From Varian Johnson's Twins
“‘Where’s Papa going with that ax?’ said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.”
From E. B. White's Charlotte's Web
“March McQuin didn’t think he’d ever be in this position again — upside down and dangling twenty feet over a store floor at three o’clock in the morning.”
From Jude Watson's Sting
“I stood at the bottom of the driveway in my pajamas with a serious case of bed head.”
From Allan Woodrow’s The Pet War
“A bright red plastic chair sat in the hallway outside the door of the principal’s office.”
From Andrew Clements' The Losers Club