From Cary Fagan’s Water, Water
XXX”Even before Rafe opened his eyes, he knew that something wasn’t right.”
XXX “Up… up… and—a little help?!”
From Eric Gapstur’s Sort of Super
XXX “And that’s all he wrote!”
From Jen Calonita's Lost Legends: The Rise of Flynn Rider
xxx”Hanna Bright puts little Teddy in his baby swing on the front porch and sits down to read her novel.”
From Shari Lapena's The End of Her
XXX “If someone met me today… is this how they’d always picture me?”
From Jarad Greene’s A-Okay
XXX “Funeral receptions can be tough spots to find enjoyment, but eleven-year-old Edmund Pearce was doing his best.”
From Kate Albus’ A Place to Hang the Moon
XXX “My name is Mary Lennox.”
From Ivy Noelle Weir’s The Secret Garden on 81st Street
XXX “I staggered in the back door after hockey, wrecked.”
From Gary Paulsen and Jim Paulsen’s Field Trip
XXX “Do you think we could train the cats to be spooky Halloween kitties?”
From Lucy Knisley’s Apple Crush
“Morning, Duncan!”
From Drew Brockington’s Metropolis Grove
“I was a bad sister.”
From Charise Mericle Harper’s Bad Sister
“Bye!”
From Hope Larson’s All Summer Long
“This… this is fine.”
From India Swift’s The Girl and the Glim
“What is it?”
From Joey Weiser’s Mermin: Out of Water
“Gimme back my noodle!”
From Mike Holmes’ My Own World
First Sentence of a New World 