on him. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z
Sookie started to jog ahead and I felt torn between wanting to get inside the arc right away and not wanting to leave Dad and Mr. Patterson behind. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
We started seeing other flocks of geese in the sky. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
I suggested that we split up and start searching, but Dad said no way, it was too risky. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
It is in these moments that I wish for John Kwang to start speaking the other tongue we know; somehow our English can’t touch what I want to say. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Sitting under the gulmohur tree, I start singing my favorite songs. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
“So, everybody relax a bit while I take attendance, and then when we’re finished with that, I’ll start telling you about all the fun stuff we’re going to be doing this year—in English.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
I awaken with a start and imagine I hear the goat still picking at the cliffwall, climbing to the mere. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z
She started ducking beneath arms and darting into whatever space she could find, making her way toward the rear of the crowd. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
After the longest morning of my life, I printed out all the letters I’d written, signed them and started delivering them face to face, like a man, like a soldier. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
After he got punched, Sal started playing basketball in the alley behind our building. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z
Farmer started by asking what I was going to say about Che Guevara. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
She quickly pulled out her books and started reading, surely to avoid having to talk to me anymore. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
When she was sure of the blue line of flame, she finished her sewing and started in on the last preparations for dinner. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
He covered her head with his fingers and started to twist her neck. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Even before the Quarter Quell, people were starting to stock up on scarce supplies.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
Later she said, “Sandra, what did you do? Why did this girl hug me and start crying?” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
Black started to laugh, a horrible, mirthless laugh that filled the whole room. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
“If they was black they could slip in some signifying along with the laughing and dancing and then skip right to the fighting before the drinking even started.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
She didn’t think she would win, but she did think she could use the election as a way to start a conversation about topics she considered important, including female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
The Savage violently started and, uncovering his face, looked round. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
He would start to eat them, and if he ate them, he got full and wouldn’t dig anymore, so I took them away from him until he found me all I wanted. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
They started the next morning, with lunch at the nearby Eagle Pub and some gooseberry pie. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
I swear to God, Mr. Wellins looked so emotionally moved, I thought he was going to start sobbing. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
“I saw that in the movies. They shot the start of the movie from the roof. Then they went down in the street and shot the same thing. It was cool.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
In a swift motion, Uncle Phil grabs me around the waist and starts tickling me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
He started to yell for Dusty, thought better of it, and went to work arranging the dirty stuff himself. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
Finally, Daddy started the truck and turned east on the state road, just two lanes in those days. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z
A scholar named Thomas Cole, however, published an ingenious speculative essay in 1991.2 Corax’s name—giving extra piquancy to the judge’s joke—means “crow” in Greek, and Cole starts out arguing from common sense. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
I walked over and started to scoop some back into the tub. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
I started thinking about my life, the important things in it. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
Antigravity starts up, and the shuttle slows, then stops, hovering at the same level as the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
When the tractor started forward again, I could see in the rear view mirror that he was looking after me, curiously. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
He reached to take off her pants, but she started crying really hard, so he reached for his own. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z
At times like that, her cheerful facade would crack, and she’d start crying and confess to Lori that life in the streets could be hard, just really hard. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
I’d started off walking briskly, anger fueling my legs, but after a few blocks, I ran out of steam. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z
She started organizing information into carefully labeled folders: one about cells, another about cancer, another full of definitions of legal terms like statute of limitations and patient confidentiality. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
My husband started to take many business trips to the north. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
I started the engine and must have driven a mile in the wrong direction before I gave any thought to where I was going. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
The computer starts humming, and I ask, "Do you use the Net much? It's pretty visual." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Several meters behind us, one of the Green Police has turned around, starting in our direction. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
As we got into our costumes Zora and I would fire up a joint to start the night. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
“You knew that force field was there, didn’t you? Right at the last second? You started to give a warning.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
After all, if she’d keep this enemy close, by George’s logic, she’d start to appreciate all that snakes do in her garden. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
It might be like starting all over from nothing, like closing a book and opening another one. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z
“When you started using your head, what did you think?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
Even through the rattling start, the no back seat, the frozen moment, Axel starts to make his way around the back of the Forester. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
My head started swimming, my chest burning, and my legs got all gooey, like all the running was turning my bones to liquid or something. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
But once we got farther south and crossed into Tangerine County, we did start to see groves of citrus trees, and they were an amazing sight. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Since Dari’s last name starts with a K, his locker is in the exact middle of the hallway—halfway between Twig’s and my lockers. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
The stonecutter waited for Amah to awaken before he started work. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
Now that we had the pot barrier broken, it became a magnificent haze of yelling back at the TV; we stopped calling it “watching movies”; we started calling it “chilling.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
Maybe I could start a new summer notebook, and we could mail it around to each other—like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, but different. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
With my feet wrapped in white, gauzy bandages, I started to put my socks back on, but they were a complete mess. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
Mom started to visit more often, but she was still terribly unhappy and couldn’t bring herself to take me home. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
My mother had started crying long before I had completed my story. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Hopefully, the Specials would think she’d fallen off, and start their search back there. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
This put him right back where he’d been in 1904, arriving in a new land and starting over from economic zero. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
She was drowned out at that, the crowd shouting at her, and Moss recognized the start of a wave of panic in Esperanza’s mom. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
Players soon started to follow Prince’s lead and challenge her. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
I expressed to him my vision for the church and the needs I saw, and he helped me start a campaign in Birmingham to raise the money. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
We start to breathe together in the dark. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
He starts walking again and I chase after. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
It galled her when they started moving into that section of town, and she always said it was their fault that Welch had gone downhill. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
Dad really wants to quit his job and find a new accounting firm or maybe even start his own—he’s a CPA—but he can’t because we get our health insurance through his work. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
I started to hold my breath but realized that was foolish—he knew I was there. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
I wonder where it started, my decline; I wonder at what point I could have halted it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
This whole therapy thing has become a lot less awful since it started involving listening to music and staring out the window. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
It helped me to hear the Christian way, because I needed help, I needed to let Mameh go, and that’s when I started to become a Christian and the Jew in me began to die. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Shadrach started to climb back into the wagon as he spoke; then, changing his mind, he turned back and placed his hands quickly on Ellen’s shoulders. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z
He started stuffing things into his own backpack. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
Kids are starting to swarm all around us, heading into the building. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
But Fern was suddenly full of questions, starting with Big Ma’s wigs, scarves, and hair. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z
“It’s three miles,” Frankie said, but after the next coach barreled past, he started walking. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
“You don’t need him. You have me again. We’re starting fresh.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z
Bill and I talked it over and decided it was our only chance for food, so we picked a likely-looking tree and started chopping. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Perhaps this was a sign, to quit now and start her blog. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
My palms start biting at me, and my mouth feels like I sucked on cotton balls. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
She started interviewing black residents who had been mistreated on the city buses and writing down their stories. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z
Some kids at the back of the room start to snicker and make smart remarks. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z
After bailing him out a few times, Deborah started leaving him in jail to teach him a lesson, saying, “You just stay there till your bail come down to where you can afford it.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
She started up the hill, following the deserted path as it wound among the wind-tossed trees. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
It was starting to sound like General Motors or something. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z
She was set to run in a competition, and then a gun went off to mark the start of the race. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
I don’t know when Marcus stopped being himself and started pretending to be the person others expected him to be. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
And the shouting turned to bellows and Mom started crying, and I knew I was in so much trouble! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
But when I’m playing against somebody really tough I start looking for the inch. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
It wouldn’t be a good move as a new member of the varsity team to start accusing my teammates. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
But now that school was starting, we’d agreed I could work at night. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
He started softly but the exhortations of the congregation—“Talk! Talk!” and “Alright! Alright!” and “Take your time, son! Take your time!”—got him going in a sweet and easy rhythm. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
We get on our Chromebooks and start typing the poems, and Angel’s way faster than me. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
Table 4.1: The examples given name the note reached if one starts on C, and goes up the named interval. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
He started making cereal and cooking for the kids who would wander by. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
As soon as we got on board the Hornet, it started steaming as fast as it could for Hawaii, where the MQF would be transferred to a cargo jet for the trip back to Houston. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
It starts out small and thin, like a rapier’s blade, but I push more of the splendor into it, until I’m holding what looks like a massive broadsword. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
A second later she grabbed a basketball and started dribbling. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
Without a faculty sponsor, there's no chance of starting a club, he tells us. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
“It was to show you. It always starts with a small thing. For me? The very first time I saw beyond? It was an apple.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z
By the time I turned my attention back to him, Chubs had collected himself enough to start poking and prodding me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
Then I started going through the same routine all over again with Mary. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z
I hope he understands that while it started out as a threat, it’s since transformed into a promise. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
He looked back at us all skeptical, then picked up his folder and started riffling through his papers again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
He started up the car, and we drove home in silence that was, for a change, somewhat comfortable. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
Maya said, and then she started to cry. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
Slapping his knee, he picked up the wholesale order form and I started back to the storage room. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
So we started up a specialty business of children’s christening gowns. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
People were starting to file into class, so the Colonel leaned in toward me and whispered, “If any of ’em are in this class, let me know, okay? Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z
They had to pull their legs in because Mrs. Korshak would not start the bus rolling until everyone was seated. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z
She gave the book back to me, and they started talking about prom again. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
As the seats around the gate started to fill, Augustus said, “I’m gonna get a hamburger before we leave. Can I get you anything?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
Ronan takes a running start and swings the ball out in front of him, but doesn’t let go. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z
It wasn’t enough to pay for a round of IVF, but it would have been a start. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then I had to move to Nairobi to start my temporary job. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z
Guerrilla warfare was a possibility, but since the ANC had been reluctant to embrace violence at all, it made sense to start with the form of violence that inflicted the least harm against individuals: sabotage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
My laughter matches his, starting in my belly and bubbling out. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z
I am very glad you understand how silly it was for either of you to start climbing. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z
“And your dad started hearing rumors in town, about other babies...” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z
It all started when I opened the present from my father. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
And then for some reason I started to think about hurdlers. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
When I get into the front seat, Mom starts crying. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
When school had started up that year, Grace hadn’t gone back with everyone else. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
“I know this is crazy, but did the sun start shining while I was sick?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
Around ten or eleven, the drivers would start coming back from their morning routes. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
“The people I lived with. It’s them. I know it’s them.They turned weird, started ... doing things. Saying trees and plants and animals are magic. They left me because they said I was ... evil.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
Crosby led her back in and she started up the ladder, the wind snapping her dress around her legs. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
They started with a creamy chestnut soup, crusty hot bread, and greens dressed with apples ami pine nuts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
“Naw. He got up and started singing ‘Nearer My God to Thee.’ The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mike fell to his knees and started searching for his own coins just as Kyle shouted, “Got it!” and plucked a 1982 quarter out of the pile. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
We didn’t know it at the time, but once alone, we both started to cry. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
I think Fm going to like it here, I said to myself, and started dragging my plastic bags down the hallway to my new bedroom. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
When she starts to get close, I start running with my itchy hand stuck out behind me, hoping and praying we’ll connect. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
He started down a side hall, leading the way; Rick followed. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z
He started to turn and go back into the woods but he didnt. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z
He pulled Devil’s Shoestrings out of the basket one by one, then started to braid them in a circle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
He first cut off the bush at the base, then started on the root, but no matter how deep he dug, he never could seem to get to the bottom of it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
"Come on. Let's go over to the Iruña and start," I said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
Almost on cue, everyone in the squadron stopped talking to him and started staring at him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
It had been a depressing day for him, after such a bright start. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
"It is a bit strong just at the start," Brett said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
Tateh was standing right next to me, so I grabbed a rag and started wiping the counter, edging close to them, eavesdropping. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
And school’s go’n start up again in a few weeks, Miss Love. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
But when I got home the pain started to come back and I had to lie on the sofa for two days and take lots of painkillers... The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Then she started sliding books around on the shelf. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z
The sun was starting to bum my cheeks, and I could feel drops of sweat gathering in my eyebrows. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z
She’d started last night after they got back from Bayside Press, and now it was almost the end of lunch period and she still wasn’t done. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Intensely frustrated with his inability to connect with young people, Nixon tried to get a conversation started. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
Outside, the leaves on the tree started blowing, silently, like the man’s laughter. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
Then she starts sobbing, which is out of place. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z
I would groan and beg him not to call me a jewel, cuz that’s for girls, so then he started saying, “My strong prince.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
She swung her legs off my lap and started to roll out of the swing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
The evening had started out so well, too. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
She’d only taken one stride when the house lit up like a municipal Christmas tree, and a siren started blaring. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
“That’s okay, don’t talk. We’re almost safe now—you, me, and the Lady,” Petra said soothingly She took off her jacket, wrapped Calder in it, and started quickly down the ladder to get help. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z
They laughed like this, at each other’s reflection in the mirror, their eyes tearing, and the moment was so natural, so effortless, that suddenly Mariam started telling her about Jalil, and Nana, and the jinn. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z
I admired that from the start, to be able to make such an entrance without blushing and stumbling and arraying the floor with your books and the contents of your pocketbook. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
The Daughters of Mary started showing up in the parlor before 10:00 a.m. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
At some point after the nicknaming, our Radar grew about six inches and started wearing contacts, so I suppose that 3. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
He started to pull the fish in to have him alongside so that he could pass a line through his gills and out his mouth and make his head fast alongside the bow. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
I was covered with blood but I didn’t know if it was nose blood or blood from after she started eating me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
“Nothing,” I tossed the remote to Zooey and started to stand, but she said, “Don’t leave on my account. I have so much studying to do.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
After a few halting circumnavigations of the nursery, Penelope felt she had started to get the hang of it. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
As we approached the church I started to shake and sweat, and just before we reached the church doorway, I stepped out of line. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
They have about $100,000 equity in the house and about $10,000 in college funds they started for the girls last year. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
They were interested in Ivory Christian, and they were particularly interested in two other black players who were only juniors, Hill and Comer, because it was never too early to start laying the foundations. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Grandpa had started coming around again while we were still there—he did live with Adele again after we left—and maybe the authorities found out. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
Everyone starts eating it, but the mood in the room is grim. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
"Well, he has more than you, for a start." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
Gradually, it all started coming back, the weight of things. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
The game started at ten thirty a.m., and I shivered as I sat on the bleachers, wishing I’d put on a warmer coat. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
The organizers started working on the problems immediately. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
I started to say something more, to plead my case further, but he turned to start his lesson. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Then she took a deep breath, and, with a whisper, she started the story. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
She nodded toward where Lucky Strike had started a Fates shrine in the trees. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
“But when I got here, and started helping, I realized that most of these people are kind, and just grateful for a hot meal and someone to talk to. We all can relate to that.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
I started cleaning the camp area, or what was left of it I piled all the palm fronds, frayed by the wind, in one place; sticks of wet driftwood in another. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Must be nice,” Ron said abruptly, when they had sat down and started serving themselves roast beef and Yorkshire puddings. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
“Wow, you two have already started talking about me as if I’m not in the room,” Moss said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
“He told me in his office after we left the ditch and jumped inside. He told me not to tell anyone he told me, so don’t start shooting your mouth off.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
He started to cry, his sounds drowned out by the wind. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z
It was something Ty'ree had started saying right after Mama died. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z
Then he started clicking his tongue against the roof of his mouth. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
Rather than steal from the till, I started to give wrong change to customers for my booze money. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
He sat with them until the rush started. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
But instead of hopping a freight, it was the Internet they’d ride out of town to Chicago, and it was the Middleton High Geek Club that started the trip. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
He started with the rain and the hunger. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
We finally finished the day in the late afternoon, before the sun started to set, and the air cooled enough to carry a slight chill. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
His nose started bleeding again, so I got him another paper towel. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
We caught the bus back home, and when we arrived, my mom started preparations for Enrique’s favorite meal, which was pork tamales. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
It was actually three stories high ’cause the other end of the barn started on a hillside and this side was at the bottom of the slope. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
As I started to think seriously about how I could become the person I wanted to be, I looked around at some of the people who’d had the biggest impact on my life. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
Tally started to speak, but her jaw clenched with pain. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
It was only when a couple of them broke and started to bleed that he thought he’d better stop, since he was not sure how much blood he had left to lose. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
She would have been about ten years old, just starting to write her little stories. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
“Well, I’m doing a salsa crawl, starting with Chevys. Because I’m broke. Like, I have no idea where I’m going to sleep tonight.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
Turner’s mother raised an eyebrow and remarked that he had started to become a real Maine boy, thinking of the tide and the weather. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
Sometimes he’d push me out the front door and tell me to leave, but as I started walking down the street, he would come running after me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
“Some small plain ones. We’ll learn about patterns later. Cast on a row of, oh, let’s say forty stitches, and we ’ll start at the calf.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
“I started yelling at him. ‘You are going to refuse to take care of a baby? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
I’d started digging through the mail when someone came up from behind and startled the frijoles out of me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
"Maybe that's why Thresh looks better fed now than when we started the Games." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
We start washing tiles again and it grows quiet. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
Now that he had a better start, Dandelion kept in the open and ran down the field to the hedge beside the road. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Chips of ebony, he found, float if they are dry to start with and are placed gently on the surface of the water—but so do metal needles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
It twitched against me and started to harden. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
His pallbearers—cousins, his dad, an uncle, friends I’d never seen—came and got him, and they all started walking toward the hearse. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
I turned around and started running back to her house. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Cesar, a Doberman pinscher guard dog that had a soft spot for me, started barking and tugging at my diapers, trying to drag me off the road. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
First my starting position was taken from me, and now Erin. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Once in the house, I go straight to my room, open a sketchpad, and start drawing. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
I flopped the tablecloth into the rinse tub and started in on a shift that had gotten mixed in with the table linens. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’d learned they were coming when our mother started fussing about the menu the week before. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
Then, just when I thought we were going to go on down and get back to the block party, Peaches started back up the stairs again. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
After only five minutes, I felt my eyelids grow heavy, and my bed started calling my name. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
I sat down in the gallery-office cell, started a new page in the logbook, and then leaned back to savor my coffee and catch up on recent events on the gallery. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I should tell her to let go of me; it’s starting to hurt. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
I feel bad, so I start to search. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
By the night of July 3, the boys had grown nervous and unsettled, the magnitude of what was at stake starting to sink in. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
“It started with the sun flares,” the woman said, her gaze growing distant. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
I started putting my guitar in the case. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
I pulled one out of the group with my foot and started dribbling it around slowly. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
When we leave the restaurant, Dad and I start walking home in the wrong direction, and we don’t even realize it until we’re in front of Sixth Sense Driving School on the corner. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
He turns back to the window and starts flailing his arms too. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
Samuel started when he heard a voice speaking out of the blackness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
It’s dusk, and several parties have already started at the performers’ end of the train, including—I can’t help but notice—one in Marlena and August’s car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
As we proceed to the Hub, I start to understand the extent of the camp and how the razor-wired, sky-high security fence pens us in for miles, cameras trained on us. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
He told everyone else to go start their warm-up laps, but he asked me to stay behind. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
Sergeant Bloom, addressing us in the chapel on the eve of our graduation, asked for a show of hands from everyone in the room who was scared about starting work on Monday. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
She sets a bottle of goopy white stuff next to the sink and starts wetting her hair. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
Dr. Howard told me that even if the light box works, it will take a few months to start seeing any improvement, but I still glance down at myself afterward. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
Dribbling slowly, Ben started toward his father, changing hands with each dribble, hoping to catch Bull with his weight shifted in the wrong direction. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
At the exact moment when she felt like a woman, she locked herself in her old room, which still held the mural she had started so many years before. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s back in the dining room that Miss Celia starts shaking her head. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
“Go ahead and start,” his mother says, still hovering between the dining room and the kitchen, finishing up the last of the samosas. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
I put my pretend pencil over the glass case again, and I started drawing the wings. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
I know I don’t have a choice, so like my mom and Lee Lee keep telling me, I start speaking. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
She tore the cloth into small strips, then ate some stew, and started off to hunt birds. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
I got her into the car and then ran around to the other side and started it up. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
My throat was starting to fill up with all the days Mama had been dead and me not crying. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z
No way did she start out like me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
Everyone started pressing in, trying to get a look at my injuries, but I pushed them away and jumped on my board and took off, fast. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
I didn’t make down my bed because I wanted to start very early. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
I had to build a rocket and I didn’t have a clue where to start. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
He didn’t hit me too hard, ’cause I were pregnant I guess, but the fights, once they got started up again, kept up. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
“What the—” she starts, but stops when she sees the little kids. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
Fear slowed her, but a different kind of panic got her started again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
Trickles of black liquid started running down her face. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
Then, on Day Eight, the humdrum routine that Genie and Ernie were actually starting to like was broken. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
He closed his eyes, calculating: he was at Fifty-third Street and the hunt had started last night at Eighteenth Street. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
I start to ask her what she means, but she scoots over more, and suddenly her hand is too close to my face and I shift away. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z
They started, and Sam drew his sword and stood over Frodo; but Strider knelt down swiftly at his side. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
If he did see the deadness, he must have begun worrying, and maybe it was then that he started feeling sick. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
We watched them start to take the tarps off the field. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Anyway, Shorty was really serious about nothing except his music, and about working for the day when he could start his own little group to gig around Boston. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then he got in himself and started up the engine. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
When bats started flying around at dusk, he got scared and went on home. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
My big sister had been ready to march right out and bang a few heads if a massacre got started. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“They will eat up the whole peach and then there’ll be nothing left for us to stand on and they’ll start on us!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z
I moved through the shots in around-the-world fashion, starting in the right corner and moving to my left, taking a shot every yard or so, until I ended up in the opposite corner. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
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
“We have enough of a head start. Keep running, it won’t take us long to get there.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
“I have to read that letter first. I reckon we better go back in there and start.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
Memories of their last visit start to hurry me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
We were also told that classes would officially start the following day and that we should meet with our counselor to discuss our class schedule. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z
Lucky for two of ye, the pair that scored the highest in this tryout gets a head start at the next one. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
You start a fire here, the island goes under, and you get nothing but a watery death.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
The two of us went back to the main path and started crawling on either side of it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
It’s a place where we used to meet when we first started seeing each other. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Jack told me from the start that this would happen. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Very soon you will start to adopt an American accent, because you don’t want customer service people on the phone to keep asking you ‘What? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Just as I start to panic, Michael walks over. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
He sat up, stood up, started pacing around his small room. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
I'd even started daydreaming about going to France, after my O levels or A levels. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
His head started to clear, and his sense of outrage came to a boil. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
“Let’s start by saying, ‘Dear Nancy, you touched me very much with your story about your mother. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
She offered one to Margaret, who refused, and started searching for something inside her pocketbook. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“What took you so long? I almost started aging.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
I started yelling as soon as I came in sight of the house. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
The grownups climbed slowly into the truck and Wilbur heard the engine start and then heard the truck moving away in low speed. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z
After a while I started laughing again ’cause I realized I could sort of smell the red flower a few feet away from my head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
Mom starts playing an episode of one of her political podcasts, the familiar intro music flowing through the sedan’s speakers. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
They were just leaning there, laughing and so on, and then they started crooning, leaning in, heads together, snapping fingers. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
I mean, sure, she’d always been cute, but she was starting to be seriously beautiful. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
Then the two of them started giving each other those silly little glances and soppy smiles that made us all feel sick. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
My throat starts to swell, and I look away, and when I finally look back, Willem is still holding my eyes, appropriately polite and achingly concerned. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
The bottles started bubbling, gently at first, but then they began to shake faster and faster until the whole table jitterbugged. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
Lost in thought, Victor began to tickle it behind the ears until it started to purr and lick his fingers with its rough tongue. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z
People had probably started snooping around—I mean, if I could find his secret blog, I imagine the cops could, too. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
It was a clear, cool day with a very light breeze; there would be no visibility problems this time, and Harry, though nervous, was starting to feel the excitement only a Quidditch match could bring. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
She didn’t know what time it was, but the sun was already starting to sink. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
I took the ball out and he comes and starts leaning on me like old dudes do when they’re too slow to keep up with you. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
I’d started walking forward without realizing it and was inches away from plucking the Story Box off the pedestal. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
We were going down the stairs into the milling men now and she started to scream, "Pay me then! If he's too good for me, let him pay!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
Shirley sighed and started to leave, but was told to stay put. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z
“Well, I will; but mind you are a very good girl, and don’t be afraid of me. Don’t start when I chance to speak rather sharply; it’s so provoking.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
Papa starts in on our explanation, but Don Manuel cuts him off. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I asked him what his problem was and he started talking about how he didn’t have a problem.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
On my first day of field work, after only a few steps in the muddy water, my ankles and toes start to itch. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Arthur quickly gathered up their stuff and started back out. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
We settled in our spots as the movie started. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z
She turned sharply on her heel and started to make her way toward the deserted highway. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
The vision bursts in front of me; I never know what I'm painting till I start. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
All in all, she felt a lot happier than she had the day before the start of any school year in her life. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
They started a blog called 50 Homes in 50 States and chronicled their moving adventures. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
I guess that is how I started relating to people, mixing with all those groups. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then she’d take it out a minute or two later and start all over again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
But when their wives start hollering, instead of trying to understand why, the men just go find a sympathetic shoulder to cry on. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
Constance stumbled blearily past without looking at them, and then the two boys started up to S.Q.’s desk. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
I don’t even remember how the whole thing got started, but it’s obvious that if you’re from one family, you need to be loyal and try to get some payback. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
An Assistant, with a start, bowed respectfully as soon as he saw her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z
The film focuses around one man who starts going to a single parents meeting, to meet women, one problem He doesnt have a child. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z
I took another step and the seam widened at the bottom, like a curtain being drawn at the start of a play. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
He started shaking so badly I couldn’t bear to look. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The professor started explaining again about what all he expected from us in the course. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
Dad swears Mom’s nose is as cute as ever and I don’t notice anything different about it, but she still touches it gingerly when he starts talking about some big new idea he’s got going. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z
I’m not sure who started the chat, or who suggested moving the conversation to the phone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
She started from her chair on the balcony as he took a seat beside her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
I don’t know what time it is and am starting to fear that Ollie Mae will be upset that I am getting home later than usual. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
And if I’d been starting a band right that very minute and needed to give it a true-to-life name, it would be All Hell Raining Down on Kevin. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
“He started out doing odd jobs, working a sewing machine, things like that,” remembers Bill Atkinson, now an accomplished climber and guide, who also worked at Alp Sports at the time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
I’m carrying the cake as we reenter the room and everyone starts singing “Happy Birthday.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
“She started her evening fairly adventurous,” he says. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
The pastor started off talking about the importance of Juneteenth, equating the plight of black slaves to the Israelites in ancient Egypt. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Suddenly the feeling of his classmates starting the day without him is replaced by a new feeling, a mystery of sorts. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
Appointments started around 8 AM, sometimes earlier, each morning for a week. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z
Maybe it starts even worse, like, “Hello, sir, how can I help you?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
I start to bend my knees when, with a pinch, the new jeans stop me, tugging at the crotch. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
I start by writing down everything I can remember about the two days before the suspect disappeared. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
We’d both stopped walking, and for some reason, my feet wouldn’t start again. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
Her ears start to twitch as she gazes back the way we've come. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
Officials were worried about retaliation after the attack, and so we were given an opportunity to leave the country and start anew. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
It took everything in his power not to run to the reed and start climbing. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
He’d thought maybe this quest would be a fresh start for him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Henry looks at me like I’m from another galaxy, and I start to feel defensive. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
The bear’s mouth yawns on either side of me—its jaws start to close. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
And he would smile and that warm, golden feeling would start at his toes and fill him all the way up to his smile. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
For some reason, me and Jack started cracking up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
He played the opening notes of that song on the keyboard, and John started bopping his head. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
Bernard shakes his hand and starts sucking a finger. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
He saw me start to get up, he knew the call was for me, but stepped inside the booth, and answered. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
She tells me to start the fire in the range, that there’s paper and wood in a box and coal in the coal scuttle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
The day was warm and sticky, and she realized with creeping horror that she was starting to stink. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
But whenever I’d start a job in a cafeteria, word would get around fast about who I was. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z
Tali said: “We’ll just sleep here and make an early start in the morning. Let’s go.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
“I’ll lock myself in and be just fine. You need to go take care of your poor house. But you come right back here if the storm starts to get too bad.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
I feel my cheeks start to warm and distract myself with an obscenely long gulp of tea. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
Then when I’m about a block away, throwing all dignity to the wind, I start checking the pockets of the jacket, finding nothing but a film canister, candy wrappers, a pen. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
He was swinging a ceremonial mace, and when we saw him, our whole party stood up and started clapping and cheering. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Want a hanky, Potter, in case you start crying in Transfiguration?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
But you have to remember that she started it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
But years later, after Mom started her own business and put all her girls through school, encouraging us to learn and grow, Grandma said that she could see the value in girls. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
Come back in January and let’s start fresh, all right? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Maybe he’s trying to save them from starting their careers in the state penitentiary early. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
Agnes jerked the cafeteria bench closer to the table and started to roll up her dragging shirtsleeves. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z
Then Mom started volunteering for them whenever she could, I still hate them, though. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
Now that we were out of the center, most of the women started moving again. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
Mortimer and the boy had started a fire. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
But then as I continued to stand there, a curious thing began to take place; that is to say, a deep feeling of triumph started to well up within me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
Toby called as the man in the gray suit started down the path. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
And then, at that very moment, there’s a clap of thunder overhead and the sky opens up and the rain starts to fall. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
Little by little the football teams at Odessa High started changing, and so did the makeup of the student body it served. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Oh, don’t start that again,” Major Sanderson exclaimed with vitriolic scorn, and hurled down his pencil disgustedly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
After a second they started running all out, acting like the Devil hisself was on their tail. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z
He said he was tired of chewing up the road, and the white lines down the middle of the highway were starting to wiggle. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
After landing, we grabbed Myron’s car from long-term parking and started up the Garden State Parkway. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
I love the cozy feeling of my bedroom when it starts getting colder outside. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
They were both mixed up with the conservative ethics of Force Majeur against which the King had started his crusade. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I think she and Quinton were starting to get into arguments.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
He more than kept it, because once spring started one miracle at a time was nothing. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z
He was starting on a new model, in the room with the dolls, drawing it out very carefully on graph paper, first, to see whether it could work. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z
When the rain starts we cover ourselves with old coal bags and Mr. Hannon turns his pipe upside down in his mouth to keep the tobacco dry. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
For the first time, the albino started things. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
We had been sort of secret friends for a couple of weeks before people really started getting on them about not having a bunch of clothes. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
A low rumble starts up, growing until it sounds like a thunderstorm has been unleashed in the amphitheater. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
I started getting ready for school in a hurry.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Miss Lulu started to play, and I opened my mouth and sang. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
And for the first time in nine years, I start to cry. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
Scholars started translating texts into Arabic, and in the ninth century Caliph al-Mamun founded a great library: the House of Wisdom at Baghdad. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Roli points it out and then starts in with mumbo jumbo about summer triangles and degrees of brightness. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
The car coughed a couple of times before it started. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
I turn left at the next intersection and start down the cracked sidewalk toward the building where Abnegation had its monthly faction-wide meetings. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
When Joe’s mom got to the basement, we officially started band practice. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
His daddy was smiling, and Beto just knew that he was going to hug him, but then the preacher came up and started shaking Henry’s hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Right away her smile freezes and she gets this half-confused look on her face, and she starts to turn red. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Clarke had the heartbreaking task of writing a full inventory of the damage; by half past nine in the morning, her hand was already starting to cramp. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
Brambleweft starts to sketch—billowing skirts and cunning little capes, corsets stitched with fanciful creatures. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
A few minutes later, Bill Cochran walked into his office, and Francis started to repeat the story. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
The Godel solution and the cosmic string space-time start out so distorted that travel into the past was always possible. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
It wasn't long after that when the bomb threats started. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Holly also asked Abby and me to start a quilting club at school, and she provided all the fabric. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
And it was going well, until Abel started to feel like she was running his business. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Why had he been so friendly to Mrs. Sharpe, walking her to the store before Calder started her deliveries? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z
That would cause me to start turning sideways, and I might turn all the way around before I got to the Agena, and crash into it with my back. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
My mom would share her progress with me: She started by calling the Zimbabwean embassy in Washington, who suggested calling the American embassy in Harare. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
I started dragging things from all over the kitchen and piling them up against the door—a barrel half-filled with drinking water, a scuttle half-filled with coal and several tin chairs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
My legs start to shake, every part of me starts to shake. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
He started rocking back and forth, gently at first, but then more and more violently so that when he came forward his head knocked against the bare stone of the wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I stand from my seat, grab my bag from the floor, and start to make my way out of that kitchen. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
Because we had two weeks, we had my wife drop us at Caratunk, a remote community on the Kennebec River, thirty-eight miles short of Monson and the official start of the wilderness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
Soon as I wade back to shore and pick up my pants, this monkey starts hooting at me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
The assembly clapped wildly; Harry started to clap, too, but stopped quickly at the sight of Nick’s face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z
The rain came down hard, then tapered off as I started to make supper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
All these people with bongos were gathering in the sand straight down the way from us, and this beat started growing, making this hypnotic rhythm. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
About 70,000 years ago, organisms belonging to the species Homo sapiens started to form even more elaborate structures called cultures. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
"It started out okay. I bought her a program, a hot dog, even a souvenir foam baseball." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
She gave a little start but didn’t say anything. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z
She reaches the bottom, and there’s this awkward moment where her arms are out like she wants to hug me, but she starts lowering them. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
And with that, he started to follow the sound. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
She told me her doctors started prescribing the drugs in 1997 after what she referred to as “the Gold Digger Situation,” which she refused to tell me about. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
Mama was probably still at her stall; she’d be home soon to start dinner, but I didn’t care. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
His eyes locked on mine and I felt things start melting inside of me. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
I started feeling cranky and irritable most of the time. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
I didn’t want Mr. Ray to see and start teasing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
My stomach started twisting up with nervousness and excitement and fear and weirdness. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
The warm mist blew toward us and people started backing away. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
But we didn’t start right away and meanwhile I began to worry about Yang Sze-Fu being a Communist. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
The tree frogs start singing, and I open my eyes. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
He also planned to go on a mission, and wants to start a family. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
But it still takes me a few seconds to summon up the words, to figure out where to start. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
I stared at him for a few seconds longer, shaking my head, and then started back toward the street. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
I echo, an incredulous smile starting on my face and then fading when I remember that Vivi didn’t bother to tell me the story, even though it must have happened days ago. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
He quickly pushed the retract button and the door squealed, then started closing again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
‘They were out hunting in the woods all day. The only things they caught were squirrels. At night they made camp, and the guy who could eat squirrel meat started cooking it over the fire.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
But when the students were around the age of eight, real differences started to emerge. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
She told him how the rescuers had started up into the blizzard. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
Since Ma started letting her stay after school, Sunny's ERC friends are getting her even more fired up about women's rights. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
I started to worry that maybe he was having a heart attack or a stroke or something, but before I voiced my concerns, I noticed something at my feet right next to my backpack. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
Which is why my father had to start driving a cab. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
“And then of course you started a gay, mad fling that brought you inevitably to Hill House?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
His face tightened, and he could already feel the warning sirens starting up inside his body. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
If the paper had not been so dear, I would have ripped it up and started again. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
He watched them mount their horses and drive six old milk cows out of the corral and start over the hill toward Salinas. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then he plops down on the couch and starts drawing pageant gowns like mad. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
Then I would throw away the pile and start a new one. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
Tonight is no different from any other night, except that their voices are starting to sound more desperate. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
Casey started it with his “nice shorts” comment at the start of practice, and now he had to endure being the object of our serenading. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
“Yes, ma’am. He started asking but didn’t finish because the officer shot him in the back.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
At this moment Hyzenthlay, sitting just behind him, started and looked up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
She came up behind me but instead of getting mad, she picked up the silver-plaited hairbrush and started brushing my hair like she used to do when I was little. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
“I’m not sure where to start. I mean, first, you have to promise everything stays between us.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z
Then he put his hand over his face and started sobbing. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
We made it through Runaway Gamma-Rays and three bottles of wine before Mom started yelling. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
“Can you put me in touch with them? “I do have the ability to put you in touch with them, but you need to answer a few questions, starting with ‘Why should I?’ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
Mom pulls out of her parking spot and starts drumming her thumbs against the steering wheel as she inches through the traffic to exit. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
I put him on hold and started for the door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
The girl grabs the pencil, focusing, drawing the line in fits and starts. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
And the Occupy folks raise their fists and start yelling and cheering and clapping. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
Gratefully, in great haste, he started a reply: “Dear Don, Hell yes I remember Don Cullivan ...” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
I started to think a lot about infinity, and what it was like there, and how all the postulates and theorems and principles were true across all the universe. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
I said from the backseat as he started the car. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Her words touched something in me, though, started me crying silently. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
August, June, and Rosaleen started doing the dishes, but I slipped off to the honey house. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Someone starts up with “For she’s a jolly good fellow...” which makes absolutely no sense, but it doesn’t matter. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
“You start out on wooden skates,” said Miguel, “but you can win silver ones. Just like in the book.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z
They’re rounding the corner for their eighth lap now, and he’s starting to see some flaws in his logic. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
I and my friends start to head to class when it hits me that I haven’t seen my dad. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z
Instead she gave me a wry look, then started braiding up her hair as she watched Chi-Boy work. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
Two small kids came running down the hall, but when they saw Ms. Laverne, they stopped and started walking so slowly, I almost laughed. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
Her eyes never leave me and the wide open part of them is starting to make me uncomfortable. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
She didn’t want to start Ess weeping again, but she did wonder what an Elder was supposed to do about a habit like that. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
It was with them that she and my father started the New Brown Memorial Baptist Church, a small storefront church which still stands in Red Hook today. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
I haven't seen Papa in a week, and I'm starting to panic. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
Then his plan started working a little too well. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
He started singing again, this time it wasn’t a Laguna song; it sounded like a Jemez song or maybe one from Zuni. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
But neither Rose or me knew how we could even start. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
I take a deep breath and start climbing the steep steps to the main building. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z
It was a little after six in the morning when the coaches started trickling into the Permian High School held house. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ron and Hermione, caught by surprise, stared at Harry, then laughed and started applauding hard with the rest of the crowd. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
The doe looks back at SCORPIUS, and then starts to run. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z
If she felt good and started long enough before bedtime, he would hear about Joseph the slave-boy, Joseph in prison, Joseph the dreamer, and Joseph the Big Man in Egypt. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
I was good all the way up to that moment, but once I knew the date was actually going down, robot face started to appear. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
Sapo untied the string and started to fly the kite again. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
The other one said, “An early start getting killed? This is the Nightingale’s road now. It’s not safe out there, little girl.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
“It might be the only way to help him; if we just knew where to start.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
I move with the crowd, working my way toward my locker, and I think I'm finally starting to relax. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
Neeley looked quickly, then, afraid he would start crying, he ran out of the room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
But I just put the pad and pencil in my pocket and started walking fast as hell up to her school--I was too excited to write the note right in the stationery store. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z
“Before that, I had never realized people thought feet were gross. Anyway, that was right before starting kindergarten. You know what the first day of kindergarten is like for a five-year-old with no arms?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
I stopped going out with my friends, and they started taking turns staying in with me at night, babysitting me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
“We should start you on the antibiotics right away,” he said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
It was an idea that had started to whisper in her head the moment she’d heard that Mark was gone, but she’d ignored it. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
He could never do what his father had done, go out on his own after high school, start his own business, will himself into becoming an enormous success. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
And that was enough to start the other two praising Jesus for helping us to save and I fell in with them, praising and stomping. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
He started to move away, then stopped and said, ‘‘Rice Krispies, you know? The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Ito told us to start from the top yet again. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
Somebody’s grandmother said her hens always started a laying of double yolks right after Suicide Day. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
Some kids started cackling like witches, waggling their fingers to be scary. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
Happens in the summer when the water starts to warm up. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
Cora started for the stairs but they complained reliably, warning her so often these last few months, that she knew she wouldn’t be able to make it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
She started to whimper like a frightened animal. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I realize with a start that they re holding hands. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
The only reason Momma lets me off restriction at home is because I started that new job, and she thinks that’s gonna change me somehow. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z
But then, once everyone starts calling him by his new name, Big Bird realizes that he doesn’t like it after all. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I threw my bucktail into the deeper water and started bouncing it along the bottom. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
In fifth period I found out the fight was all about Noah Randolph getting commanded to take off his armband and he wouldn’t, so a bunch of other boys started whaling on him. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
With their tails between their legs and trotting side by side, they started back. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Well, if giving somebody a job is exploiting them, then I guess I’m an exploiter. Those jobs didn’t exist before I started the business.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
"Well...” said Chester, "I, uh...that is…” At this point, Chester started to bathe his tail, which is a cat’s way of changing a subject he finds uncomfortable. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z
I’m about to start off again when I decide to use the moon and Alice’s dial to find out what time it is. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
I pull the front door closed and we start making our way to the truck. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z
For O’Dell’s dad, the next day, that meant his garbage truck wouldn’t start. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
This was the start of our sixth day on the water. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
The guard had never heard of Hogwarts and when Harry couldn’t even tell him what part of the country it was in, he started to get annoyed, as though Harry was being stupid on purpose. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
It started to rain halfway through, but it was only a drizzle so we still went to the carnival in the center. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
It reminds me of Mom starting fights in public. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
And with those words that I didn’t even mean to say that little seed of a idea started growing. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z
After that raid, everyone all over town started digging trenches. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I’m starting to get scared. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z
I was picking up Anne of Green Gables—I’d just started it—when my mother called me. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
I started in the small, central living space, opening and closing the pale cabinet doors. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
He started walking back toward my house, and when the silence was almost too much to bear, Diego said, “You know that painting you like?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
The dispatcher asked whether it was possible to start CPR. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Pain started in her foot and seared through her twisted leg. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“A few housekeeping items before we start our station work,” Webb says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
And he could see California and Cornell finally starting to move up on both sides of his boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
I started making excuses for him in my head. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
As soon as there was a centre of gravity, or a ‘home’ in the sound, the relationship between chords also started to coalesce into hierarchies. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
A thermostat clicked on and a heater started humming. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
As with all pitched warm-ups, start at the bottom of the range and move up in half-step increments and then back down. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
His eyes are so sad now they are starting to water. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
She moved across the room to the other bed, where she lay on her stomach and started reading her sister’s autopsy report. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
He turns around and I start talking—it’s the only way. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
“But shouldn’t you get out to the school? Haven’t they started practice already?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Even as my first- term exams approached, even when we started to do class reviews, the words still made no sense. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
And after so many years of despair in East Africa, things started to look up there, too. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I wouldn’t know where to start. He could be halfway to Boston for all we know.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
And even as I said it, I knew what I was saying and I switched away and started off in another direction. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
The only real sleep I had gotten the night before was when I dozed off before the game even started. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Whether I was going to admit it or not, though, something between us had started to change. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
I started to panic, and I realized I was holding my breath. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
Hector drops my mom’s phone and starts crying. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
Even on the run, Jinx felt a sense of freedom, and for the first time, he felt like he could make a fresh start. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
“Ben, I’m not going to blow up your spot. I will only talk up the good things. I’ll start with how you’re an awesome friend and an even better lover.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
Her lips started to turn up to a smirk, and then to a full smile. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
Pippin cowered down with his hands pressed to his ears; but Beregond, who had been looking out from the battlement as he spoke of Faramir, remained there, stiffened, staring out with starting eyes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
The warmth of the water instantly soothes my skin, while the oils start to work their scented magic. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
I didn’t say nothing, but just went out back and started digging. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
As he walked me over the farm, I started feeling better, i here wasn’t any work here that we didn’t have on our own farm. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
But when she started eagerly toward him, she forgot her own weakness; her dragging foot caught on a stone and she stumbled clumsily. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Dad had some big conference at the school that week and couldn’t get away, and Mom had just started a new job at the travel agency, so Gran volunteered to accompany me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
This is where the townspeople shopped before they started building malls. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I feel better once the engine has started. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
He even liked it sometimes during the early morning workouts that were held twice a week before classes started inside the school gymnasium. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
At some point, Flora’s father started to laugh again. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z
The fire had been put out by neighbors almost as quickly as it was started. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
The bell rings, and we leave the pool area and start down a long corridor. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
My mom had tried to warn me that once I started plucking, there would be no going back. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
But it was also the start of a process whereby, in classical music, the old soon far outweighed the new. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
In one way it seemed a small thing, starting, after a six months' lapse, where I had so vehemently left off. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
Ralph heard the metallic scrape of a car starting up outside — the waitress, leaving. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
I started to tell him to wait, we’d pick it up later, but Billy was off on a run, heading up the mountain. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
“It means, ‘Call me when you start speaking Spanish’!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z
All around, people started crying or wailing or grinning in relief. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Very softly, the Old-Green-Grasshopper started to play the Funeral March on his violin, and by the time he had finished, everyone, including himself, was in a flood of tears. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z
Ten minutes later, when I need to leave for school and Charlie starts whining that she’s hungry, my page looks exactly the same. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
“Do you think she’ll ever start thinking about something besides pigs and sheep and geese and spiders?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z
I bend over again and start to retch. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Alvarez gives Momma a hug, and then she starts in on Isabella. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
Since I was so worried about the ticket I couldn’t lie in bed and read, so I just got dressed and went outside and started mowing the lawn with the tractor. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
“You know each other, so I’m goin’ to start on my flan.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
Two people jumped onto the rising ramp and started climbing aboard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
Yes, the authorities are now encouraging us to start hobbies— again, the OAS on their backs. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The original organization, the Farmers' Alliance, was for whites only, but an affiliated Colored Farm Alliance was soon started and quickly attracted more than one million members. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
This was not how the first night of the rest of my shiny, new, non-invisible life was supposed to start. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
“All runners to the start!” someone announces over a portable PA. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
All he’d seen since they started flying over die forest was lakes and now they were gone. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redemption nodded reluctantly, and she took his arm as they started walking down the street again. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
Usually something happens: the criminal's resolve starts breaking down, and he begs and pleads with the guards or tries to cut a deal or an extension, or sometimes even tries to break out. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
“Then start telling him details about your life together in China. Act like a fortuneteller. He’ll be so impressed.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
I turned the key and it started right up. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
“You better start taking us seriously,” said Wood. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
When the tears start to sting my eyes, I don’t turn away, embarrassed that my dad sees. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
“Yes. We’re a team. But I’m the coach and four of the starting players.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
It was an area where the woods had started to reclaim the land. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
Once the implications of what I was seeing on Mayor Undersee’s television hit me, I made for the door and started down the hall. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
We moved to a new house to give me a fresh start. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
“I can’t do that,” wailed the boy, tears starting to roll down his face. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
“America,” historian Daniel Okrent has stated, “had been awash in drink almost from the start—wading hip-deep in it, swimming in it, at various times in its history nearly drowning in it.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
But in order for it to make any sense, I have to start at the beginning. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
But unlike many others, he had been intrigued by DNA from the start. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
He felt like he was crouched at the starting line, waiting for someone to yell ‘Go!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
People possessed by demons would start running up and down the aisles like madmen, screaming in tongues. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Manet started small, teaching me simple formulae of the sort required for twice-tough glass and heat funnels. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Me and Joey started smiling right away, and Byron tried to look cool and bored. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
He pulled me to my feet and started by slipping the sweater over my head and edging down my jeans. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
The first big storm of the winter must have started right after I went to bed. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
‘My friend here started that process last summer. He made the Olympians promise to pay you guys more attention.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
Least till the thought of even passing by one isn't enough to make me choke up and start bawling about Mama. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z
“Well, don’t be surprised if you start flinging flaming squirrels on level seven.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
The song starts with shots of our neighborhood, then it moves from our quiet street, to Southridge Mall, the Islamic Center, and outside my school. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
It took us twice as long to get a fire started, and it took me longer to carry water up and down the stairs, but I didn’t care. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
I smiled bigger than ever and took her hand and started towing her away. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z
Dear Diary, Ever since Ms. Gruwell announced that the Freedom Writers with the top thirty-five grade point averages would win computers when we graduated, I started getting As and Bs on my report card. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
“Tell me something, boys,” she’d start, “why are you two always going after each other? Every time I turn around. Can somebody please explain this to me?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
I arrived, like, an hour before they said the operation would start, but there were already lines up and down the beach and boardwalk, past the movie theater, running down all the side streets. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
I started with disgust, then thought, The sun will shine in those backyards some day. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
I knew exactly where to start dropping the word. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
The people were starting to file into the plane now. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
She put her nose to the fire, as her mother would have said, and read from start to finish without looking up. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
He started to laugh, then stopped and became fluent instead. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
Oliver started humming the Star Wars theme song. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
Tonight, after he sang the song without Pond’s help, they would start on the second song. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
She had started humming sadly to herself, but she stopped, her rag poised midway between the bucket and the floor, as if suddenly aware of my presence behind her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
“I told Mrs. Viboon that you would learn a lesson. I think I know the perfect lesson to start with.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
She got that gleam in her eye and started out full blast, and Toby settled back, feeling sure she was good for the rest of the time until recess. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
He started pointing, gesturing about the crowd, picking out people. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
He rushed out of the elevator and started shaking Charlie’s hand so furiously it nearly came off. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z
Peewee had been drinking a Coke; he started with a fit of laughter, and snorted the Coke out through his nose and all down the front of his T-shirt. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
She’d have to get started if she was going to read them all. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
From all that standing it started to throb. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
The scars were disappearing, the skin was becoming smooth; the mangled nose became whole and started to shrink. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
I started calling her Jay after that—there was no way she was my mom anymore. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
But the moment I started the engine, they all came running back. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z
“And you!” said Mrs. Weasley, but it was with a slightly softened expression that she started cutting Harry bread and buttering it for him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z
Saying the words made the shaking start all over again. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
Normally she would get animated and start spilling any random facts that she knows about Malala. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
“Remember the conference thing I wanted you to come to? She started hitting on me right away She’s been after me since. She won’t leave me alone. She knows I have a girlfriend.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
And now it was up to him to get out of it by himself and make a new start again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
Then the police came and arrested the kids, and the kids started telling the camera or us they could smoke drugs if they wanted to. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
"I wanted to prove that I should've been the favorite from the start." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
He went online, cranked up a search engine, started browsing. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
So he's going to start looking for a job and another place to live. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z
I nodded, thinking that I had started missing him before we’d ever said goodbye. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
“Let me explain—” the man in black began, starting to edge forward. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
Sparrow might make things grow, but she had to have something to start with. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
His mother says good night, and we tiptoe back down to the basement, where Layla is just starting to toss about. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
As the years went by, we started to venerate that dog proper, like the saint she is. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
I can feel my thoughts spiraling away, can feel myself start to tremble. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
In 2011, I started making a deliberate effort to invest and reinvest in my friendships, bringing together old friends and new. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
Then suddenly, WHAM!, the engine started, kicking like a mule and plastering us up against our shoulder straps. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Research into HPV eventually uncovered how Henrietta’s cancer started: HPV inserted its DNA into the long arm of her eleventh chromosome and essentially turned off her p 5 3 tumor suppressor gene. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
But then the whistles blew again and people started screaming from the sidelines. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
“Still, we shall soon be with our son and you will be able to rest. Come, we may as well start now—the sooner the better.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
The bedroom had a closet too, so I started with that. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z
Slowly, she turned to face me, taking in my appearance a little at a time, starting with my feet and then gradually working her way up to my face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
The sun slid slowly down the sky, hung still for a moment, then started up again. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
He laid the rat down and started to dress. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
The flame came back as Shorty, with a thick towel, started drying my head, rubbing hard. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Sitting there on my rug in my bedroom, I started designing blueprints for a brand-new city, with brand-new buildings and totally new stories. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
“If you get too large, you don’t have enough work in common. You don’t have enough things in common, and then you start to become strangers and that close-knit fellowship starts to get lost.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
But the effort stirs the black, wet road to a mire, and when he starts up the car again, it won’t move. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
I thought about stepping to her, but then I started wondering if she might get mad. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
I started in, past the stairs I had seen so often in my nightmares. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
She started to giggle and wag her head. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z
I took the reins and maneuvered the chariot to the starting line. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
Cringing, I started to spit it out, but La Llorona coaxed me until I swallowed the rest of it down. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
Amber uses a hot iron to start straightening it, then changes her mind and grabs a steam-roller for curls. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
“Mason got the start of you all this morning; he was gone before sunrise: I rose at four to see him off.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
Masjid comes back chewing betel leaves, and we start driving again. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
“I said practically. Everyone—especially my parents—thought I was going to be great, and now I might not make the middle school team. My basketball career is over before it started.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
Shame filled him anew; he felt more like a child at that moment than he had since this whole mess started. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
Soon it started raining; then came a hailstorm. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z
She gawked at Tyson and started to say, “Who—?” Tyson hit her in the head so hard, she spun in a circle and landed on her rump. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
The messages started coming in a trickle Friday afternoon, then a torrent by Monday. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Take starting a private high school for the Negroes, for example. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Finally, after a couple more false klaxons, the bus started, and Robert Cohn waved good-by to us, and all the Basques waved good-by to him. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
Almost without knowing what he was doing, as though drawn by some powerful magnet, James Henry Trotter started walking slowly toward the giant peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z
My mom rolled her eyes when she saw the shirts and called me an idiot, and once our customers started sporting their new garb at school, some of the teachers got to grumbling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
Lawes had started his career as a guard at Clinton prison and then returned to his hometown of Elmira, where he rose to the post of chief guard. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
This would give them a head start in solving future messages. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
We joined in the group and got two warm beers out of somebody's duffel bag and the girls started talking nonstop. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
Angel starts off our presentation, and it doesn’t seem like she’s nervous at all. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
When I was around seven, I stopped asking about it because I kept asking like kids always do and my Aunt Helen started crying very hard. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z
I started to wonder if he even liked me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
She started thinking about how she might have reacted if my problems were on the inside rather than the outside. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
He started telling the other kids things like how, as soon as I was old enough, me and him were going to get married. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
The hound ran up to the graveyard and started sniffing and bawling. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s not that I started to panic, exactly. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
"He said he was going to start at once," said Aravis. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z
I was so happy, I started jumping, too. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
As we drove past the packing plant and into downtown Tangerine, Henry D. started to tell me about last year’s game with Lake Windsor. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
When Hayes first heard Marian sing, he urged her to start professional studies, but her family had no money for high school, let alone voice lessons. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z
“Always business with you, Little Wood. I love that,” Grandpop said, starting his next set of crunches. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
Viola sat at her table, taking a short rest while SanJuanna pumped water in preparation to start on the mountain of dishes on the counter. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
I start walking in the opposite direction, feeling lighter than I have since before Gram died. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
The day after I arrived, starting at dawn and ending well into the evening, I followed Farmer on his rounds, for the first of many times. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
Gerald started to ask what Mama’s surprise was, but he didn’t really want to know. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
I flashed on my kids and the idea that we would hit the chairs and start spinning around the highway, and I braced for impact. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
“Tee, since when you start talking ’bout ancestors?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
The people who got off the train with us all started walking in the same direction, so we followed them. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
If anything goes slightly amiss, one of the monitors starts bleeping. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Our first day of a new move always started at City Hall. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
When she mentioned that I had started wetting the bed, I went to where the others were watching TV and started to mimic what was on the screen. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
They started saying stuff about how proud they were of me and what a nice kid I was and junk like that, but it sounded like they’d been practicing what to say. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
It starts to get cold once the sun is down and the trade wind kicks up from the Arctic over the ocean and comes right into the condo. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
The next day, I start at camp school. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
I think they don’t want to worry me, and they probably don’t want to get Hana started. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
To Eleanor's horror—to her ongoing horror—Park came over and started filling the sink with water. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
Three of them started forward, chainmail clinking softly with each step. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
He was a year ahead of me, and this past year, my senior year, he’d started at the university in town. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then the road suddenly started winding as it entered the river gorge. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Two jets swept by and started hitting a target less than five miles away. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I scowled at them and started putting myself back together. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
I follow her, take the knotted pile of lights on the ground, and start untangling them. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
They lined up and started marching toward us from the other side of the field. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I want to remember Papa Legba’s words now, but it all starts to feel and sound crazy. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
Raven said the game wasn’t supposed to start for a few weeks.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Captain Marsh made it clear from the start that he had doubts about hiring a boy so young. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z
We got to the tree and tears start welling up in my eyes. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
I’ve known Summer since we were in third grade, and I never really paid any attention to her, but this year Henry started liking Savanna and they were like, “going out.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
“Since when did you start reading Shakespeare?” she asks, after poking through the books on my desk. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z
Xan pulled herself to her feet and started pacing the room. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
Bobby Gene’s eyes started bugging out of his head. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
I waited, and when he started talking, his voice was real low. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z
After we ate, we started to drift into a sedate sleepiness again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
Then one man didn’t jump back in on time, and as the train started, he tried to catch it, his fingers clutching at the window. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
The sooner I was through with this Hambro, the sooner I could get started with my work. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
We crossed a creek that fed into the Tug River and started up a barely paved one-lane road called Little Hobart Street. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
I’m ready to start up my own hustle. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I remember now, the train started from Stamboul just as we were talking about it.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You’re getting awfully heavy, Melody. I’m going to have to start lifting weights!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
“There were so many of them, just lined up in front of the entrance, and I think only a few people slipped past them before they started firing.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
As she started downstairs, she considered stopping by for Melanie, but she decided against it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
The plan, as Nelson explained it, is they start a fire in a huge circle around the big hill behind the village. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Too worried that if I started talking, I might say something I couldn’t take back. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
To my surprise, Gum Baby didn’t jump up and start shouting nonsense. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
Anytime the cops asked me questions I started speaking in broken Afrikaans with a thick colored accent. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
We started to walk away when I realized we’d forgotten to close the trunk. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
I felt myself starting to spaz, even though I was trying not to. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
You have to have the factory right there, because sugar starts losing sucrose within hours of being picked. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
When class started, Señor Ascencio explained that we each would have to create a family tree and write a short essay to go with it for our first big assignment due on Monday. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
Everyone was back on planet Earth, the Holy Spirit had left the building, and casual conversations started up. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
The question of finding Rosy a job elsewhere had been brought to his boss, Randall, but the best to be hoped for would be a new position starting a year hence. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
Four of the Freys started forward until Lord Wyman halted them with an upraised hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
That is one reason why I never wanted to turn back when we started to. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I wonder how long it will take for someone to start searching for me,” Virgil said. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
“We could just as easily end up right back where we started.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
He looked up at me and started nodding again, with this very serious look on his face. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z
Robertson of U. S. Robot & Mechanical Men Corporation, son of the founder, pointed his lean nose at his general manager and his Adam’s apple jumped as he said, “You start now. Let’s get this straight.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
Looking back over the months that led to this day, it seems the collapse of things started in October, with the vote in church. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
“To the Maa—?” I started to ask, but three voices shushed me, and someone threw sap at my head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
“Thanks for the tip,” I said, and once I started running I could not slow down. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
With a sigh, I click my pen and start taking notes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
Pollard started clapping loudly, and the crowd looked up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
He may have wanted to leave the past behind him, but I was only getting started. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
He starts campaigning for the three of them to visit. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
His head was really starting to ache right behind his eyes, and it hit him how exhausted he was. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
“Actually,” Bram starts to say, but Simon kisses him on the cheek before he can get the word out. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
The way I looked at it, it was my time to close the door on this chapter of my life, and start a new page. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
But even when I was my happiest, I had a worry that started right above my brow, where you know a thing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
Now there was something else on the leather cord: a red coral pendant Percy had given her when they had started dating. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
She gathered up the bundles of twigs and started walking southwest. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
Or maybe the sweetness started in their Flushing apartment, after their daughter's written words had exposed her contempt and erased the sharpness from her tongue. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
I start my descent, crutches, then foot, crutches, then foot, crutches, then foot. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z
My back started bothering me in eighth grade but really began to hurt earlier that summer. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
We deplaned, followed Lieutenant Wilson across the field into an area in front of some Quonset huts, and started forming ranks. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
He sensed frustration from her, like she had a million questions and no idea where to start. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
Mami says, already annoyed with me and the day hasn’t even started. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z
This didn’t mean you were home free, it simply meant bigger guys would think twice before starting something with you. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
The rain started again just after noon, and I sat under a dense pine nursing my last tin of meal replacement, the last-resort tin with the expiry dated for the previous year. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
“You know they are going to put you on probation if you don’t start doing better, man.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
The man seized my hand and started swinging it up and down. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
I start it at a door I’ve never seen before and end it at the foot of my bed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
The pool of blood underneath the woman is starting to make me feel sick. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
You started a marble off at the top, and it rolled round and round, down the slipway on the outside, until it got to the bottom, and then dropped into a chute. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z
“Plank position. Good. Hold it a second, then start.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
She gets real quiet for a second and then starts scratching the corner of her left eye. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
This bright canary-yellow bus lets out one long, steady honk before starting off. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
He hopped into the cab and started the engine. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
Chess started to object—did he want to warn his brother and sister that maybe he should read the file first; maybe he should protect them from whatever it was going to say? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
Teddy and I got along like a house on fire, one of those friends where you start hanging out and from that day forward you’re never apart. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
At the start, he enjoyed an overwhelming majority and regarded his position as impregnable. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
He imagined himself moving out his knight only to bring it right back to where it had started. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Fuller ran up and started yelling at them, but they pushed past him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
When Cal started for the front door Lee followed and walked out with him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
I thought she’d leave my room then, but she started picking some clothes off my floor and putting them in my hamper. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
From below, from the driveway, comes the sound of the car being started. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
The leech's tiny teeth bite into the vein, and its secretions start to flow. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
There are Facebook pages for dozens of neighborhoods where people have started checking themselves in as safely evacuated and with access to water—because those two things don’t necessarily go together. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
He turned the plastic gun on me and started clicking, as if I were just another image from the screen. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
I kept expecting her to start talking, to give me advice like she always did. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
And I don’t even know what came over me—but I started laughing and laughing and I couldn’t stop. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
I start to ask Chris if he wants to dance, but he lets my hand go and heads toward some of his boys. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
Somewhere along the way, I started to go overboard. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
I started the truck and backed down the driveway. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z
They filed petitions, and the government started looking for ways to shut my dad down. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
It was the first time I had dreamt of my family since I started running away from the war. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
Then she starts talking real soft and sad. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z
He looked so huge and wild, and Cecilia with her bare shoulders and thin arms so frail that Briony had no idea what she could achieve as she started to go toward them. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
I was so surprised and grateful I started to blub again. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
“It was your plan from the start,” Bigger said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
“Six! Five! Four!” the little kid yells, and then he starts spinning in circles, just for fun. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
She got down on her hands and knees and started chipping away at the earth with the tiny shovel. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
I start, back and forth, carrying our water and food atop a tall chest. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z
There are books I will never finish reading, games I will never finish playing, movies that I’ve started and will never see the end of. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
I hear the clumping of shoes, the thumping of backpacks on the floor, the screeching of chairs as the room starts to fill behind me. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z
“Whose turn is it to recite? Let’s start with you, Sophia.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
He started staying with us when he dropped out of college. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
I could make a new start and just be a person like everyone else. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
A few people applauded, and everybody except me started talking all excited about what had happened so far and what would be next. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z
The afternoon Madame’s car was spotted coming across the fields, it was windy and sunny, with a few storm clouds starting to gather. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was that time of day when the birds were getting ready to be quiet and the toady-frogs were starting to get louder with that chirpity sound they make most the night. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z
But even as I try to convince myself, I start to wonder if Michael is one of the boys who was invited or if she’s mad at him, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Walton taps an F and nods for him to start there. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
I don’t expect her to, but she gazes out the window, then starts talking. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
“I’ll check out the Center for Disease Control first. You guys should start with the others, so we can share notes.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
Just then, the flashlight battery started to go. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
So many times in the past weeks he had started to tell her about Ifemelu but had stopped. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
She turns down an aisle, starts slowing down, and then stops when we get to the middle. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
She started a small business selling clothes and brought us money when she could. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
Swirling below us was a dark, boiling sea, so horrifying that even my screams started screaming. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
With a start she came out of her trance, stood up, and shook her feathers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
Mark started searching; the walls were cool to the touch. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
I start to close the suitcase, but I open it again and push my hand inside its top pouch. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z
I told him my name and started to explain why I was calling, but before I could say much, he let out a deep sigh. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
He sings and plays bass and harmonica for the Manichaean Blues Band, a group he started back in San Antonio, where he’s from. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
If it indeed marked the start of a true and deep financial panic, the timing was abysmal. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
A white van was starting up its engine. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
I started to protest but stopped, surprised, when Ayanna beat me to it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
She starts walking out, swinging through the door and back across the cafeteria. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
He waited until Jaja and I sat down opposite him, and started the grace. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
She started missing days at work, and then she stopped going at all. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
I must have looked upset, because he started to back off. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
My cousins’ friends stare at me and start asking too many questions. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
He felt his heartbeat increase as the fear started. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
“William’s father gave him that land three years ago, on his sixteenth birthday, and William said that he would never start to build his house until his mind was made up.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z
My heart started pounding like crazy because I knew if I found what I thought I would, I’d really blow my lid. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z
They had already started gathering, and half a grain sack of mistletoe was still hanging against the side of the cabin. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
“It might be too soon. I’ll give you some more when it starts to hurt.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
But then my old self started to sneak up over me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
When I started writing my book there was only one mystery I had to solve. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Dill started to say that he was okay. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
His excitement was contagious, but before I had a chance to start the microwave, my phone rang. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
I wanted to protest, but he started to play Mozart, soft and sweet, and I turned away, my eyes stinging. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
I start tearing up from laughing so hard, and Nora covers her mouth. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
But they didn’t start dating till a year ago. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z
“The year just started, and I, too, agree that this year is o-vah,” Bits replied. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
After a few tries, he finally gets the engine started and we head down the driveway, the chassis squeaking and groaning. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
He was actually going to start blowing people away. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
“Anyway, they evacuated the whole building, called the bomb squad, the police, the lot. The bomb squad arrives and opens the box when it starts ringing.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
And due to some harmonic resonance, I started crying again too. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
And then, Malcolm starts laughing so hard and for so long, she has to close her eyes and wait it out. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
“Everything’s going to work out,” she says quickly, quietly, and starts the engine. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
She pointed to where the school buses had started driving out of the parking lot. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
Ma reaches up to plump her snowy halo of hair, which is starting to droop a bit. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z
It’s remarkable how little time passes before she starts speaking again. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
Julia plops down on my beanbag chair and starts playing with the rough seam that always scratches you whenever you move. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
As I started to brainstorm how to get the most scholarship money for college, I again paged through my catalogs and I noticed something I hadn’t noticed before. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
It spun to life, humming a joyous tune as I took Abuelitas hand back in mine and started to pray out loud. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
Life in Athens was off to a promising start. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
“No, you can’t have this! It’s evidence. Your rocket started a forest fire. It burned the top off Davy Mountain and almost got to the houses on Highway 52.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
I started grunting like I was constipated or something, just to draw attention. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
The motor started and Kapugen looked at her until the boat moved, then he turned his back and walked quickly away. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
And what happened just before the pain started. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
Sir Charles and the other white man brung their heads together and started talking. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z
When early civilizations started pressing reeds to clay tablets, carving figures in stone, and daubing ink on parchment and on papyrus, number systems had already been well-established. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Not in the way that Princess put all her dresses and skirts into trash bags and started dressing like the son I never had. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
In fact, when Mother made a fresh batch of iced tea for dinner, I almost started crying. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I’m not that person anymore. I’m old, not the little kid I was when I started it,” I say. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
He started down the mountain and his legs gave beneath him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
He hits me so hard a knot starts to swell on my arm. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z
Dad’s face turned white and I started to feel sick when I saw that the gray hair around his temples was slick with sweat. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Pointing with his pistol, the cap’n gestured for the man to start walking. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
Very slowly I start to move my foot. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z
“Don’t get me started with the movies. Gods of Olympus, they never get anything right. Have you seen one movie about me where I look like me?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
In the morning he would wake up groaning like the demon in a kabuki drama; he would vomit and then start sipping again. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
This was, indeed, the way things were at the start of the Renaissance. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
Harry scrambled around, trying to pick it all up before the dwarf started singing, causing something of a holdup in the corridor. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z
It was as though I was starting a new life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
It was like starting a bunch of books and never finishing any of them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
The cook must have started taking his trousers right off because now they were shouting, "It's not in there! There's no mice in there, you silly twerp!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z
We sat down with a box between us and started unpacking. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z
Cape Cod was an adequate place for Swift to start. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Charles tried to help, but he was starting his senior year of high school and had his own schoolwork. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
I’ve started ignoring him like he’s ignoring me in school now. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
The priest stopped right in the middle of the prayer and extended his right arm in the direction of my mother, who then started speaking in tongues. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
But she has sat down and eaten lunch with me every single day since I started working here. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
In June, Nixon made a bold move, announcing that he would begin withdrawing American troops from Vietnam, starting with twenty-five thousand men. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
And it’s possible — that along the way I started believing in it myself. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z
I reached for Lovey’s hand as we watched the cars start, smoke blowing from the exhaust pipes, kicking brown and orange and yellow leaves up. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
And I let go of the bed and started walking toward that sliver of light, not sure what I’d say to you when I opened the door. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
The prisoner in the cell nearest to them started to shout. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
Decipher a bunch of notes scribbled on the board probably five minutes before class started, then copy them down in your notebook. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
Coach shouted from his window as me and Curron started running faster. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
“Oh yes, but don’t start worrying about what you called him. He’s got a lawyer’s hide. He’s been called worse in his day.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
Feeling confident, I placed the note pad inside the desk and waited for the class to start. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
Several passengers exhaled in relief, but my muscles wouldn’t relax, and I started to shiver. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
Naked Lunch by Burroughs and Look Homeward, Angel by Wolfe were a good start. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z
When I think about before I started school, what I remember best is making kites. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
When I started walking down the last hillside it was something else. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Once we started working, I got some sense of what life was like for other prisoners on the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
My father and my mother were also Norwegian, but because my father had a business in England, I had been born there and had lived there and had started going to an English school. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z
He had started off simply, announcing a change of basic strategy. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
By then I had made some friends and when I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys of my own age along the way. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
The helicopter starts to lift again, and it takes my brain a second to realize that something is different. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
“Nobody is donating much these days. These people keep coming here and asking me for food, and then they start to ask for jobs. You know, they came back from the North with nothing. Nothing.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
So I’m going to hope you start writing back now that I’m writing to you at your new school. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
"This will do in a pinch, until we get started." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z
“You don’t think there are some pretty compelling reasons for wiping the earth clean and starting over?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
“Yeah,” Em started, “I’m—” and then she burst into tears. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z
Now, I know me some rap, and I start to thinking I should show Mr. Ward what rap is really all about. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
On the other hand, if Dionysus had gotten off his butt and actually started helping the gods recruit against the Titan threat, things must be looking pretty bad. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
I take a deep breath to start running again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
It’d been raining outside, one of those tropical storms that start as suddenly as they stop. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
I finished up the teeth and a quick sketch of the eye before the drops started coming quickly. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
I started toward the tree, but I stopped short as soon as I came around the corner of the barn, and flattened myself to the wall. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z
When the turtles push their way out of the sand and start waddling toward the water's edge, they look like a bunch of wind-up toys escaped from Toys "R" Us. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z
I start picking up all her stupid silky things and piling them on the chair. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
I started to walk out of her office on the little Walk of Doom she had arranged for me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
I don’t know how it happened so fast, but one second I’m looking at the cap’n and starting to feel something for him and the next I’m staring down the barrel of his pistol. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
“You can’t stand what?” asked Harry, now starting to feel definitely alarmed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
Our table was tall with shirts when the first concertgoers started arriving around ten. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
Each of us wanted to be with Zuraiq, but Basel and Muhammad would soon start their school year. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z
I started to make some reply, but decided against it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Why don’t you start with when you first saw her?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
Then he goes on to say what a punk Stephen is and that kids are starting to speak out in bigger numbers. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
The rain started right after lunch, and I was hoping I’d get to go on home without seeing Lymon and his crew after school. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z
Rolling over onto her stomach, she started backing down the slope feet first, looking ridiculous in her robe and slippers. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
As a result, I’d gradually started to put on some extra pounds. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
I slip on a fleece and start the short trek up. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z
It’s not like I somehow commanded a blood vessel to pop open and start leaking into my stomach. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Now it came about that various rumors started in the town concerning the mute. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
Then she started crying, and Mr. Levy got depressed and thanked her and lning up. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
And to be honest, those lunch hours had started to feel less like hiding out and more like waiting—for Faith to show up and claim a seat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
I swayed and dipped, and in an instant, the walls around me started coming down. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
“You can’t see or hear a thing. We had better start back for camp.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
I start to climb onto the bed, but stop when the room sways a little. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
“D’you really think so? Oh, come on, Julian, old chap. I must share the blame. It was my barrack-room feeding habits that started the whole thing. You mustn’t blame yourself, old friend.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
Once he started talking he broke right through the embarrassment and there was suddenly no longer a barrier there. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
As we started down the hallway to his classroom, he stopped, and I waited while he peeled the sticker off his shirt, folded it, and stuck it in his pocket. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z
I walk to my car as Bo’s gaze follows me; the feeling of it starts as a ball of heat in my chest and spreads like a sunrise. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
She picks up her armband, which was twisted up like a snake on her bed, and starts pulling it through her fingers. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
“You know the worst part of this? I bet tolerance education isn’t over anymore. It’s going to be like Groundhog Day, where every morning it starts over again.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
“But the South started it, didn’t they, Bill?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z
Dusk had faded to darkness by then, but when his servants came to light his candles and start a fire in the hearth, Tyrion had roared at them and sent them running. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Once I started walking again, I got to where I took my coveralls off and stashed them behind some rocks. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Go home and start in on the e-mail?—and that got me started thinking about e-mail, and all of a sudden I was really glad to have Dr. Minerva to go to. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
I was taller and had just started growing breasts—more than what Jennifer had. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
I couldn’t begin to guess what rumors would start if someone saw me running across the rooftops late at night, bloody and naked to the waist. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Indeed, the point at which schools stopped teaching traditional rhetoric was around the point at which they started teaching women. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
The second clock tells a different time, the time at the starting point. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z
We arrived at the Veterans Memorial an hour after the dance started. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z
His th's slurred together, and his w’s started sounding like v’s. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
I said something really smart like, ‘This forest is under my protection. You won’t start any battles here!’ The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
She flicks it on–so she does know how they work–and starts walking, first toward me, then past me, as if we’re already on our way. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
"Oh, don't start that again. Do shove it along, Michael," Brett said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
He had started in ninth grade, the first year at the school, and was now a junior like me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z
They started talking—I have no idea what about. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
And just to complicate matters perfecdy, I was starting to feel responsible for their safety and happiness and got panicked at the idea of them being captured or corrupted by the outside world. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
He frequently paced the length of the gym, wrote so often in his notebook that he had to get a new one, and would occasionally start his sentences in the middle of a thought. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
Like the alcoholic, the junkie can never start to cure himself until he recognizes and accepts his true condition. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Frank and Bill started to crank down the windows so they could put out their hands when he turned the corners, but Anne and Ernestine shook their heads. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then as facial scars were healing, she started throwing up and getting rashes. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
She grabbed the book and started kicking Mars Bar in his beloved sneakers. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
She doesn’t leave time for anyone to look at me or say anything, she says it right as we’re all coming in, and in Ms. Smith’s class, you come in and start the Do Now. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
“But none of us would care about missing that,” Bobby says as they get started with rehearsing. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
The students started to shuffle back to their classrooms. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z
Then the driver came out swinging two flat leather mail-pouches and climbed up, and everybody waving we started off. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
Mama starts the car, looks at me in the rearview mirror. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
They’re just starting up and the stock is going for fifty cents a share.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z
We start to rebuild right away, with everyone working hard. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z
Mama started with a prayer for peace and for the rulers of our country. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
I was surprised when the siren blurped and the lights started flashing. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z
The Bronchettes, no longer duty-bound to cheer and serve up those reedy, screechy screams, started dancing away with abandon, their faces fresh and unvarnished by lipstick or rouge powder. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Everyone who’d been holding their breath let it out all at once and started talking. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z
“It started with this one right here, sir,” Diego said, flipping through the playbook. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
She would say stupid things, and all the time the team started laughing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
I started reading my mom’s copy from the place I left off with Bill’s copy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z
I can feel the choking in my throat that always starts right before the tears. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z
The phones at the police department in Trenton, New Jersey, started ringing when the Martians began their annihilation. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
It would start to ease as they saw that I didn’t try to mix, but stuck close to someone on our team, or kept to myself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Erin—who sits next to me in the cafeteria when it’s not basketball season—just started eating the carrots off my plate enthusiastically and thanking people until they got confused. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Right, but I started it just so that I could say we shouldn't' really dramatically.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z
“Listen—” I start to say, but Rabiya puts her plate down on the bench and starts to blow her nose harder and wipe her eyes. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
"Sounds like the morning is starting off on the right foot." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
Doña Ana’s barn still stood, and the animals inside whimpered softly, as if their normal voices would make the wind start up again. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
“Aunty, I’m not staying home, and if I did Atticus would be the saddest man in the world . . . but don’t worry, Atticus understands perfectly, and I’m sure once you get started you’ll make Maycomb understand.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
As they started to take Jeffrey’s clothes off, he woke up. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
There is no doubt that a statement starting with there begins on a weak note. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Everything is picked over, and I start to lose my patience. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
Work on them weeds a whole hour, and when five o’clock comes, I start back toward the shed. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
By this time, C.P. had started a family of his own. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
There is often no bottom at which to start, and when there is there’s almost no room at the top. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
She was starting seventh grade tomorrow in a new school, in a new town, and, to make matters worse, a week later than everyone else because of the bat mitzvah. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z
There was not quite a year until the primary contests got started, beginning in Iowa. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
“Look at the way he behaves as if anything you touch starts smelling like perfume. He really likes you,” Aunty Uju said, and then, face wrinkling, she added, “And even with your hair like that.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
I started to clean everything up, and that was when I noticed something else weird. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
“No, Madame. I think you heard the man pass through—but unconsciously; later you had a nightmare of a man being in your compartment and woke up with a start and rang for the conductor.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z
And then, in her best broken Elven, she said to her guest, “Take part! I demanding you plant you face in meat and starts to bite!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z
“And I had to start with myself,” she says. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
Because horses who gain commanding early leads in match races generally win them, observers thought the bullet-breaking War Admiral held a considerable advantage over the historically slower-breaking Seabiscuit, even with a conventional start. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Emily waited a beat, expecting a punch line or her brother to start laughing and take his words back. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
He crossed the street and started down a block he hardly ever walked on, a block of low apartment buildings, a store-front church, a delicatessen, a pawn shop, and on the corner, a bar. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
From little green marbles, those tomatoes started growing. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You can start by telling me your name,” the officer said, tapping his fountain pen against the desk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
After this she started to beat the quilts on each side with her broom. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z
At the time when she should have started, Mary did not understand that free education was available for people like them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
He tried to get the machine started, but no luck. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
Instead, what started out as adversity ended up being an opportunity. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Bethel Park High Football Team, of which Mr. Wright was a starting running back. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
That must have got Mami thinking about Papi because she started talking about the old days and how Papi and my uncles became involved in the underground movement against the dictator. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
The Rad Lab was starting to operate on an industrial scale, with graduate students working in shifts to keep the cyclotron running round the clock. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
We started walking toward the labor camp, following the same route we had taken that morning. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
“My husband wanted to start a church but we had no money, so he said, ‘Let’s start it right here in our living room.’ The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Looking around one last time to be sure no one was Watching, the girls grabbed Marshall out of his tailspin and started down the sidewalk in the direction that they had come. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
"People take a boy like that. They don't know what he's worth. They don't know what he means. Any foreigner can flatter him. They start this Grand Hotel business, and in one year they're through." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
“I need you to say it,” she says, and her voice sounds tiny and childlike and so unlike Erin that I really start to worry. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Julia and Isabella start talking to each other, and I watch them as if I don’t know who they are. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
Now that he was trying to involve me, I started to see a whole other side of the movement. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
“What are the chances it’ll start when we need it to?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
He had to get food, and started walking south, where he believed Danville lay, hoping to hitch as soon as a car came by. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
I started backing out, dragging the body of my little dog. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
I started to sweep, but it wasn’t necessary. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
Craig, who was suddenly interested in girls, had started taking his phone calls behind closed doors in the bathroom, the phone’s curlicue cord stretched taut across the hallway from its wall-mounted base in the kitchen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
We sat silently for a long time and then I started saying silly things, because I didn't know what else to do. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
When I was back in the kitchen I started opening cupboards looking for the drinking glasses. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z
I’m just starting to wonder if she’s, you know, all there when she looks down at me again. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
“You need to know. I don’t want us to start with secrets. And I’d rather you hear it from me.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
And then their twelve-year-old, Dewey’s namesake, had gone into the yard to burn rubbish and started a blaze that had threatened the neighborhood. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
That’s when we first started hearing the phrases, “Black is beautiful” and “Say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud!” Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I took Lieutenant Carroll’s personal stuff from Sergeant Simpson and started looking through it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Jasmine starts clapping, and then everyone joins in. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
“Why don’t you start by telling us a little about your past?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
He starts spinning the hat on his finger. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
It would be a new start, he said. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z
A new battle cry starts up: The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire! The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
Yesterday, his mom and her mom had started talking on the street. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
And then she turned back to Sohrab and started up in Farsi again. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
She grabbed a handkerchief from her pocket and started wiping Rosie’s face. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z
Three days before the play, Tiny and I are talking again as we wait for precalc to start, but there's nothing inside our words. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
We should start peer review and vetting so they can be officially accepted. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
The latch rattled, and then the padlock started banging against the latch. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z
They woke with a start, torn from their dreams. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Before I start forgetting some of this stuff.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
My father was so convinced I would die that he started thinking about my funeral. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
He and the other guy started to fight for the gun. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
“Who tries to start a business without having a phone?” my mom blurts out. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
It was a relief when the farce of the meal was over, and I heard Maxim go out on to the drive and start up the car. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
LeAlan: When did you first start seeing more and more young people coming into the courts? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
If it was all okay they were to start production in plastics factories all over the country. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
Harry had received no mail since the start of term; his only regular correspondent was now dead and although he had hoped that Lupin might write occasionally, he had so far been disappointed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
“You must have started early at the mess.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
The rocky ground under my feet started sliding away from the shore. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Surprised, but not angry, which is a good start. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
He put his reading glasses on again, leafed through a book, and started to read. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
“If I start lower and come higher, I’ll pop it up every time.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
“Mong, man,” I said as soon as the morning started chasing off night and the sky changed to lighter. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
I started to respond, but Habiba jumped in to answer for me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Aaron was saying, and he started to go into anatomical details, things about her that I didn’t need to hear; I tuned him out; I knew he was talking to himself. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
Gold’s mother leaped up and started stuffing her son’s clothes into a card- board suitcase. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
I wiped my eyes and braced myself for her to start yelling at me, but before she could get a word out, Grandma started talking. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
At its head sauntered proud, battle-hardened veterans in turbans, long tunics, and sandals, who had started the struggle many years before. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“This is your chance to break away. To start over. And you have to take it.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
Their calls first start all together and slow and then pick up speed and volume until they finally dissipate to separate voices and rounds of hand clapping and cheers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
I paired up with English, and we started on the leg machines while the big guys hit the bench. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
I hand her the pad of paper and she starts reading it, then hands it back and says, “Here, you read it to me.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z
The boys watched him climb in and start down the hill. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
But he wanted to start the seventh and eighth graders now so that he could choose a varsity team and have them run over the summer and be ready to begin real competition by September. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
I think the fact that her mom has to constantly defend all those thugs is starting to screw with her head. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
When I read an interview with her in Vogue that mentioned she got her start at the A.C.T. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
Luke got sent home before the real whipping started. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
“New lab partners today,” Mr. Levy announces, and starts calling out names. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
The city’s murder rate was starting to tick upward—a sign of even more trouble to come. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
After the Easter Bunny incident, my parents started to worry. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
“Let’s catch it. Come on, Milk,” and Guitar started to run toward the fence. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
“What is that, anyway? What changes? Does everyone go psycho like Ben and start trying to kill people?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
I thought he was going to start frothing at the mouth or shooting spines, but he just bowed awkwardly and left the room. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
Luckily, Easter vacation was starting on Friday, and it distracted things a little bit. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z
“And then we are going to write! This will be our sixth-grade start to making the world a better place,” Mr. Kazilly finishes. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
“Meanwhile, Diondra, you can start working on portraits of these sisters so we can use them for our report covers when we’re done.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Bobby won a series of contests against weaker players, but as he progressed up the tournament ladder, he confronted stiffer opposition and started to lose. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
You started hanging around my classes waiting for me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
I wanted to pull the thread, unravel the scarf of my silence and start again from the beginning, but instead I said, “I.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
“And when I start to carry them out, may God have mercy on Bobby Lee, for I shall have none.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
When I might be in trouble, I usually try to speak first, before the Vents start in on me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
He started forgetting things he had done just a few hours earlier. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Then all of a sudden Ms. Rubin started pointing to kids around the class. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
It hit me that he wasn’t going to get up only after he was lowered into the hole, just in the shroud, and the diggers started covering him with the earth. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
I start to object but he puts a finger to my lips. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Now I realized that it was not just the continuation of the locally devastating, hopelessly stalemated war that was unjustified—it had been wrong from the start.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
A cold front started in this morning, so she can’t go out to the swimming pool, and they say the weather’s going to get worse. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
‘I knew we should have to fight. Well, they started the killing.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
Nathan started to hum the melody for the Change song and then sang a few words, but the ice did not respond at all when Nathan instructed the water to melt. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
People were starting to push, to stand as close to one another as they could, backpacks bumping, everyone’s feet taking little steps closer to the doors. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z
Meanwhile at meets, my hard work in the gym was starting to pay off. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
I didn't like the idea of starting to work for a man who was in such a nasty mood. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I am like my mama in that I like to be told stories. But before you start telling it, can Winn-Dixie come in and listen, too? He gets lonely without me.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z
Come to think of it, this might be a good place to start. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was when I looked up at a lifeboat on the bridge castle that I started to worry. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
And I started to get nervous that even though I wasn’t lying, she thought I was. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
A rumor started, and spread, to the effect that there was an underground railroad too. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
And then the warmth got other ideas and started spreading into places a girl like Desdemona didn’t allow it to go, and she broke off the stare and turned away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
“Take it from the top? Are we rehearsing for a play? Should I get Mike in here to start building props?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
This came at a time when William’s work travel was starting to step up, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
If a sentence starts with there, its real subject follows the verb, as in: There was a young man from Darjeeling. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Marc’s old rooster cried his fifth cry of the night, and the village started to wake. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
Normally at this point she called the younger players in from their laps and started them on their drills. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
There is something appealing to her about this prospect, to make a clean start in a place where no one knows her, as she had done in Paris. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
After we read Ralph Waldo Emerson in class, I wrote “My Philosophy of Life,” which I intended for the start of a book but could get only three pages out of it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
All the kiddos, everyone but me, who is horrified at this clown, jump up and down like he’s handing out chocolate-covered cotton candy, and Uncle Robert takes Shawn’s hand and starts toward the lineup. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
And then right afterward she had a bad worry feeling in her and she started to let him come back. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
But this time it wasn’t enough and one of them maybe a Sioux or some Eskimos started showing off. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
As soon as he started speaking, the students murmured to each other. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
There would be many sick now the rains had started. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
“Um, okay. Okay. For that story, we have to start with a different story.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
“Look, I’ve been playing basketball almost every day of my life for the past three years. I’ll be eighteen soon. He’s getting older. It’s time I started whipping him.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
He started telling her about the lockers as she unpacked the Styrofoam containers, the smell of pupusas and frijoles and rice filling the room, and he realized that he had dreamed of something like this. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
I was figuring the problem in my head but started imagining him on a train, getting here faster. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
We started moving our hands in unison, up and down, changing the chant into the frenzied cry of “War! War! War!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Corporal, momentarily flustered, started to say something, stopped, and walked away. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
"That's my work," I said coldly, determined to stop any interference from the start. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
I started to lift the lid of the precious container of serum. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
It’s his first day, and it has not started well. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
Then she hopped down on the ground, turned her back on me, and started scratching up the dirt. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z
“Maybe when this is all over, we can go start a new life somewhere,” she said one day. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z
I started, for I had not realised I was goggling at him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
Before I started digging I fed the turkeys, made sure War Chief had water, then picked up my shovel. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
He was actually starting to like this girl. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
“Van Aakster started coming at the end of last week and has been here every day since.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
He started giving me the jewelry when I was seven. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
Moments after Dona Maria left, just as we were getting ready for bed, Torito started moaning. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
But as soon as listeners started nodding, it became very persuasive. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I think about what it would be like to start seventh grade in a new middle school and can imagine acting the same way. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
Before I could say anything else, though, the bell rang for class to start. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
My mother, father, and I were going to stay in a hotel overnight and start across the continent the next morning, May 24, in our new Dodge. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
And then on Thursday night, I go home and Tiny calls me, and some things start happening. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
My bangs are finally growing out, and I’m starting to look like my old self, even if I don’t feel like her. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
Then Anise drags me up by my hair and the game starts all over again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
After he left, I put on my pajamas and bathrobe and my old hunting hat, and started writing the composition. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z
She let out a laugh that sounded more like an exhalation, and her lower lip started to shake. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
“So I know folks in this other bigger place, but the good thing about this one is they’ll get you a work visa and start your green card process.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
“Well,” Addie goes, all huffy, “it’s about time you started paying attention.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z
And since she and her boyfriend never saw the show before, they were technically “virgins,” which meant they would have to do all these embarrassing things before the show started to get “initiated.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z
Maya’s eyes were starting to well up again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
Brian’s feet were in my face, so I grabbed him by the ankles and started chewing on his toes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
But two or three years later, every other car maker didn’t suddenly start making cars that looked like the Edsel, the way everyone started copying the Aeron. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
The wind, which was enjoying the conversation, started to blow with greater force, so that the sun would not blind the boy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Aibileen picks up another fiddlehead, starts washing its long stem, the curly green ends. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
Even though our little group at Yar’s home had started to feel like a family, a safe place, it couldn’t fill the hole in my heart left by my missing parents. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
A fine drizzle started drifting down from the gray sky, and I grew very depressed. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
I watched helplessly as Dragonwings started to turn, but the right side of its wings brushed the hillside. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Tomorrow we start shipping the computers out,” he said. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z
“Don’t be like that, sugar,” he called, and the raucous laughter started again behind me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
The factory was not yet ready to start producing ammunition. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
Ralph started to chew through the side of the pocket closest to the heartbeat. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z
As for Blanca, I didn’t want to think too much about her, for I might have broken down and started crying in public, embarrassing the hell out of myself. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
Three of the men started laughing, but the smallest one was rattled; he lifted the rifle and aimed it at us. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
The record started and I began to lip-synch the longest song of my life. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z
I didn’t know what to do, so I started by repeating Longneck’s words. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
“You need to go down with Mike and the rest of the group. Where are Pete and Todd? Ask them to look after Beck, then start down.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
Dropping the paper back on the money, he turned, picked up an old turkey-feather duster, and started dusting where there was no dust. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
When we started to make deliveries I was afraid of going near the houses, but I was even more afraid of being left alone on the wagon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thereafter he made his wife recite the prayer at the start of each meal, even on formal occasions, when there were guests in the house. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
My mom started to say something, but I got out of the car and ran, hoping the redheaded girl wouldn’t see me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
A jar of peanut butter had crashed to the floor; someone had gotten a running start, jumped into it, and skied a brown, onefooted track to the stove. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even Chet, but only because Mr. Frederick was about to start talking again. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
She couldn’t take Brigid on to teach, but how could she begrudge her a chance to start? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z
Don’t really know what to say about that, except that I start crying for no real reason sometimes. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
He reaches out and smacks a large white hand on my shoulder and starts to rock me back and forth, like he’s thinking of shoving me off my feet altogether. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
The mosquitoes are ruthless once we start to sweat. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
I don’t know if medicine will help, but I think talking with Rachel has already started helping me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
At once, her huge well-trained jaws started chewing away on it like a pair of tongs. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z
How do you start an email to a father you haven’t seen in ten years? Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
Frances was a little drunk and would have liked to have kept it up but the coffee came, and Lavigne with the liqueurs, and after that we all went out and started for Braddocks's dancing-club. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
They rounded a corner, and from around another corner just up ahead, a kind of drunken mumbling was starting to get louder. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
“She’s even starting to sound like him,” Mike blubbered with his mouth full. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z
Maybe I’ll start with them to see if they can help me get some students to New York to accept this prestigious award in person. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
“Well, give it a while. After a few days you start to notice people’s clothes, seeing as how they all wear the same stuff every day.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
Mark followed just as the landing pad above him started to rotate, the bushes and earth and small trees heading back toward the sky. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
Scaly animals were starting to look for new homes. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
I ’spected Quincy to run up the steps to our house and start packing. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
Noodles took the pink yarn and the needles like taking a baton in a relay race, and started up the steps, two at a time. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
When she saw me standing there, she started to cry. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then I got nervous and we started talking about the book we’re reading in language arts class. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
But after ’while you’re old enough and you got to own up to what you did, right or wrong, and couldn’t no one tell me that all this horribleness didn’t start with me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z
“Anyway, I know you started wearing a new cologne. That citrus scent. Is it to impress her?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
But Tariq liked to think himself a wordsmith, so it all got worse after they started hanging around. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
“Well, I just think,” Mom starts to say—but then her phone buzzes in her lap. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
So I started walking, but Siobhan said I didn’t have to describe everything that happens, I just have to describe the things that were interesting. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Does someone start it at quitting time, I wonder, now that she is dead? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
Ahmed opens up the car door and says we should get going, so I quickly crawl into the backseat of the car before I start to seriously cry. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
He stopped automatically before each house where milk was to be left and never started up again until she was safely in the seat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
I moved over to the seat he had left and he started the car and we drove on. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
He threw the stone into the cypress tree and started the white pigeons on another whirling flight. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
She started walking again, and we followed her, but I wondered if she would have kept talking even if we hadn’t followed her. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
He started to answer when he heard someone shouting. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
Phoebe said, “Come on,” and she started up the walk. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
She got up and started in clearing the coffee things. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
It starts like this: I really want to see you today. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
I first started butting heads with Dad in 1948—I was only nine—because he dragged us away from Mississippi. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z
I started to speak and turn at the same time, Good morning, Jeffy. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Fine, then let’s go to the band room together. Band starts in thirteen minutes; we can practice for the concert.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
When I first started school, I could read on a second-grade level, and it was suggested that I be put into that grade. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
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
Jutta clutches her bag between her knees; she is certain that he was wounded in the war, that he will try to start a conversation, that her deficient French will betray her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
On more than one occasion, she would start to read a poem by Poe or Longfellow, only to hear him finish it for her, from memory. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z
Seeing her next to the Grand Elder, the madwoman realized with a start that after all these years, Sister Ignatia had never seemed to age. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
He was leaving his tip and all and he was starting to go. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z
When he hit the floor, he started running. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z
And if you tell somebody they’re lying all the time, they start to believe you a little. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
As somebody started up our front walk, carrying the obligatory gigantic shopping bag, I would say, OK, Jeff, what do you think — frowny or cheery? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
Many times she started to write to him, she crafted e-mails, and then stopped and discarded them. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
My head goes light, my body floats away, and I start to fall. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
Here Joe’s hat tumbled off the mantel-piece, and he started out of his chair and picked it up, and fitted it to the same exact spot. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z
“No, that last one ended, we went back to school and then they started another one.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
“The doctor in charge of the study, the one who’d started the distant healing research—she was the daughter of some chess champion or something, remember?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
Once I started, I couldn’t seem to stop talking. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
When the violin started playing, they became attentive, got up, and went on tiptoe to the hall door, at which they remained standing pressed up against one another. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
And he started chanting joyously, teasingly, the master of his tongue again, “I love you, Dad. I love you, Dad. I love you. I love you. I love you.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Before we start, I want your dementor essays,” said Snape, waving his wand carelessly, so that twenty-five scrolls of parchment soared into the air and landed in a neat pile on his desk. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
I sit on my hand because it’s started to shake, too. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
That at least Cato, Clove, and Thresh will be on hand when the feast starts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
He hung his helmet on a peg, stripped off his boots and coveralls, and got into the shower and started lathering up with Lava soap. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
She gave one to me and started folding the next one. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
“It’s kind of a long story, and I need to start my art project.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
He started to swoop at the biddy with his tractor- grease hands, but Rosaleen planted herself in front of him. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I was so humiliated I almost started to cry. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
I completely forgot that there was a live audience, and I started having fun. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
I always know when I’m about to panic because my knees and neck both start to tingle. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z
While she was saying this, I was thinking, We just finished the freakin’ Egypt project, now we have to start a whole new thing? Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
Luke didn’t want to start a fight, but if they stacked up the evidence side by side, he was pretty sure the case for Lily would crumble. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
"Oh, goodness no. I just know that starting high school can be a difficult transition for any young girl. I can only imagine how much harder it is under your circumstances." The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z
He started breathing heavily, and a panicky feeling made him want to stop the blessing immediately. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
Matt started a fire with a lighter he found in the backpack. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I start to step around him to get downstairs but his eyes wander into Chantal’s room. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
I started folding up the little square of Snickers paper to put it back in my pocket, and Branwell reached across the table and put his fingertips on the back of my hand. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I agree, sometimes it’s good to start over. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
I remember the day_I started thinking this, it was such a revelation to me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I hope to God, for your sake, that nothing funny starts to happen.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
We started a beef with the dude behind the counter. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z
In other news, my equipment is starting to show signs of age. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
It's not such a terrible place to start, but the joy of accomplishment wears off fairly quickly. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
Manman pulled the meat and plantains out of her pocket and started eating a piece to fill the silence. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
Tilly and I headed upriver just as it started to rain hard again. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
Cressida directs the team to start with me at my old house. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
It worries me that the other girls have a head start on this since their families are already friends with the movers and shakers of Ecuador. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
“But farming takes too long. I’ve gotten so used to the trading. How can I start something new?” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z
I watched the eggs start to turn white. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
All at once the men started to put bows on their foreheads and run out the front door. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
“Chino,” he said when he saw me start to walk toward the roof s door again. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
Three steps past Ms. Warner and they start. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
“We start this evening and finish tomorrow afternoon,” said August. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
The girls dropped their work, hauled out paper bags of lunch, ripped the bags open to form a tablecloth, spread out their onion-garnished sandwiches and started to eat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
“There were so many times I started to say something, but I just couldn’t. Locke said if I could endure, it would be a test of love.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
We held our breath as the picture started rolling. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’d go anywhere to be with my parents, but I had already started a life in Grand Island. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z
I mean she's had all A's ever since she started school. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z
“I’m terrible sorry, Elijah, but a ball done started rolling downhill what ain’t gunn be stopped. We both going to Michigan.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z
I wanted to go to the rooftree of Maine to start my trip before turning west. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
I mean if you're good at writing compositions and somebody starts talking about commas. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z
“I have a late settlement appointment. Can you take Emma to soccer? Practice starts at five.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z
They made their way under the graceful arches of a stone bridge, around a long, sweeping bend in the lake, and up the straightaway to the starting stalls. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
"You wahn know who started it?" a man holding a pair of binoculars called from the window of a pawnshop. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
Grandma started making brownies, and Shawn and I went upstairs to choose a movie. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
Ralph started back to the shelters with Jack by his side. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
He'd talked with her father for a long time when they arrived, and even though the two of them disagreed about almost everything, Nok liked the old monk right from the start. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
The song started out with a jangly, quiet guitar and a voice that sounded sad but a little hopeful, too. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
Inevitably, she would start in on a story about the boys. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z
“What were you working on before all the screaming started?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
And then the teachers told my parents they had to feed him more, so my mom started giving him extra sadza every morning from the night before. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
Mrs Wormwood said to him, "You should read the label on the tube before you start messing with dangerous products. Always follow the instructions on the label." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z
Dad couldn’t get the spotlight working, so he started cussing and pounding on it with the heel of his hand. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
I break out in a cold sweat every time she starts chatting about it. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
“And then, if we keep walking dogs and making money, maybe I’ll have enough to buy my camera by the time school starts again. I can start filming this fall!” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
I wanted to watch the first half of the game with Mom and Annie and her dad, but Mr. Finkle said the crowd might start a riot if they saw me before halftime. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
At the beginning of the first physical science class of the new year, Mr. Ferris set Clarence on the front lab table and started him rocking. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
All she knew was that she had to get out of the house and start looking for Robbie. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
As they did, the adrenaline that had taken over for Luke started to slip away. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
“A tree starts out thin and small, sort of like...” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
On that night I had started on my way to becoming a Harlemite. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
On their way in, Ridgeway told them that a lightning strike must have started the fire. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
“In orbit around Uranus,” I tell him, which makes everyone laugh, and it starts a whole round of rude puns that all sound Cirque-ish, because I’ve already checked out again. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
But in that moment, the water in the kettle had finally started to boil in front of me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
Do you know how many white strangers show up on Indian reservations every year and start telling Indians how much they love them? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z
We started walking, and eventually my guide said, “Okay, Joseph. I have to leave you now. The terminal’s not far; just go around here, take a left and a right and you’ll be there.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
When Chris was twelve, he printed up a stack of flyers and started a neighborhood copy business, Chris’s Fast Copies, offering free pickup and delivery. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
I was whistling as I started up the driveway. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
The universe would have started in a smooth and ordered state, and would become lumpy and disordered as time went on. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
He wanted to get her out of her trance so she would start the car and drive them back to Abba. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Concentrating, I reached for the rhythm of the story thread inside, and I spoke the sentence Nana started every one of her stories with. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
She started talking to Mandela again, advising him. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
“This will start the countdown on the rigged Artifacts,” he says. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
As I packed away my supplies before the concert started, Colton walked over with a boy about a foot taller. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
But she had no idea the storm was just getting started, because that's also when she started eating. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
Otto shut his sketchbook, Perry put down his guitar, and the Cowboy raised anchor, started the engine. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
I start writing to Tom, writing and deleting, writing and deleting, trying to find ways to ask forgiveness for the things I said last night. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
As she started down the driveway toward the car, I had this weird feeling that my brother was getting smaller and smaller. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
I will love this child and raise her knowing that I did the right thing from the start. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
As Annabeth got to her feet, Tyson started smashing at the monster heads with his fists so fast it reminded me of the whack-a-mole game at the arcade. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
I got Old Flap back in his stall, shut the stable door, and started walking home. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z
I started wondering if the birds of sadness had built their nest in Mrs. Cadaver’s hair afterward, and if so, how she got rid of them. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
She was starting to look tired all the time. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
I became notorious for being that guy, so much so that people started coming up to me in line. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
“They do, however, claim that we are not cultivated and refined to the same extent. To remove this impression, the thought and work of this bureau has been mostly bent from the start.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
I had to start dressing like a boy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
We know how they are, the first quarter you start hittin ’em a couple of times, get a couple of sticks on ’em, they want to quit.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
When Mom and Dad got up there, the Costellos started asking them about the meeting in our great room—how it had gone and who had said what. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
I started tenuously down the fixed lines, stiff with dread. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
The next morning, ten minutes before school started, Sissy was in that classroom confronting the teacher. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
My nightmare started out as something I’d dreamed a million times before: I was being forced to take a standardized test while wearing a straitjacket. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
"Tell me quick what to do before it starts falling out!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z
I figured that if American children learned English through books, so could I, even if I was starting later. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
“It’s starting to rain,” I say, as if she doesn’t know this. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
She stared out the window, at New Pretty Town, where the fireworks were starting. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
Neville whimpered as boils started to pop up all over his nose. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
This one day just before school was supposed to start I was moping around the back yard and thinking again how pointless and stupid everything was and Grim comes over and says, ''You know what? Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z
Do you know how many blocks there were before the houses started thinning out after the library? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
As soon as I hit the court, Eddie looked up and started clapping. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
I went up to my room and started reading the new book Bill gave me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z
"There's a dreadful moment for me just when the bull starts for the horse." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
Near the start there’s a scene where Clint Eastwood doesn't know if he has a bullet left in his gun to shoot the baddie. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
One afternoon Peeta stops shading a blossom and looks up so suddenly that I start, as though I were caught spying on him, which in a strange way maybe I was. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Have a good time,” she said listlessly, and started out the door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
The marchers down south didn't just up and start their marching—it was part of a longer, bigger plan, that maybe belonged to God. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z
That glossary isn’t complete—there are hundreds of the flowers of rhetoric in the overstuffed greenhouse of oratory—but it should provide a solid starting point. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
Carmine feels the change in me and starts to whimper. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
I remembered what Mum had said when I started at secondary school last autumn. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
The plane bounced hard inside an air pocket, and he remembered with a start that he had left his own parachute up front in the nose. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
“That’s easy,” I say, and I head over to my table to start writing. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
All of them started half laughing and half covering their eyes now, pushing each other and cursing loudly. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
Instead of sobering up, he started to get delirium tremens. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
It had all started when I was in fifth grade and we were looking for something to do. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
Aunt Sponge shouted, waving her fat arms and starting to dance around in circles. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z
The beast started for Nhamo with its red tongue lolling out of its mouth. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Cooking is women’s work, same as sewing. Act like a man, Robbie. Go outside and get your hands dirty. You don’t start toughening up, I might have to drown that cat of yours.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Groovy,” I said, and Faisal laughed so hard he started sweat­ing all over again. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Reporters started following Mom around—even into the bathroom in a store—and she lost her patience. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
He started to roll the window up and then stopped. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
I got a case of the giggles, and then Summer and Ximena started giggling. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
But it's as if he's some kind of mind reader, because he says: "I'm going to start running. Tomorrow is my first day." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
She started to cry and run out of the room and ever- body looked at me and I saw alot of them wasnt the same pepul who use to be in my class. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
He laughed and laughed, slapping his knee and patting his chest and throwing his head back, all the way across the field until he reached Lu and Ghost up by the hundred-meter start line. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
“Look, the shadowshapers...It’s a lot to explain. I’m not really sure where to start...” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
So I started to sing: All along this Christian journey, I want Jesus to walk with me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
“If you would’ve just listened to me, we would be fighting the Nightbeast right now. Instead we have to start from scratch, our time’s running out, and it’s all on you!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
But then he takes a running start and slides down the lane about six feet. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z
He started weeping then, and Jam stared, disgust sliding around in her stomach. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
Hours pass and still she makes no move and when I know it’s well past school time I start the fire for the kettle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
I just know I’m back at the start with no idea which way to go. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
Kelly started to giggle, and George joined her until the two of them curled into howling balls of laughter, occasionally shouting things like “I can’t perform under these conditions!” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z
Then my grandma broke down even more, started sobbing. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
“It’s called photomarking. When anyone in the picture is murdered, their face gets smudged out. Wick hadn’t started on his crusade yet, but I saw it in him, I knew it wouldn’t be long.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
Everything finally seemed to be starting to turn golden. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
He left the storeroom, banging the door behind him, and started for his sleeping mat under the tree. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z
She had started laughing and apologizing at the same time. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Officer Delinko started up the car and headed for his apartment. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
He started screaming something about this being his neighborhood too. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
The rest looked like they knew they still had a few days of summer freedom coming and they sure didn’t want to start thinking about school any more than we did. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
I hardly know whether I had slept or not after this musing; at any rate, I started wide awake on hearing a vague murmur, peculiar and lugubrious, which sounded, I thought, just above me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
Don’t But you know, he had started to cry. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
At the starting gate he broke through over and over again, delaying the start for three minutes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I have a contract with my studio to fulfill, Warcross or no. The others told me to come up here and get you. They’re starting a round of games downstairs, if you want to join.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
He wrote that they started with £573 in the bank and £36 cash in hand. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Why he was started anyway is not known, but it seems a shame that his unbeaten record for the eastern invasion was not kept unsullied.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
“And how do we get everybody in the school to start selling the chocolates, Archie?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even though I was now competing in local and state meets against gymnasts who were much older and taller than me, I was starting to win medals regularly. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
The third task is clean, so let’s start there, shall we? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z
The next morning, Stuart started early, to avoid traffic. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z
The problem with that was that he hadn’t seen one clearing since they’d started flying over the forest. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
Just before my birthday party had started, Chapter Eleven had been down in his basement laboratory, using a hacksaw on a newfangled Titleist that advertised a “liquid center.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Ser Jorah started to rise, the widow snapped her fan closed, her scarred man slid out of the shadows .,. and behind them a girl screamed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
He shook the reins and we started rolling. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
My parents start talking to each other in Urdu, the primary and personal language they share. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
I took the list and promised I would start doing the exercises. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
She looked me over once more, then started down the stairs without a word. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
I picked up my pocketbook and started back over the cold stones to where my shoes kept their vigil in the violet light. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
She starts to get up from beneath the covers. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
Meanwhile, Tyson was starting to have trouble with the sheep. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
Next Milton’s car started up and began backing down the drive. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
I progressed well for the first few days, until my kidneys started malfunctioning. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
Cove is standing at the start point, idly dangling his staff. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
“She probably started making that sweater for you on the way to the hospital,” Lt. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
She started in, but I shut her off. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
I go to my room and get online and start reading about e. e. cummings. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
I thus started wondering whether each DNA molecule consisted of two chains with identical base sequences held together by hydrogen bonds between pairs of identical bases. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
Petey went yelling into the living room as Luke sighed and started down the walkway. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
Britt-Marie and Laury both draw back in surprise, then look at each other before shifting their gazes between me and him and starting to smirk and make their eyebrows dance. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z
He said, “If everyone will take their places, we can get started.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
I had to start laughing, too, and soon we were both hysterical, lying on our backs, tears running down our cheeks, slapping our feet on the porch floor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
“They were looking for their husbands, sons, and grandsons. They wanted to know that their loved ones were safe. Many of them were angry at the Long Knives. So that’s when it started.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z
These bricks, added to the secret project I had started in my room last night, might really add up to something. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
“Then, of course, after this years fifty are assigned, we start fresh, after the Ceremony, with new ones coming in gradually. It’s like a little vacation!” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
“Nothing. Truly, I am innocent,” I said, but could speak no more without starting to weep. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
He didn’t lower his left hand until his legs started to ache, and he didn’t move his other foot until he absolutely had to. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
I wonder if after a while your body starts to wear down when you don’t listen to that fight-or-flight response. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
And I started laughing again, too, because laughs like that are contagious. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
I leave Adam, Kim, and Willow in the lobby and I just start careening through the hospital. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Since the start of the journey, they had zigzagged down the curvy river, traveling about sixty miles, which averaged to seven and a half miles a day so far. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z
She even gets me shoes, saying I have to get used to them before school starts. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
I could see him freaking out and starting to cry while we were trying to sneak past a monster or something. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
I went out and started putting in the first claymore. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Sometime that December I had started dropping the “Aunt” out of her name, mostly because I knew that it annoyed her. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
I started to run out of the house, but then I stopped and turned around. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
It looked foolish and he started to throw it away, but changed his mind. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
I pick him up, and he grabs onto me and starts sobbing, again saying, “I’m so sorry,” over and over again. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z
I thought about what Chiron had told me when I started my quest—that a hero should never harm mortals unless absolutely necessary. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
But I push away the wondering when it starts to draw me too far back. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Since we started middle school, sometimes she feels like a new person. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
He outlined a concept for a second lab as initially “a small group ... in support of Los Alamos and controlled thermonuclear work. . . We’ll start small and see what happens.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
“We’ll start with these and then when you know English better, you can read these.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
“All right,” he said, taking a deep breath, “just lie back on that cot and we’ll get started. Now, please.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
The piece of black tape that covered her perpetually illuminated “check engine” light starting to peel off. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
He starts to scream, but Guarino quickly pushes a wad of cloth into his mouth. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
It started with what Reader lovingly referred to as his Cell Factory. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
I started writing my complaint determined not to reveal that I was an attorney. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
No one in the setdement knew exacdy what had happened, but Lana had insisted from the start that care needed to be taken in case they were dealing with something contagious. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
I look up at his face, perfect teeth, perfect skin, and he’s just started to grow his hair out and is wearing it in a short Afro. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z
As I tried to work my left leg free, I put all my weight on my right leg, until it started to sink as well. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
And then Beans started having to go to the bathroom, or so he said. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z
Till the sun started going down and everybody packed up to leave. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
I start the hour-and-a-half trek it will take to cover our snare line. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
Dimple started to shake her head and then stopped. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
“She could run fast. If you were racing her, you couldn’t ever let her get a head start, because she would beat you for sure.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z
I’d learned the lessons I was supposed to learn and done well enough at the start of the year to progress to grade two. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
Hannah starts to join me, but she ends up waving her palm in a so-so sign and shrugs. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
“Ouch. And then your internship starts—” Dill carefully plucked a ladybug from his arm and held it in his palm so that it could fly away. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
I do up his nearly bald head and shoulders and then start putting the most complicated, unnecessary, wild highways through him from ear to ear. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
“If they thought you were any good, they would have started you this Saturday,” he said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
And all I could think about was how much I wished I had kissed him one last time before he started fearing me for what I was. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
And Fred wanted Gold to start recruiting other spies with technical knowledge. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
After Dad told me the children’s names, I started crying. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z
They stand to the side of the crowd and start to play their instruments. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
But maybe my luck was starting to change. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z
He started to say something, but it came out a low gurgle. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z
And I had started a funny habit: I sometimes found myself looking in the mirror and giving speeches. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
Moon Orchid, who never understood the gravity of things, started smiling and laughing, pointing at Brave Orchid. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Five weeks earlier my grandmother had given me her old riding lawn mower and I’d started mowing lawns. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z
I started this mission with six square meters and I've used up most of that. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Those wild butterflies are back in my belly, and I can’t wait to start running so they will go away, or at least they’ll get tired and relax. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
They raised prices at the start of the teaching period when demand was high, only to offer bargains at the end of the term when there was no longer a need for a specimen. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
I heard a shout and we turned to see the men start after us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
When the second plane hit, the woman who was giving the news started to scream. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
She started tucking her hair back under her paper hat. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
If I keep looking out the window, I'll see the snow settle on the paths again, cover the trees where hints of branches have started to show through. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
We may translate this to mean that he started the process of carving a statue by trying to visualize a figure in the rough, rectilinear block as it came to him from the quarry. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
The project she had in mind was a book about Shakespeare and ciphers, like the one she had started during World War I. And Riverbank would be part of the story. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
“He gets started with the church stuff, and suddenly everything he wants is ‘God’s will’ for me. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Son, school starts soon. We better load your stuff and you can drop me off or I’m going to be late.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I start to lower myself to the ground. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
While we packed the breakfast dishes, Papa went outside to start the “Carcachita.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
After lunch, I cleaned the pipes, swept off the floor, and started the boiler. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
When he finally was convinced he had interested us in astronomy, Dad started a new series of wall paintings dealings with stars. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
We started walking to his room where we could talk privately. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
I push past him, walking away from the mirror cave and the sculpture, and start down the sidewalk. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
He’d known it from the moment the duel started, and began sweating when she had the opportunity to bestow a winning blow and failed to deliver it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
I am starting to dread what this has to do with my mother. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
August started to sing then in a humming sort of way, “ ‘Mary brought forth her firstborn child and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in the manger.’ The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
High school casts always get to know each other well—if they don’t start out as friends, they become close over the course of the production. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
She gave the beastkeeper another nod, more final, and he started to escort her out of the tent. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
So he and the council had decided to move them to new homes and blow up the building and start again. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
So I slowed down, fell into a trot, and then just started to walk. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
I stood there looking at that picture for a long time—even after the typing and dinging started up again. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
I don’t say anything, but she immediately starts to yell as if she already hears my breath. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
She just started learning numbers, and so everything she sees, she counts up. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
“If you start behaving like a grownup, the Specters’ll get you,” she said, but she didn’t know whether she could tease him yet or whether she should be afraid of him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Stanley must have looked surprised, because Mr. Sir went on to explain that they started early to avoid the hottest part of the day "No one is going to baby-sit you," he added. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z
At dawn when the clamor started again I left and went back to the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
I walked over to him and started working on the glasses, and we stepped through the kitchen in silence, with nothing but the sound of clinking dishware. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
I woke with a start sometime later to the sound of Aech’s ringtone. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
But the opposition had still won, and unlike most African losers, Banda agreed to leave quietly and not start a war. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z
“I suppose we must start somewhere,” she said with a sigh. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
He wasn’t sure what the first part meant, but he was starting to have an idea about the second. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
But when the Central Valley started to dry up and the price of produce skyrocketed, people started to pay attention. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
He would start pulling my clothes off, saying, “We are going to do this!” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
But when he opened his mouth a third time, she smiled and slowly started walking, dragging him behind her. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
Wab started the work of putting out the fire safely, but she had an odd serenity in her movements. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
“So that our propos will air in the Capitol, too. He’s down working on it in Special Defense now. There’s live programming tonight. Snow’s making an appearance or something. I think it’s starting.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
I went back under my fort and turned the light on and started on my first map. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
I had just turned thirteen and become bar mitzvah when I started my apprenticeship at the Yiddish newspaper in Kielce. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
We start moving up the avenue again, street numbers climbing, which means we're going in the right direction. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
Fires were started in buildings throughout the city. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Hephaestus chariot was starting to gain on us, too. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
She took one look at the three of us and started rubbing the back of her hand against her forehead. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
My little brothers must have been excited too because they started whispering and giggling. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
I would hear them talking about war that was either going on at the time or that was about to start. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
Mustafa starts to protest but quits when he sees that Mama isn’t going to budge. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
“You started up with Jimmy when it wasn’t anything really going on,” Nick said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
His hands started to slide off the wire. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
Instead she started walking all through the rooms, just shaking her head at the way Grandma and I kept things. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
When she thought she was nearly finished, she noticed that the next shelf started up again with Browne. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
Patti sounds as if she's given up before she even started, and I'm not sure how to fight the hopelessness I hear in her voice. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
And almost as if to prove her mother right, that little baby girl starts up a serious crying spell that brings Dofta Isabel’s soft tap at the bedroom door. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
They started through the field of tall grass. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
I came early, days before the start of the new year. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
It seems that Webb and Forbes started missing cheerleading practices and meetings. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z
I started to write “Happy Birthday” on the frosted windows. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Petra, writing in neat purple ink, started a new page with the heading "Facts about Vermeer." Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z
Suddenly he ordered his son into a stance and told him to fire off and start blocking. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
He frowns down at his stomach that’s just starting to poke out. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
East Bank was where the government had gone in, cleared out the squatters and their shacks, and started to build actual homes. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Later, when we started meeting secretly for dinner, we still divided the bill. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
Why did I even start talking about desserts? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
Although I was only five, I knew it shouldn't be locked now, as some people would come in late, even after the sermon started. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
First, before the experiment even started, they gave the students a questionnaire about why they had chosen to study theology. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I call his name, start toward him until a nurse pushes me back and shuts me out. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
I imagine Ellie entered on a Tuesday right after school started and people went to work. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
I closed my eyes and started to slowly curl my fingers. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
A few moments later my mother calmly turned around and started back down the steps, still holding the yarn. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
She sobbed and hugged Aunt Gloria, saying it couldn’t possibly be Salim, while Dad started throwing outdoor clothes on over his pyjamas and Kat stood there, gripping me. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
If I could only get Rado’s dam engine started, Abbey and I could escape. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
His creator, Edgar Allan Poe, is credited with starting the detective fiction genre in 1841. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
He finished it in two days and started again, rolling the words round his tongue, memorizing some sentences: The slaves became as fearful of the tar as of the lash. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
She was already starting to dissolve with embarrassment. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
When he started driving a cab, it was only supposed to be a temporary job. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
“Ooh, good, we’re starting some new subjects today,” she said happily. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
I fill the water bag and am starting back when a squirrel runs over the leaves. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
The parade of job seekers had started even before he took office. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
Stephanie’s eyes start flooding, and I throw one more jab to harden the blow. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
“I was fine. It was just a bunch of pretty flowers to me, and I started with two weeks of food.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
She turned to Frances, sitting smiling, her hands folded, her head poised on her long neck, her lips pursed ready to start talking again. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
I know it’s not a lot, but it’s a start. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
As the week dragged on, Friday night and the library lock-in started to remind Kyle of Christmas, too: It felt like they would never come. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
“You said we were going to meet the others,” I tell him, starting with what I know, trying to keep up and avoid stumbling on the uneven ground. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Because of the limited variety of wild starting material suitable for plant domestication, even Africa’s earliest agriculture may have begun several thousand years later than that of the Fertile Crescent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
“He doesn’t know what they did to Twelve. If he could’ve seen what was on the ground—” I start. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
A rock-and-roll version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” starts blaring out of nowhere, and I glance around myself, trying to find the speakers. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
From there, I start to write about my sessions with Dr. Estrada. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
“Because you’re skinny. It’s called irony, Pudge. Heard of it? Now, let’s go get some cigarettes and start this year off right.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z
After a few seconds we start moving again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
He helped Jess up and started to lead her to the chopper. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z
He started with Chester, to follow the order in which the transgressions had occurred, and called for their bloody backs to be scrubbed out with pepper water afterward. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
I covertly used some sympathy to start the fire while Denna cobbled together a couple cooking skewers out of forked willow branches. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I grab the water pail and start to water the garden. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Once the water starts flowing in the new channel,” Woods said, "it is almost impossible to put it back in the old as the new channel rapidly downcuts and establishes itself.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
He started to walk up the fire escape. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
Then I curled my fingers around that green pencil, and I started to draw. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z
We were just cruising around when a bee started flying near us. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
We kids started to do everything the grown-ups were doing and more. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
Dad started work at Arizona State College, and Mom stayed home and started having babies. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z
At some point, I just starting asking Dad for money to buy new pairs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
After my success at Hollands, I asked Mom if I could start swimming with the rest of my classmates. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
And when it's real short, you can see where it starts out as curls. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z
Other vendors along the street were starting to arrange their wares—rubber sandals, wool shawls, toys, baskets of pomegranates, cinnamon sticks, and cloves. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z
“We need to start charging at the door. Keep out the trash.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
Owls were flying this night, shrieking to start their prey, and a nighthawk made soft rhythmic whoops in the distance. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s started to rain harder, the kind of lashing rain that stings when it hits your skin. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
The Russians are taking part in the campaign; yesterday they started their offensive near Vitebsk, exactly three years to the day that the Germans invaded Russia. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
“Load up and prepare for battle,” David hollered as Magdalys hurried off to gather the orphans and start boarding. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
The eminent director of the lab, Charles Davenport, recently had started a Eugenics Record Office there. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
Little Willy waved good-bye as Searchlight started off down Main Street. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ideas and hope started sparking together inside me, reminding me of the way my mother used to be—excited by science and life and questions. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
My feet burn when I start walking again on the stones and dirt off the highway. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
The Apple Jacks box was a problem, and I started to get a bit scared when at first I couldn’t find it, but then I saw it floating, the paper box dissolving like a wafer. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
Maybe when everything seemed sad and miserable, Phoebe and I could both hope that something might start to go right. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
Because her normal existence is so foreign to me, so intriguing to me, it starts to feel a little more interesting to her as well. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
I have a lot of free time, so I have started to write my life story. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z
The video display popped onto the screen with the words “ Black, Vegan, and Proud starting soon” on a black background and a live chat box to the right. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
Then he left the parsonage and sprinted to Mrs. Cobb’s house, where Lizzie would be waiting and dripping inside the kitchen—Mrs. Cobb had started to leave the back door open for her. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
James II had succeeded his brother in 1685 and, after a cautious start to his reign, by 1687 he was starting to throw his weight around. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
"The second hole's a lot harder. You're hurting before you even get started. If you think you're sore now, just wait and see how you feel tomorrow morning, right?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z
“No, ma’am,” he said as he started to move away from her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
Several white people started moving away from the benches. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
“Guard me,” Amil said, grabbing the note and starting to climb out the window. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
As he and Horse started off down the alley, they kept looking back at the two young people, until finally they turned the corner and were gone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
Then the sun went down and the other men had to start back to town; they all went except Grandfather, because he wanted to listen some more. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
I started getting my books ready for that night’s class. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
I was starting to feel kind of panicky. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
He told himself no one was as clean as they had been, but with school officially starting again the next day, he wanted to look as respectable as possible. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
He put his hands on her chest and started pushing against her again and again and again. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
Three hands shoot up, but then they all start talking at once. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
And she started going around taping the pictures of the dogs to the trees and the chairs and the table. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z
He looked down and started reading his note of compliments again. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z
She listened to them complain about how boring their upcoming weekend would be because they were going to the community pool again, and then they started talking about a dance class they took together. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
The second start was about how I was glad that the war was in Vietnam and not home, but that didn’t sound right, either. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I mean, coming to orientation in June, when school doesn’t even start until September, is not cool. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
I went all to pieces and started crying. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
But she was just adjusting her old bones, and once she was good and warmed up she started talking. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Even though I have way too many control issues to do drugs myself, I am starting to get a sense of why Owen likes to get stoned. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
Even the spring, which failed to flow for several days, started up again and flowed more than ever. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
It had taken the angels a long time to get rid of that kind of dangerous in Lucille; it was a fight that had started decades before even Bitter was born. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
Alex starts to laugh, but cuts off when he hears rustling down the hall. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
I start whispering, “Come on, Carmetta, come on,” but she runs even slower. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
Sammy started to look inside too, but I pulled him away. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
“It must be because of the zero. I’ve never seen a phone number start with a zero,” she said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
“Son, I just stopped by to tell you that God is with you. He’s always with you,” the pastor started, predictably. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
We started with the sample problems first, and it turned out he was right: once I found the clue word in each problem, I knew what to do. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
It was foggy and cold to start with, but even when it cleared, the shore in Canada was too far off to be seen. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
They all started telling stories, then, of how fine and wonderful a thing it was to be a ghoul, of all the things they had crunched up and swallowed down with their powerful teeth. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
“Hey, listen to me. Just one more day, yes? You can make it one more day, and then you can sleep tonight, and start tomorrow fresh. You just have to keep walking.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
The path he was interested in started down the side of a bombed house, fairly new, perhaps a railwayman's cottage rebuilt after the last time. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
How many of them were there, and how long of a head start did the First Arrivers have? The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
Pick it up and stare at the blank paper, and as I stare, words start falling across the paper. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
You couldn’t call it a biker bar anymore, even though that’s how it had gotten its start and there was certainly that population in the room most nights. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
Unnoticed by Travers, who was looking through the bronze doors at the inner hall, each of the guards gave a little start as the spells hit them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
Ser Jorah she had left behind today, to guard her other dragons; the exile knight had been opposed to this folly from the start. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
I’d been asking her to meet me at Listening Rock for three weekends straight, ever since school had started again, and finally, she’d said she could. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
“You’ll do nothing of the sort! You young scallywag, I could give you a ten-second start and still beat you to the top of the wall! D’you want to try me?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
Through the gaps in the floor, I started to see lights far below. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
At least Hudson and I had each other when Dylan and Harriett started dating. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
One of his sons must have decided to start the business up again. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z
And then I start to breathe really hard trying to see something, but I can’t. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z
When I started researching her story, I had one question: How did she have the courage to stand up for the working poor against such huge and deadly odds? Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z
And if the family before you even irritated the agent a little, it would affect you, so people in the waiting area would start to grumble. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
Then Peewee started coughing from the cigarette, and the medic gave him some water. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
He stood for the national anthem and the announcement of the starting lineup. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
She started to turn and I thought that she was going to flee back through the brush. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
Michael started licking the air like it tasted nice. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
During this expansion, the density fluctuations would have remained small at first, but later would have started to grow. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Your dad hardly gets to see you since he started working for Yellow Cab.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
“We’ve got a good start. If we move fast and move quiet—” Then all three spoke at once. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
“And where I am is here. With you. And I’m thinking maybe I should start trying to take it day by day. And just...feel what I feel.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
“Just started to teach Nigel to read and write,” I said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
We walked a good distance around the lake’s edge, she and I, then started back. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
The gods were in giant human form, as Hades had been, but I could barely look at them without feeling a tingle, as if my body were starting to burn. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
She rubbed her eyes, tried to take a deep breath but coughed instead, and then started toward the second floor. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
“Thanks for the dinner,” I said and started off toward the station. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mom said Jason started coming to the clinic after Christmas, but the first time I saw him was February vacation. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
There must be terror in my eyes because he starts to laugh, he roars with laughter. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Landau starts talking about chemical compounds and genetic differences, and everyone is bouncing in their seats. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
He didn’t wait to put on his shirt but willed himself to climb up the ledges and start for town even though his legs were still shivering. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
“I’ve been trying to find you all day—” I started, but he didn’t waste any time talking. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
I grabbed Noodles and started pulling him back. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
I climbed out of the cellar and started running. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z
Just a house where Alex grew up, where he saw Henry’s picture in a magazine and felt a flicker of something, a start. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
We had known from the start that Mr. Kendall was as dumb as he was mean. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
Light was starting to seep through the cloud cover to the east, and he urged me on even while he pulled harder. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
Liam hopped on the counter and started playing with a Zippo lighter, flipping it open and spinning it in his hand so it closed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
I used to really hate school when I first started at Franklin High. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z
Thalia and I both started complaining, but Mr. D held up his hand. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
We repeat the process, find a rhythm, and I start to feel my heart beating, my muscles loosening. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Well, mine’s just starting. I’m going to that rally in West Oakland. Probably why there’s a delay.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
I never quite knew about my heritage, or the positions that my parents had in the government, until we started talking about my culture in Ms. Gruwell’s class. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
Because it was starting to get dark, and because the streets were crowded, I bumped into a googolplex people. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
“Amber starts off as sap from a tree,” Joseph said in the dark. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
This table shows how many points students’ test scores rose from the time they started classes in September to the time they stopped in June. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
But then, the night after I met Auggie Pullman, I started having nightmares again. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
And these tiny girls, they start to laugh and whip the doll harder to urge the whole jest longer. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
Jam felt tears start up, and she dashed her hands against her eyes. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
Josiah wanted to give them a good start because they would be calving later on. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
Then she skimmed the rest of the pages from the start to make sure she had missed no similar messages. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
Once he started a project he would work on it for years, often going days without sleep. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z
Pretty much everyone starts out playing in fours, and being the lead bowler is a nice, gentle way to begin. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
That’s why Darwin, in his great book On the Origin of Species, didn’t start with an account of natural selection. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
At the start of her third week in London, Jule went to Madame Tussauds. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
I could feel my heart rate starting to slow, and then it raced again as I heard him ask me, “You work in public relations, is that correct? Huntingdon Whitely?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
He finally gets the knots loose and pulls in the rope just as the engines come to life and the boat starts moving away from the Lincoln Building. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
“What on earth — ?” Hermione said, taking the letter from the gray owl, opening it, and starting to read. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
The room smelled like her urine, like something hot and just starting to bud. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then Cas started coughing from the smoke, and he went back to the most important thing on the agenda. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
Once he started picking his nose, but stopped immediately. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
As Thomas sat down, Minho grabbed a piece of paper and a pencil and started drawing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
Here’s how it works: I start talking about politics. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
There was an upright piano in the far corner of the room beyond the wooden tables and Bill went over and started to play. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
They were silent a minute and then both started to speak at once, neither trying to mask his interest. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
But instead I stand there holding on to Finch’s shirt, and he looks down at me and shakes his head, and in a moment he starts singing Dr. Seuss again. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
As we get closer, the members start to run, and Uriah and I sprint to catch them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
My allies and I are rounding the horn, starting to give chase to Brutus and Enobaria, who are sprinting down a sand strip toward the jungle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
Then the cards started coming again, from small towns across Europe, but the handwriting was scratched quickly, and my mom had less to say with every new postcard, with every new town. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
“On a positive note, the blog is blowing up,” she says, and we all start to laugh. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z
After lunch he slept in his room while I started on the wheat field. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
Scott asked, his eyes focused on the television screen as the cloud creature announced the start of the next course. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z
“Where should I start? Poet, philosopher, fisherman. My pop calls me a bum, but that’s elitist, don’t you think? I can split wood, spread mulch, pour beer and grow perfect tomatoes.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z
And then it happens—a magical flow state in which the clothes start putting themselves away. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
The plane dubbed "the black lady of espionage" by the Soviets revved its engines and started on a 3,788-mile arc over the Soviet Union to a secret base in Bodo, Norway. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
“I needed a moment. I will never forget the way he panicked when his heart rate started speeding up...” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
She laughed, moved her hands to her hips, and started jumping an invisible jump rope. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z
Our near romance started when one of my best friends, Rebecca, invited me to go to a weekend sleepaway camp with her youth group. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
“It’s my parents. They skipped the lullabies and started us with the Beatles, and then worked their way up to Nirvana, which is where their extensive knowledge of music comes to a screeching halt.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
We were only about fifteen miles down the road from where we’d started in El Sacrificio, but it was far enough that going back there wouldn’t be too smart. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
This subterranean shift could not have been anticipated at the start of the century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
I took my hands out of my pockets and started picking and piling the cotton in the furrow. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
It didn’t bother her that when Miss Beatty showed up to observe Mom’s class, Mom started yelling at Lori to prove to Miss Beatty that she was capable of disciplining her students. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
If the action don't come, it'll be another five days before you can get back on your street corner and start waiting again. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
“And Mila, it was about you. The points were for saying things to you, touching your body, your clothes—” Omi’s hand flew to her mouth, and she started crying. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
This started a discussion about art theft, and about how thieves sometimes cut canvases out of frames. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z
I supposed it was contraband because of the ease with which it could start a fire, trip the cell’s circuit breaker, burn the inmate, or burn someone the inmate didn’t like. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I didn’t think too much of fate or fortunes, but a dried-up spring sure didn’t seem like a great start. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
Back when George’s grandfather started farming, farmers grew their own seed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
I start sketching my experiment on a sheet of paper. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z
After the training camp, his coach said that he was second string and that when he starts learning the system, he will be first string. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z
Everything in front of me started getting fuzzy and 'dark, and I figured I was about to pass out. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
Roz stood there until snowflakes started drifting down from the sky. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
It started back when Frank stopped coming on his every-other Saturdays. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
My back started aching, and the attic was cold. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
Audrey comes over, and I tell her I’m starting tomorrow night. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
“I don’t think so. I’m going to get an early start.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
"When you start beating yourself up, just fight back." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
We all ate fried chicken that Mother had cooked, southern style, starting from scratch with killing them and lopping off their heads. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
He has started sketches and studies for an oil painting he thinks just might be worthwhile. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
Were just starting to clean up when the twins appear. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
Whenever another girl comes in I start washing my hands. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
Abbey and I are finally starting to believe it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
Mosca sat down next to it and started to fiddle with the dials. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z
HARRY: The Dursleys—well, it started there—then it became something else. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z
A doctor came into the room and announced: “Tomorrow, right after nightfall, the camp will start on its march. Block by block. The sick can remain in the infirmary. They will not be evacuated.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
I felt my bottom lip starting to tremble. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z
“Wow. You better watch out. People might start thinking you’re part of the team.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
Reports have started to calculate how many Jews have died since the exterminations began. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
So I decided to start an education foundation. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
Once I get started, I can go on for hours if I feel like it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z
“I guess we can get started. Everyone, we have a couple of new friends with us tonight.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
He started to say something else, then stopped and rubbed his face with his hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I stayed there until the sun started to descend, hating myself every single minute. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
There’s not a lot of people on the sidewalks by the time I start walking through the suburban neighborhood my school is in. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
On July 7, five days after the shooting, Corkhill announced that he wouldn't start formal legal action until he learned whether the president lived or died. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
He started the company, but there was not much money and my mom was worried. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z
She started down the stairs, and I was close behind, shifting Fern to my other hip. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z
He started up the wooden rungs and I began climbing behind, up to the limb high over the bank. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
He started trading words with Brick, real vicious, but that was to be expected. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
I had to stop moaning and start walking straight. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
I pulled up my zipper and started for the door. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
Walking at a steady pace, my boots scuffing the gravel, I count a hundred steps and start again. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
“Sure, honey. School doesn’t start for a few months, so we’ve got a little time to wrap things up,” she said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
I’m not sure how much she understood, but she bounded to the pile and started to dig. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
She looks at me until my eye starts to quiver. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
"This fight doesn't change that. You can't start kicking people every time someone thinks I'm weird or ugly. . . . Promise me you won't try. Promise me that you'll try not to care." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
A lot of the mistakes I had seen her make over the past days were mistakes I used to make when I first started. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
So it was not a good way to start this whole trip to the moon, with the seat thumping on Marty’s face, and him going, “Unit! I’m trying to get my bird!” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Plenty of time for boyfriends, then. Why don’t you start from the beginning?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z
Soon, country music was blaring, and, just like that, Baba had started a party. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
He starts frowning, swatting the laddoo’s hands away to stop him from stuffing the tie into his mouth. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
“I didn’t think you took the bus,” he said as they started walking down the long, long sidewalk toward the street. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
The thought of Peacekeepers dragging Gale away starts the tune playing in my head again. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
After that, all the men on the docks started buying from us. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
Tiny starts to talk and Gary cuts him off. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
“About the prairie fires? About how sometimes you need to scorch everything to the ground and start over?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
“Well, I guess we could arrange that. . . ,” she started to say. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
And before Joey could reply, Gregory slapped the glob on his mouth and started rubbing it in. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z
I think going to his art show with a poster that reads Eye of the Tiger, Sean might be a good place to start. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
I started crying before Mom got to me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
Werfel drew in a big breath so he could start yelling again. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z
I could see that his eyes, too, were starting to swell closed. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Falkbridge was starting to explain when the noisy one clubbed him across the neck. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
While Shasta sat down—painfully and cautiously—with his back against a tree and started on the pasty, Bree had a few more mouthfuls of grass to keep him company. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z
“Things are starting to happen for the band.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
I never thought they would make me move all the way to Arizona and go to a new school right after starting eighth grade. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
“Oh, don’t you start, as if you are so pious,” Mom snaps. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
“The landing strip is too soft to use tomorrow. Maybe it’ll start raining again before the field dries out.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
A couple of years ago, when they first started talking about moving, I felt fluttery with nervous excitement. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Uhmma puts down her spoon and says, Grace Church is just starting and the minister is a very welcoming and understanding man. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z
He got a running start and tried again. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
In a little while the town would start to come alive, and the fishing boats would sail out of the bay into the ocean. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z
Just before they reached me, a bell started ringing. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Slowly, the seals had started to return, and Mom and her research partners were watching them. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
I stood up because my knees were starting to hurt. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
She looked around and started walking over and came up to the window. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
And when I got tired of Homer, I started reading the walls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
When the train rolls up in Boston and I have to get off for the last time, that’s when it really starts to hit me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Certainly before these gentlemen start arriving from Europe.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
When the snoring starts again, I take it out. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z
He asks Dad when he can start flying lessons, and Dad tells him he can take lessons when he’s seventeen. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
She started panicking and got stressed out because she didn’t have enough money. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
From where she had been sitting, in a handicapped space by the exit, she could not see who had started it, but she knew one of her students was responsible. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z
He left the men and, moments later, he and Ugwu started to map out and dig an area behind the building. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
For a social epidemic to start, though, some people are actually going to have to be persuaded to do something. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I started having bad days again and long nights. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I start crying, too, but a sliver of me wonders if what she’s saying is true. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
They each put their feet up on the empty seat in front of them and leaned back, waiting for the lights to dim and the movie to start. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z
And I turn and start walking, leaving her right there in the hall. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
Sometimes it would start to melt during the day, but before it all disappeared, more snow would fall. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
At the dock, I watched as the old ladies and men started climbing aboard a large boat our family had rented. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
When the Crash came, larger circuses started going down and Uncle Al could hardly believe his luck. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
Betrayed by her new husband after he discovered she was a Negro pretending to be white, my mother has gone to California to start a new life. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
It was Mother’s Day, which had always been a sad day for Deborah, and this one hadn’t started well. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
“Never mind, I don’t want to talk to you when you start preaching.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
Then I started thinking about Mom and Dad. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
I can feel my hands start to shake. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
To many Americans, this was starting to sound very familiar. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
“Please,” Dill said, also starting to lose composure. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
Since enrolling, he has been working with a pastor from his village in the Nuba Mountains to start a school for Moro children. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
We are all admiring our snowman, but it’s starting to get cold; I’m shivering, and I know Bobbie and Clay can’t be around all day. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z
Instead of praying for a win or praying during times of difficulties, I started to ask Allah to allow me to represent my community and my family well. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
And then, suddenly, all the fires on the hillside form one great wall of fire stretching across the city and— it’s inevitable now—start moving down toward them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
I was scared to death the Pierce might not start. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
At first it was all rage that shook me, but as I stared into the sink the anger faded and his life started playing inside me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
“I’m guessing they’ll get over it once the blood starts flowing,” I say flatly. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
Everything started to change the winter I was ten and a half One unusually warm day in January all the kids from the apartments were playing dodgeball after school. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
“It started when I got lost in the desert following Seed Collector. It had dropped a pumpkin seed.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
Toby clapped once and started gyrating again almost immediately. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
People started yelling around them, and when one of the guys pushed one of the guys in line, they broke into punches. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
“The command thing with Tyler was mean,” she says low, and starts blinking fast. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
“When you have five times the brain capacity, I guess it’s just a matter of time before you start using it.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
I told her that the White House had not confirmed or denied reports that extensive bombing had started in major cities in South America. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s only when my stomach starts growling fiercely that I remember we haven’t eaten anything all morning. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
She pulled her man's felt hat down and started in for the bar. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
“It’s unanimous, then—congratulations, Boom Chachalacas. You can start making your band posters this afternoon.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
I shouted, “What’s wrong with you? When are you going to start acting like you normally do? What would Buphead say if he saw you acting like this?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
In his next start, on September 2 in the Roamer Handicap, Seabiscuit had nothing but bad luck. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Or rather, I’ve made a huge digression and doubled back to my starting place. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
We started off again, my thoughts enraptured by the notions that we were indeed free. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
Regarding Fischer as a mentor and a role model, Lopsang even started wearing his hair in a ponytail, as Fischer did. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
At roughly the same time that Woolf started his potentially deadly gamble, Pollard engaged in a gamble of his own. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
I look up, watching as a gentle flurry of snow starts to fall, landing on my cheeks and my eyelids and my forehead. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
It’s been eight months since school started and our teacher promised I wouldn’t be in the class for long. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z
Auntie Ying, who seems to shrink even more every time I see her, reaches into her knitting bag and pulls out the start of a tiny blue sweater. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’m thinking that the party’s just got started. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z
He rips off a hunk of meat and starts to chuckle. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
It did for a while, but when I got old enough to start thinking for myself, I learned that kids can’t always trust everything their elders do. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z
So turn on around and start walking back to your house so’s we can sort this out nice and civilized, see. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Senior monitors started fanning down the aisles to locate the source of the trouble, but before the monitor was even with their row, Knapp's hands were folded in his lap; his lips, sealed. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z
I also realized with a start that the earth was down there! Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Twenty minutes later I had to start talking to keep Miles awake. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
Not long after we were seated, the ceremony got started. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
I know the rumor that got started once I’d been living at home a few years. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I start to say, meaning to apologize, but for what? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
Percy didn’t notice they’d reached the city limits until the senators in front of him started slowing down. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
A few men were starting into the street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
The top of the rope led to the start of the tree plank Uncle Arthur had made for him last year. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
The instant she did, bells rang, confetti fell from the ceiling, and every electronic console in the game room started ding-ding-dinging. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
She put her short skirts away and started rethinking what she wore. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
So I move to the front of the store and start stocking the cooler with six-packs and occasionally catch a glimpse of myself in the huge plate-glass windows that make up the front wall. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
That’s a not-so-super-mom moment because, well, you know, it can get kind of weird when your mom starts talking to a waiter like he’s five years old. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
I dipped in my brush and started applying the second coat of Overtly Olive to the window frame. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
Any frescoes were good when they started to peel and flake off. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
When at last I have the revolver my hand starts to tremble. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Can we start, please? The war will be over before we decide our travel plans.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
“We want to start a new club. We would love for you to support our vision and be our advisor.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z
I was even unable to understand large sections of their classic paper published just after the start of the war in the Journal of General Physiology. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
Samuel waited for some speech to start up, knowing in advance that it would not. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
I decide to stay behind, and after a few minutes, I start worrying about where I should look and where to put my hands. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
It was a way to start over, to renounce vanity, to spite love. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
I don’t know how to start, but once I do, the words rush from my lips as if they’ve been forming in the back of my mind for a long time. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
In Long Fiction, somebody plays my song before class starts. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
Taking a cue from Kari’s book, McCandless started to dig and eat wild potato roots on June 24, apparently without ill effect. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Chrissy wanted to start a gossip column called “Hot Stuff” about school romances—crushes, rumors, and who was going to be dumped. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z
Like I might make bombs or start a fire. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z
I wander over to the couch and start to tuck in the corners of the yellow blanket. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z
During the first week of school, I was in the locker room, changing into my gym shorts, when Julius Olsen tucked his hands into his armpits and started flapping his arms like wings. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
Farmer’s involvement in Russia had started two years earlier, when he made a futile effort to convince the Soros Foundation to provide funds for PIH’s TB work in Peru. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
So I flipped out—I mean, how else would you explain the fact that all of a sudden I started picking up those baskets and dumping everything back overboard? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
Already an excited voice was gabbling from the telescreen, but even as it started it was almost drowned by a roar of cheering from outside. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
He would start out of the big chair, like a man coming out of sleep, smiling. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
The other guests started to file out, solemnly, silently. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
While they danced, she got the conversation started by asking if he lived in Santa Fe. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Kate started to speak, but a catch in her voice made her words incomprehensible. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
“One day, I’ll be rich. If I were you, I’d start being a lot nicer to me if you want me to pay for the twins’ college.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
People are going to start lining up to look at her as if she were a monster,” Nivea said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was starting to feel like the majority of boys weren’t buying into Julian anymore. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
“We know why. Starts with B, rhymes with ‘when,’ as in when are you going to start working on the Shumaker files?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
Suddenly, the Depeche Mode cover band starts playing “Enjoy the Silence,” one of my favorite songs ever. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
It doesn’t take too long before everyone starts gathering. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
And I was starting not to care too. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
“Think of somebody walking around the world. You start out walking away from something and end up coming back to it.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z
She laughed and started redoing her bun, holding a couple of bobby pins in her teeth while she talked. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
Her name, Rosaleen Daise, was written twenty-five times at least down the page in large, careful cursive, like the first paper you turn in when school starts. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Later his father started seeing a woman whom Boobie did not get along with at all. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even men eager to get started while the day was cool wouldn’t come to work this early. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
You were shivering and coughing, but you started stringing beads while we sang out, “Bead necklaces, pretty bead necklaces!” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
When she looked up with a start, I could see her face was flushed, but there were no traces of tears. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
Well, whatever happened, he had started it, and he’d have to see it through. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
He hadn’t felt like eating breakfast, and although there was still plenty of food left, he’d started to get nervous about when it would run out and what they’d do when it did. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
That means tonight's high tide will come at 3:45 a. m.—we'll need to start searching soon! Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z
By now I was twelve years old and starting my second year of middle school. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
At dawn he started with a chosen few and for the first time a boat filled with armed men floated on the Tiber. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thing! had started to get lesions, so now people were thinking better about lesions, and lesions even looked kind of cool. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I started to untie Old Dan but, taking a closer look at him, I could see he could never win a beauty contest. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Two thousand meters up the course, on the far side of the lake, a gangway had been constructed to the starting line, 325 feet out into the Langer See. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
Once the first year’s turmoil cooled down, the authorities started letting us outside the wire for recreation. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mahisha started pacing to and fro against the limits of his cage. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
Then I started stuffing clothes into a bag. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
Then we hold the bag high, tilt it, and begin shaking it until we feel the fertilizer starting to pour out. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
Then all of a sudden I started to cry. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
I had never even met a lawyer before starting law school. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
We seem to be starting at the beginning, from scratch. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was nothing left to do but wait—and panic when the alarm started to ring. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
At first, the cans just bent over and started to collapse into themselves, but after a few blows they split open, and chili spattered out. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
I remember my frustration as I tried to start a fire the first night, and my fear when I couldn’t catch a fish to eat. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
A woman screamed as I brushed past her, and folks started fleeing from her as if she were infected with some fatal disease. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
“What about eating, lieutenant? We won't get a chance to eat after this thing starts.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
Then Scott starting visiting with a family, leaving his two brothers behind, including Ryan, who was my favorite guy on campus. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
The man winked at the little girl, then started up the stairs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
But whatever they are, they get off the bench and start moving in my direction. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
Grandpa Nyles started the truck and drove north, following the paved road. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z
When we started all this, it was just a game. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
I started right away at the Montessori nursery school. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
When the game finally starts, I glance up at Dad and Mom, but they’re not there. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z
Finally, she evanesced the ghosts, starting with Azareen’s grandmother, infusing the dream with their sighs of release. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Figure 6.1: Here are the first sixteen pitches in a harmonic series that starts on a C natural. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
His mismatched eyes considered the singer briefly, started to move away . . . and found Catelyn. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
“Yes, yes, but—Well, you will see. Shall we begin? We’ll start with the Eastern Region.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
But as soon as the game ended, the not-so-subtle whispers started that the Midland High Bulldogs had the stuff to take Permian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
She started to pour it in a pot. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
We started out with all five of us doing a fully choreographed dance routine, and as the music changed, so did we. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
He started the engine and drove slowly up the street until he found a drugstore. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
The man threw each tree in turn, starting with the biggest. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
Lately, he had taken to starting up the instant Flittman got off to deliver milk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the vision I touch the statue’s face and flames start swirling around us. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
He started to climb again and at the top he fell and lay for some time with the mast across his shoulder. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
He clears his throat as the song starts. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
I felt myself start to panic a little, but on the third try, the car came to life. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
“School started in August. You haven’t gotten past the letter ‘B’ in six months?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
I started to answer, but when I looked back up at Miss Rossit, her smile had faded to a look of alarm. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
During final exams, if we started to fall asleep while studying at night, they would bring a bucket of cold water, put our feet in it, and say, “Keep going!” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
He was starting to think Nemesis was right. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
I started working them a few years ago, after dropping by to visit a former boyfriend. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
We started walking, and in no time flat, Buddy was fast asleep. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
All these feelings started when we were ten. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
I had started to stuff it down my pants when our teacher walked in and her eyes met mine. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
When the Girl starts to protest, she pushes her aside. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
Sam started doing this with her group of friends three years ago. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z
My entire body started to itch, as though I had just been removed from a plaster cast and was unused to the new freedom of movement. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
The service passed in a blur of tears and music, and afterwards, people started filling Albert’s house. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
She didn’t want to ruin the moment, but she couldn’t stop thinking of Leo and how he would never have a fresh start. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
People said, “Thank God it wasn’t the school he burned down,” or “That boy was trouble from the start.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
I stood up and started massaging her shoulders. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
But once we started getting high, that memory is gone. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
The trip would be expensive, but it was starting to look more and more worthwhile. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
He’d educated himself in his spare time, had saved his money with the earnestness of a Horatio Alger, started his own newspaper, gone to war, come home, pressed on, moved forward. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
I went upstairs to get ready for bed, and a new obsessive slogan started running through my mind. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
She wore the same clothes, hair cut, and manner as when we were in elementary school, no make-up on the pink and white face, while the other Asian girls were starting to tape their eyelids. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
I said let the best man win, Bacchus barred, and the major started us with red wine in mugs. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
Before she offered Ifemelu the job, she said, tone hushed in confidence, “My husband did not support me when I started this, because he thought men would chase me if I went to seek advertising.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
It feels like it takes forever, but finally I am back where I started at the bow. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
Victor suddenly starts crying because it isn’t ready yet. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
Sally turned as red as the ketchup on my sweater, and I had to force myself not to start laughing again. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ceiling I don't even know how to start. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
This agreement enabled Mark Antony to take up arms again and finish what he so disastrously started. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
His parents' constant badgering was starting to irritate him, and he told them he didn't want to talk about it anymore. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z
I had to hang up and start again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
Seconds later she came to the barn door, pushing a reluctant ewe who was starting labor. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
He would wait until everyone was asleep, then take out Michael’s gold saxophone, and start blowing, sometimes for hours. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
He was doing what he always did whenever there were girls in any situation—getting all crazy, or as Ma would say, he’d start smelling himself, which meant his nose was open, which meant...girls. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
“It’s some crazy project. We start with home. End up talking about the two towers in Manhattan. Something about history.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z
“This needs to stop,” he says distantly, and starts toward whatever it is he’s looking at before I figure out what it is. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
Every once in a while, when I come back, I’m not where I was when the aura started. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
She had been sitting facing the front window, which looks out across the lawn—which by this time, what with Pasqual’s efforts, was starting to look pretty good. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z
We start talking about who we think will win the World Series this year. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
Perched on a corner of table eight, the young lawyer tried to start a conversation with Angela, ignoring Sydelle Pulaski, who twice asked, "Surely you must have the answer, Mr. Plum?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
The relatives would start saying good-bye in the living room, then spend another hour saying good-bye at the door. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Ron spooned stew onto his plate and picked up his fork but didn’t start. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
“I got some of this cheese left,” I say, “and some dried mutton, but we’re gonna have to start finding some of our own on the way.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
The whole thing was kinda absurd, and my heartbeat started getting back to normal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
French II started at 8:10, and figuring it couldn’t take more than eight minutes to put on some clothes and walk to the classrooms, I set my alarm for 8:02. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z
Unless I found a way to start putting some money back in the account, I would be broke in a year. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
In fact, I was starting to think that maybe I could use the springiness to help me fly even higher. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
A few people in the audience clap for them, and Mama starts to blush. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
Math class doesn’t start right away, because we are assigned our lockers during 1st period. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
I had almost a hundred dollars saved, enough to get me started in New York. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
By the one window; all of its yellow blooms had faded to a general gray, and Turner had started to peel it away. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
“At the start of the summer I pretended I did, but I never even opened them.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z
Alaska crouched down, picked up the cigarette she had thrown away, and started smoking again. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z
Then she sort of sat down sideways on the chair that went with the desk in the room and started jiggling her foot up and down. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z
I get through half before I think I might choke on it, or on the tears I can feel starting up. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
“School starts in two weeks, and Aunty Ifeoma might be gone then,” I said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
Then he jumped out into the rain and started running back toward the field, with the rest of us right behind. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
He started picking Mom up under her arms to transfer her to the front seat of the car. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
No force on earth can stop me, except that her song starts and crushes the moment with melancholy. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
“You ever need one,” he said, “I show up when I say I’ll show up, and I finish what I start.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
The machine starts up again and spits out another seven pages. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
And once everyone else had a two-hundred-meter head start, Coach "invited" me to jog with him. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
Tendai took it gratefully and started down the tunnel to the water. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
Brian nodded at the front door, and we all went outside and started making sand castles for scorpions. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
And then she looked at me and started to giggle. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
Warm air had started shooting out of it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
Suddenly alone, Claudette started life as a Yellow Jacket feeling she was at the very bottom of the social heap. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z
That same day, Roosevelt and Cherrie, who was sick with indigestion, started the climb up and over the mountain, making their way to the new campsite at the foot of the rapids. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z
Rifle in both hands, bag over his shoulder, Werner starts up. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
I could feel wet nastiness start to develop under my arms as my nerves kicked into superdrive. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
Gunshots fill my ears, and I drop to the ground as everyone starts running. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
It started as a hollow buzzing in my ears... an electric saw... for away. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
When I try again I fall on my hip and elbow, but then I start to get the hang of it. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z
As I closed the door, Madam started in again, begging him to take her with him, or at least to let her know where he was going. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
“She can sit where she likes,” I say, reminding myself that Maddy has ditched me twice since school started. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
She had hardly started before she gave a little gasp of excitement, and she looked up at Will with shining eyes as the needle swung. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
I stow the stool and stand, hoping my knees don’t give out, or alternatively, that I don’t start dancing a jig. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
I met young activists from around the world that night—a girl who had started an all-female internet cafe in Afghanistan; a girl who had launched a major anti-bullying campaign in America. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
Before we even get started, Lee Lee says, “I’m just here for moral support. Jade, you know I can’t draw.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
“My uncle,” I start, but I stop myself. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
It lasted two more weeks, right up to the start of a new school year, and I have to admit they were the best two weeks of my life. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
And the sounds, which started out peculiar and interesting, soon turned into being the sort of confusion that made you want to clamp your hands ’crost your ears. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
Her cape, Seven realized, her breath coming in fits and starts, was poison-proof thanks to Thorn. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
I started drinking, and was drunk for almost a month. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
“And now that he’s started on us, nothing’s going to stop him.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
I must of dozed off, but I waked with a start when he turned the doorknob by my head and went back in there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
Slowly they started saving money, bit by bit, to pay for a rental deposit on an apartment. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
From the start, the prospect of congressional representatives reaching an easy consensus on the location was problematic at best. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
We start walking, looking over our shoulders every few minutes and trying to put as much distance between us and the train conductor as possible. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
At first I started to drive out into the desert to drink my six-pack. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
So my formula starts with that, and I add or subtract based on the data I’ve collected. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
“You guys got a head start on me, don’t you?” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
In April’s room they talked about the Egypt Game and about school starting in the morning—what they were going to wear and things like that. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
I started to think that maybe he really was someone else that night, and it was the magic of Halloween. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
I spent PE running the cross-country course while the rest of the class started in on the Wrestling Unit. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
His voice cracked and his shoulders started shaking. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z
A crowd of people blocked the entrance of a police station and wouldn’t move until cops started arresting everyone. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
Underneath that towel I start to see ugly green. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z
“I'm gonna make a fire,” he said, and this time he actually pushed off the wall and stood up, started climbing toward the mouth of the cave. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
They stood and started down to the beach. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
Tomorrow is dress rehearsals; Saturday morning is reserved for a light run-through before the show, which starts promptly at seven p.m. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
We stashed our overnight bags behind a pillar and started down the hall. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
I’m still calculating the profit when the outboard starts to sputter. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
He starts to pace back, away from the door, which he realizes he’s gravitated near as some fight-or-flight reflex. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
With one eye on my computer, I pick up the guitar, start making up words, the tune not far behind. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
Judd hardly lets him finish; starts off across the muddy yard in his boots. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
All he really knew was that they were back where they had started. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
By Sunday morning all I wished for, besides going back home, was to be left alone with my music, my zine supplies, and my denial that school was starting. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
Dog? it thinks and starts following Manchee around again, trying to nip him with its beak. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
In math, Mr. Stoker starts class not with a review of the homework, like he always does, but with a lecture on math in the real world. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
But then, just as suddenly as it had started, the deluge stopped. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z
Under the light of the stars, he collected slivers of wood that would be perfect to start the fire. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
We went through six eggs before we even started the drop test. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
It became very clear to me that we couldn’t finish what we’d started that morning, not yet anyway. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
Fremande, who did not know what to expect, started, gulped, stared. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
And anyway, if I’d never started choosing, how would I ever have got close again to Ruth and Tommy after all those years? Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
If I hadn’t started getting nightmares again, and if Jack hadn’t punched me, none of this would be happening. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
“Newt, I don’t know—” Thomas started, but Newt didn’t let him finish. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
The purebred plants were only a starting point for his experiment. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
It seemed to me that we had been through too much to not finish what we’d started. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
And before I could protest, or ask what she meant by not yet, she started inside. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
The previous winter, he’d added a whole new level of delight to his existence when he started volunteering as an assistant coach for the Vipers, Sasha’s middle school basketball team. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
So I started to inch my hand closer to June’s. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
I started wondering if Big Rose would want to call off this game. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
There was a lurch that Mark felt in his back, then a squeal, then the continued slow wrenching sound as the door started opening once again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
It was my favorite holiday because when we picked cotton in Corcoran I started school around that time every year. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z
He crushed the cigarette under his fingers and started wheeling across the room. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
It wasn’t the most pleasant way to start my day, but it got me moving. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
"I don't like milk," I start to say, but then I taste it, and it's nothing like the whitish water we got in jail. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
We stood together, our trio at the corner of the stage, and listened as a steel guitar started off the first song. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
“I have an idea. Why don’t you come inside, Vanessa? I show you how I start my business in Puerto Rico making the best empanadas ever. You know what those are?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
When he started toward us, it was almost like it was in slow motion and everything went into a tight focus....When he made his move, my whole body just tensed up. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
I saw these windows and started to charge at them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
Thomas ran to the jagged, gaping hole, looked down just in time to see the Griever land and start scooting across the Glade, Gally’s body appearing and disappearing as the thing rolled. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
“I was thinking, How am I going to start all over?” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
And when the voice started up again, she searched through bolts of silk for its source. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
I sat down and started folding, and after a moment, so did Mother. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
But like most big stories, this one starts small. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
I got her keys and ran out to the car and started the engine with a roar and fishtailed out of the driveway and onto the Norvelt road. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
When he opens his eyes, the noises start all over. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Popper worried a little, at the start, over the idea of having Janie and Bill miss ten weeks of school while they were on the road, though the children did not seem to mind. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z
“We’ll trim more wood, then start turning it into the walls. Help me move the planks out.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z
“It’s just—” he started to say, then reached for his Coke. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
I got a letter from my mother when the mail started running again. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
By the time the sun started setting over the Manhattan skyline in the distance, Magdalys and Two Step were covered in soot, but they’d gotten the whole process down to a smooth, step-by-step rhythm. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
I planned to meet more people and have slumber parties when I started going to high school in another year. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
"Miss Claythorne was wonderful—kept her head—started off swimming after Cyril at once." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z
She pulled Eleanor into the bathroom and started pulling bobby pins out of her hair. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
With that, carefully unwinding, the men got into their pickups, started their engines, and slowly pulled away from the corral. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Nah, we could start our own shop,” Leo said, surprising himself. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
The wound in his chef’s apron started to heal. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
‘But,’ said Sam, and tears started in his eyes, ‘I thought you were going to enjoy the Shire, too, for years and years, after all you have done.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
At the start of class, James bent over his backpack and pulled out a handful of long, skinny strips of paper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
She started in to talking about paying bills and handling money. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
A little way further up the road on the opposite side, I could see the start of a footpath, which disappeared steeply up into the thickets. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
It all started about the time a tough young New Orleans comet man named Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong climbed off a train in New York wearing clodhopper policemen’s shoes, and started playing with Fletcher Henderson. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
I scrunched my face up and almost started to cry. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
“Okay,” he said, and went outside to start up the lawn mower. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
At the start of fourth period, Ms. Fender had arranged the chairs in a perfect circle. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
When Dad started driving and told me about the snow day, I pretended to act surprised. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
I don’t know why we didn’t catch on that something different was really going to happen this time, Momma and Dad started acting real strange right after they talked to Grandma Sands. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
I turned to the door and started thumping it. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
As the program went on, I started to pay attention. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
He starts searching his coat pockets, the glove compartment, and all over the car. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
He knew that since I’d started wearing my hijab every day I was a target more than ever. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Reassuring us if we were having trouble with a new routine: “Small steps, girls! Everything starts with small steps!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
I can’t remember the first boy who threw up, but I do remember Mrs. Finley’s face when the rest of us started spitting out our tobacco wads. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
I started to step around him, heading for the driver’s side. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
I started for the stairs, but Doc had already arrived, stalking into the foyer and up the steps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
And she was no closer to becoming a skater than when she had started. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z
Over the next five hours, he finished that book and started one he found on the bookshelf in his room called Foxfire. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z
She starts walking to the house without looking back to see if I am following her. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
Under the roof I heard Mitch start banging the plywood walls, screaming, “Tabernacle! Come get me, devils!” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
I got my start with jars of baby food. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
Isa started wiping down her violin with the soft cloth she kept in her case. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
"You get the top bunk," he said, "and Ben has to sleep on the floor with me. Mom already told us, and Ben started to cry." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
I can feel butterflies now, I’m starting to get nervous. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
They started backing off slowly, without taking their eyes off us, keeping us at bay with the knife. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z
A couple of black eighth graders start clapping and shouting, “Right on!” and “You go, sister!” but the rest of us are standing there with our tongues glued to the bottoms of our mouths. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z
Stan allowed you to come here to do your parents a favor, but also because we need to start selectively sharing this secret with our posterity. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
After getting some food, I figured I had seen enough of Cincinnati and started back toward the station. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I did not actually try it, because by the time I had it ready it was time to milk the cow, then clean up and start the dinner. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
Your brain starts doubting, and those second thoughts can get you killed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
I turn and start back down the alley. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
Percy started to ask, “What the—” “Some of them want us to escape,” Hazel said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
Miss Brown cuts me a break, and starts throwing the old food in the trash. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z
I started to protest, not wanting him to feel obliged to tell me what he liked about me just because we’d been arguing, but he continued, undeterred. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
June started coloring in a few more glass shards, but then she stopped, staring at the glass girl again. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
They had started off talking about Mini’s feelings, and now they were back to talking about Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
It got a bullet right through it, started leaking like a drain and puddling up on the pavement. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Then all of them started in at once. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
When the rainy season ended, we started school at the orphanage. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
Spectators, people who had been wandering the streets because of the earthquake, were starting to gather. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
Her chest bucks, and she almost starts to cry, strangely, as if she’s frightened herself with a memory that isn’t true. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
He also might have whispered heavable thievable weavable but that was as far as he got before the Sicilian started talking again, and that always meant he had to pay very strict attention. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
The ground where I was standing started to tremble. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
Let us start with a remark made to me by M. Bouc in this very place on the occasion of our first lunch together on the train. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z
“It took us so long to find you, and the rehearsals start soon.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
He showed up, saw his couch had been taken, and started ripping out people's plants. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
I go back to my machines and start the brisk trot required to keep them fed with metal. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
The Doctorita’s science class is about to start, but she hasn’t arrived yet. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
The press was an enormous lime green contraption, rollers and conveyor pulleys in a cast-iron housing; it started with the hesitancy of a nineteenth- century locomotive and shrieked and bleated while it ran. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
We’re starting a big unit on ancient cultures that will last until December. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
I start to thank him for not insisting I return immediately to the Belle apartments. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
But when I started reading about the contest online, things got a little more complicated. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
He pulled his arm out of Rashid’s grasp and started down the hall, trying hard to ignore how much hotter the air was with every step. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
By Florida law, gambling boats are supposed to travel at least three miles offshore—beyond the state boundaries— before anyone is allowed to start betting. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
As if what Joe said had started the sound, she suddenly began to hear the whine of a saw. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z
I started coming straight from work to check 'em. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Having this presence breathing down my neck was starting to annoy me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z
“Mr. Beiderman will have a real estate broker start showing the apartment to prospective renters beginning tomorrow. He strongly suggests that we not be in the apartment when it is shown.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
There were only nine weeks left until the final duel, and some of the others, including Nox, were doing well enough that those four spots were starting to seem rather precious. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
My attitude started to sizzle as I reluctantly took the baton again. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
Deep in a pocket was the address of an uncle in the same section of Queens where John Zannikos had gotten his start. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
He started to run off, then scrambled back and gave me another hug. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
If a long head start counts for anything, why didn’t guns and steel arise first in Africa, permitting Africans and their germs to conquer Europe? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
He started to say something, but then had to stop, because his eyes were welling up with tears. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
On the one hand, I know college could be one of the greatest times of my life, but on the other, starting my professional baseball career early could help me reach my goals sooner. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
In fact she started eating every other one she made. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z
We told him, and Grover started tugging at his leg fur. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
She said, “There’s an old saying that when people talk about you behind your back your ears start to get real warm, kind of like they were burning.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z
“We’ve wasted enough time with the protection song. Tonight, we need to get started on the water monster songs. After you sing the lullaby back to me.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
It starts at zero, increases to a maximum, and then decreases to zero again. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Later, though, he started to take Dickon and leave me at home, and he no longer cared whether I sat through his audiences, so long as Dickon was there. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
Bloom, with his wailing daughter cupped in the crook of one arm, started pushing back through the people, the smoke, and the Spanish babble. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
The tassels on top had started to frazzle. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
He grinned and sat down next to me and started to unpack his violin from its case. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
“I’m pretty sure that he can’t tear himself away from the saloon until late this afternoon, so I’d like to see you get started early. Do you have any more chores to do?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z
She assigns us to write an acrostic of our names, which is a poem where, for each letter of your name, you describe yourself with a word or phrase that starts with that letter. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
And, two, it’s starting to rain, which, in this temperature, will probably turn to sleet before it hits the ground. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
She bit her tongue and sank down on the sofa, knowing that once Mamma got started, she’d be at it for a while. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
I start down the steep hillside, holding on to branches and tree trunks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
I figured by her silence that I was dismissed, so I started to get up from the swing. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
One of the guys in the house started dealing for the smugglers. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
The boy’s death was a complication of her escape, like the absence of a full moon or losing the head start because Lovey had been discovered out of her cabin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
He realized that he was grinding his jaws together so hard his back teeth and the muscles in his cheeks were starting to ache. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
I followed their lead, and after two bong rips, I started laughing and couldn't stop. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
Leo could still see open sky above him, but claustrophobia started to set in, making it hard for him to breathe. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
As I watched, the Nazis walked up behind the sick people from the hospital and started to shoot. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
“Same age as when I started camp. Seven.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
Mostafa seemed to come to himself; Harry, watching through the Omnioculars again, saw that he looked exceptionally embarrassed and had started shouting at the veela, who had stopped dancing and were looking mutinous. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
I can feel myself starting to get angry. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
While our driver started up the engine, I did the gentlemanly thing and scraped the six inches of fresh snow off the windows. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
Then the music starts, and dancers like me and Cody hop and twirl our way through the clapping reeds. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z
He starts to talk, then forgets what he was going to say. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
Then his mother started to smell something, and pretty soon that was that. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z
“He had better start saying something soon, Kevin, or she is going to think he is super creepy.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
Besides, Gold was starting to realize that the Soviet Union was hardly the workers’ paradise Tom Black had described. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Your ships, for a start. With their crews.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
That summer—while the President’s lies were also getting more elaborate—I started faking my period. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Ever since I started fencing, though, both of my parents could tell I was serious. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
At each new job, you have to start all over, clueless and friendless. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I hope we get in before this rain starts,” Mom muttered as we turned at Seagull Way into the enormous blacktopped parking lot of the campus. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
When the words started to come back into my head and I realized what I was looking at, there were about a dozen guys around me, staring down. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z
I started to make our daily rice instead of my mother, and I put a bowl of fresh milk and treats. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
On our side there’s a thick forest starting to stretch back from the clifftops. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
They all had long hair, big muscles, and started every sentence with the word Yah. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
Joaquin started to sift through the photos again, looking at the baby in each of them, looking at himself. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
"You're a magician!" my grandmother shouted, starting to wave her stick about once again. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z
At that point Milton started hammering on his horn. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
And after a few days of walking, we came to Pochala, another place to start over. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
My cousin and I both started Kathak lessons when we were small. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
“Caitlin, we know he means a lot to you,” my mother started to say, but I cut her off. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
“I knew from the start that I was bound to be crucified either way I moved,” Johnson later said of the awful options remaining. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
“Who are you to talk to us like that?” the wispy-haired man demanded, starting forward. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
When Bailey and I started laughing, she joined in, except that she kept her finger in front of her mouth to try to quiet us. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even though my heart was beating my ribs to death, I still felt myself starting to blush. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
He promises, later in the night, maybe back at the Gazzloft when First Friday starts, to show a trick or two—to demonstrate more about the power of attention and distraction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Other teachers saw that and started their kids out, too. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
It is a fast food parable about how the industry started and where it can lead. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z
My mother, meanwhile, started serving a few girls breakfast at our house each day. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
But Reverend Thomas didn’t intend to wait for that eventuality, so as Sister Monroe approached the pulpit from the right he started descending from the left. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
It took her a while to maneuver her wheelchair between the tables, so Julian had a head start. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z
As we started to walk away, Mr. Tushman gave me a quick, tight hug but didn’t say anything. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
His heart was pounding, and all he could think about was that if he started running right then, he could still catch up to Robert. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
“When you get a job and start paying for the groceries yourself, you can buy whatever you want.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
That seems to me like a good start. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
The thirst has started to shut down his brain. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
At last real American words started coming out of his mouth. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z
“She lives in a cave, up on those cliffs. If we get too close, her snaky heads will come down and start plucking sailors off the ship.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Hatch had come inside to start a fire, and I smelled a faint tang of wood smoke. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
But I’ve got one eye on the road, and every time a car approaches, my heart starts pounding. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
This will always be the place where we started to live again. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
“I think maybe if I sleep again, we can start by going dancing. We better wait for the weekend to go to the mountains. I have School™. You don’t.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Train Ear pushed the manhole cover over the hole and started to walk away. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z
“So,” I started, “it’s another way to think —” “No person has protected me,” Bouain interrupted. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
Everything dried up all the plants the corn the beans they all dried up and started blowing away in the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
Then I started over with the first paragraph. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z
Since he had started at the paper in 1910, Brougham had become something of a local legend, renowned for his uncanny ability to extract information from storied figures like Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
He knows that she didn’t mean to mess everything up and start the day in this way, especially after it was going so well. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
You must start at the bottom to have a shot at the top. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
Last night, as we lay on our mats in the closet, Mami started telling me stories about growing up on a sugar estate where her father was the resident doctor. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
Barack was elected to the Illinois senate in November 1996 and sworn in two months later, at the start of the following year. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
We get up and start back to the main square. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
From the top of the ride, Kat says London looks like toy-town and the cars on the roads below look like abacus beads going left and right and stopping and starting. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
The slow song ends, and a good fast song starts. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
I remember the day I started it at Sunday school. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
I was starting to realize that while kids laughing at you could be very hurtful, kids laughing at something you’d done was a different thing entirely. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
I'm in front of the wide steps that lead up to the museum when my backpack starts to ring. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
When the machine started winding down, making funny groans and whines, we all three laughed like children. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
If she’s back in the Virgin Islands, then she should have come to see me and take me away with her so that we can start a new and happy life together. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
I jolt up and I have a momentary seizure that it was all a dream, all of it—the whole Sixth North bit—but then I wonder, where would the dream start? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
So I start to make my way around the group and go up the steps leading to the brownstone’s open front door. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
Big Ma hadn’t started cooking, and she didn’t show any signs of getting started. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
The smell of the drawn blood excited the cub further; he straddled the dog’s body and started to play with the long white tail, nibbling at the end like a child with a new toy. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Without really following what he was saying, I heard him start asking me questions again. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z
My father started chipping away at a plaster wall in the living room of our house in Bybanks shortly after my mother left us one April morning. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
“What time does school start here?” he asked, not turning around. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
Then you were secure, ready to start your shift. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
They both started working on the dead girl’s rings, tugging them from the cool flesh, trying to get them off. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
When Lommy and some others started to squeal, the old man tinned on them too. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
I start coughing because I’m laughing so hard. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
Pima started scooping up storm-stunned croakers and small redfish, throwing them into her bucket. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
He started laughing and trying to wipe the snot off his chin at the same time. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Lovey started singing it, and before I knew it I was humming along. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
“Get to work, then, starting with the pigsty first.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
Then, I started in on the other one. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The idea that I might ever have been discussed, around the dinner table, at the bakery fire, just in passing in Peeta's house gives me a start. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
All the same, as my friends set off along the edge of the field, I started to drift over towards him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
Well, okay, Gordy was white, but anybody can start to act like an Indian if he hangs around us long enough. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z
This was something Mom said sometimes; it was amazing that Emma could speak the words without starting to cry. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
It probably entered a contingency mode and started circling the lander, trying to communicate. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
“So small, I’m starting to feel claustrophobic,” Carrie says while shifting in her seat. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
And all of a sudden it starts to come down cats and dogs. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
When the meeting finally began, Kissinger immediately started lecturing about tensions in the Middle East. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
I don’t know what got Joey started but she was off to the races with her tears. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
What I didn’t know is that the chemical doesn’t really start to burn until it’s being rinsed out. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
She said once I start talking to them, I may never stop. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z
He steers our SUV into the road and starts across the neighborhood toward the middle school. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
“She may have started talking now, but she will never heal.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
“For a start, I can drink,” said Thor. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z
But I was getting the feeling that Gaskill wasn’t on my side after all, and I was starting to feel tearful again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
All of them pointed at you from the very start. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
Thomas’s heart jumped into his throat; his hands started to sweat. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
One of these pioneers was Anne Taylor, who was a little more than five years old when World War II started and the bombs rained down. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
I pressed my hands on the table and started to stand. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
The morning started out like crystal, but the day has turned to broken glass. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
“Why don’t you start at the beginning . . . you said you didn’t come up with this on your own.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
But after a couple of months, people did start getting used to him. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
Even with my growing knot of dread, things start to get more exciting by the time the bronze badges finally roll around. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
He started talking to me as if he’d known me all my life. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
It all started with Winn-Dixie not liking it when I went into the library, because he couldn’t go inside, too. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z
He slipped into the trees on the other side and started to weave his way back. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
Three kilometers later, and I started to think about what I was doing. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
After they finished with the face, they started talking all over each other, telling me they’d been worried, they hadn’t known where I was, they’d been scared to death. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
With a start, Thomas realized it was the black-haired guy who’d given him the look of death earlier. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
And don’t even get me started on Karen. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
A beagle scrambling to his feet to start his yipping yowl, answered a few seconds later by fire truck sirens and an angry woman hissing, “Sammy! Bad dog! Hush now!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
But from when we were thirteen, like I say, things started to change. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
I can feel my face heating up once more; it started the moment the word “sex” slipped from my lips. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
I started to walk away, wondering why Sapo wanted to know why I didn’t paint anymore. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
Eventually it became obvious when my classmates started asking me questions—the sort of questions Mom and Dad usually answered for me—and I didn’t know what to say. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
Verin had been at the head of the pack since this competition started. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
“From Jamaica. Mother hoards it for special occasions, but it’s starting to lose its flavor now.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
As their voices faded, I started feeling sorry for myself. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
“I started wearing it when I moved here. I guess I thought it would remind me of where I came from or something—did I or did I not tell you to quit stalling?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
It would start by my noting the time, midnight, one, one-thirty, and saying, "Well, I'm going to bed." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
Bending low, he kicked his heels into the horse and started to tear off back the way he’d come. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
That same night, I start work on my secret project. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
I climbed hand over foot for as long as momentum would take me and then switched to a slower shimmy until the branches started and I could use them as steps. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
He took a long pause, then started speaking. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
“I don’t know why it is, Captain Short, but whenever you start agreeing with me, I get decidedly nervous.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
“If Papa were here,” thought Francie, “he’d start to sing, ‘My Wild Irish Rose’” She heard her mother sigh and wondered whether she, too, was thinking.... A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ma pushes herself forward and starts walking once more. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z
I kept having second thoughts that pushed needles into my feet, and I stood and started to run back more than once only to stop short and talk myself back to the pines. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
By the time the god regained his feet and started lobbing coconuts at them from far below, the Argo II was already sailing through the clouds above the Mediterranean. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
She starts doing the math: At this point, there are about two hundred evacuation shelters. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
Once I got started telling Flaca stuff, I couldn’t stop, man. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
They had food, Alex told himself, plenty of canned goods, and starting on Tuesday when school reopened, they wouldn’t have to worry about lunches. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
We started to get scared about what he’d do when he finally came in, for there was really no telling. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
“My son started it,” said Wanda, who now stood at Moss’s side. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
Then he caught on and he stopped hitting and started trying to grapple and wresde me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
He was in perfect form from the outset, and there was no way I could make up for my weak showing at the start of the game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
I had started to inventory the bookshelves when I got a letter from Ted, a note actually, written hurriedly in ballpoint on his prescription notepad. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Every time I start to drift off to sleep, I remember. And it jerks me awake.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
My heart just isn’t in it, so I get up off the table and into my car and start driving toward the college town where Donna lives. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z
She smiled, took a huge breath in, and then started walking while she talked. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
“George’s job at the zoo doesn’t start till next month, so he and Julia made an agreement. She’s walking three extra dogs to cover my food. And get this: they’re all poodles.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z
I waited for more—I was desperate for more—but he only pushed his boot back with his toe when it started to slip and walked down the hall to shower. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
I started to right it, but then I saw what he meant. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
Dad takes the knife and starts slicing the bread and you can see Grandma doesn’t like that. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
Grandma started touching me again, which was annoying, even though I didn’t want it to be. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
Then we went out to the driveway, but once we were finally all strapped in and ready to go, the car wouldn’t start. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
If I’d had to hear one more poem that started with, There once was a goddess from Sparta—” “I’ve got it!” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
The park looked like something bright would be happening any minute; the lilac trees were dried out in the sun, and bumps started swelling out on the brown boughs. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z
Leo had walked to a ballista and started firing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
As my mother and I approached the summer heat bore down on us, and a cicada started up, like an aerial lawnmower, in the heart of a copper beech tree at the back. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
“I’m a neighbor. I found out about her, and I started coming over, when I could.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z
When Papa started the rosary as we drove out of the compound, his voice was different, tired. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
“Are you trying to start an all-out war with the natives?” he shouts. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z
Before dusk, Blue Bill, a spunky tiercel with an unusually dark beak, called to his parents, and a snip of liver started his system working. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
She started up the stairs to the porch, leaving Genie and Ernie in the yard, unsure of why she’d called them home in the first place. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
He also started collecting armloads of firewood, cutting and splitting the wood with a small handsaw and hatchet, and stacking it in a straight pile against the cabin. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z
He started another settlement and went back to Spain, this time kidnapping four hundred Arawak people to serve as slaves. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z
Every time I kicked at ’em they’d back off for a few minutes, then slowly start waddling under our feet again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
I was fifteen feet from the light when the footsteps started running. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
Then, deep breath by deep breath, the rage started to recede. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
He gives them back to Henry so he can start the car and move us to a vehicle that actually runs on gasoline, but there’s an unspoken message there. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
It helped that I was starting to rack up some wins in gymnastics meets, where most of my teammates had muscles too. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
Rugby season started in November, so playing on the team was a year-round commitment since it didn’t end until May. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Before the party had started a great log had been dragged into the center of the lawn and Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
Benny is shaking his head, and starting to flail. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
She stared back at Beverly and started trying to rearrange her soul, working to make it invisible. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z
Anyway, I’d learned the hard way that if people teased Tyson while he was dressing out, he’d get upset and start ripping the doors off lockers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
Everything that had just happened kind of hit me and I couldn’t help it: I started to cry. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
Here and there, parties have started to break out in the streets, and people decked out in red-and-blue jerseys count down the time at the top of their lungs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Kicking clay, he said, “Pitching nickels. That’s what I was doing when the fire started.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z
He started to sleep out there, and had screened in the windows and made shutters for when it rained. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
Mother and daughter stared at each other for so many seconds, Ivy started to squirm. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
My eyes drank in each word, worshipping their shape until my lips started forming them and I was reading aloud for everyone and no one to hear. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
While I was in the cast, I started making pictures. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z
She starts whispering to the other, and they giggle. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
Matilda perched herself carefully on an upturned box and more out of politeness than anything else she took a slice of bread and margarine and started to eat it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z
The presses would start rolling in a few hours. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
I start to shake my head, but I change my mind. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
He's starting to exhibit a degree of understanding. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
When he started his business, he expected a 95 percent payment rate, based on the experience at his own office. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
Things started to be freed, and the prison gates swung open. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z
But after a while she heard the pickup’s motor start. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z
“Hasn’t something started to stink?” she asks Marie Antoinette, who looks around in confusion, until she sees me and then nods. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
He sprang to his feet, started up the underground stairs, stopping only long enough to snap commands. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
Webb motions to the parking lot, and we start walking. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
“Why would he be there? And did anyone see Z or Frankie anywhere else in the building before the explosions started?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
About 300,000 years after their appearance, matter and energy started to coalesce into complex structures, called atoms, which then combined into molecules. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then he left the highway and started walking south through the desert, following the river- bank. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Yessuh. I’m telling the truth. I just started to work here last night. I ain’t done nothing. I did just what they told me to do.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Genie also felt bad about those poor thirsty plants, so he started watering them, and plucking off the leaves that had died—tricks he’d learned from Grandma in the pea garden. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
I was starting up the driveway when I noticed something shiny in the dirt at the edge of the road. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
Another called for the stewards to demand that Howard file a definitive guarantee that the horse would start. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
There may have been more—I confess that I started tuning them out—but I had no chance anyway. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
She was starting to unravel the wrapping paper when a hand slapped the candy away. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
That was the year I also started wearing hijab full-time. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
“And remember the grootslang? It only showed up after we started arguing about which way to go.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
The cicadas have started their trilling, and the bats swoop down and up as if graphing the bristling excitement. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Sissy: And when Mother goes—pray God not for a long time yet—and baby is big enough to start kindergarten, I’m going out to work again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
We’d agreed that this is the best setup for video chatting with Dad as he sometimes starts asking about Mom’s buying habits if he glimpses anything new in the apartment. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
There were so many more of them now than there had been years ago, when he started this patrol. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
They saw him start and jump back to the shelter of the bank. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
He has never attempted anything on this scale, but there seems no good reason not to start off the game as strongly as possible. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
There had been times when consciousness, even the sort of consciousness that one has in sleep, had stopped dead and started again after a blank interval. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
And then, out of the blue, he started to cry. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
He started to collect dry sticks for a fire and I helped him. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
It started to become clear to Wes: the drug game was raw capitalism on overdrive with bullets, a pyramid scheme whose base was dead bodies and ruined lives. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
He starts talking to us like he didn’t almost just leave me behind. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
The Manhattan started up the Elbe River toward Hamburg just at dusk. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
There was a regular rose garden and I started trimming in that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I smiled and thought about what Mr. Ali had said about starting over fresh with my father. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
With the park behind us, we start walking down Seventy-Fourth Street. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
And then Ms. Morales had started fussing over him—“Oh, do you want me to fix you eggs instead? Or something else?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
He started to run toward me, then remembered he was turning his back on Zeus, and looked for permission. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
He tried to start a fire but the empty chip bags just smoked and shriveled up. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
I felt myself starting to shake, inside where nobody but God could see it. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z
Also, Dewey found the self-consciously casual conversation of his fellow witnesses, as they stood awaiting the start of what one witness termed “the festivities,” disconcerting. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
My face is starting to burn so I step back in my little room. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
She liked how they started each meal with a bowl of fresh yogurt, how they squeezed sour oranges on everything, even their yogurt, and how they made small, harmless jokes at each other’s expense. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z
He thinks that if he opens his laptop, he’ll start checking things. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Didu waits for me to start arguing, but when I don't, she turns and leaves the room. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
I started rebuilding my guard, brick by brick. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
When to start a conversation, and when to say farewell. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
“Because every time she talks to him he starts muttering in a different language under his breath. What else would he be saying?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
And as we came down the back stretch and hit that final two hundred, I felt my legs start to stiffen. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
I declare, anger starting to replace the shock. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
Brandon’s mother, sister, and half of the church stood up and started clapping. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
And then it starts all over again: I am broken. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
But today in science, when Mr. Levy starts calling out lab-partner assignments, I don’t get even the lightest tingle. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
The stew was almost done and there was nothing left to do so I opened the bottle of burgundy and started pouring. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
But if Dusty Muleman was starting to obey the law, I thought, how would we ever prove that Dad’s accusations were right? Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
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