From Bruce Coville's The Monster's Ring
“Russell Crannaker looked up and down the alley.”
“I wore a hat with a feather plume the first time I met Sherlock Holmes.”
From Heather W. Petty's Lock & Mori
“When a plan came from Griffin Bing, even the tiniest detail had to be perfect.”
From Gordon Korman's Swindle
“‘Not even here in this place of ghosts and demons and half-formed things!’ bellowed the wild-eyed sky pirate captain, his voice cracking as he struggled to make himself heard above the screaming wind.”
From Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's The Edge Chronicles: Clash of the Sky Galleons
“You are almost at the end of your journey.”
From Emma Steinkellner's The Okay Witch and the Hungry Shadow
First Sentence of a New World 