From Carl Hiaasen’s Hoot
“Roy would not have noticed the strange boy if it weren’t for Dana Matherson, because Roy ordinarily didn’t look out the window of the school bus.”
“It was a dull autumn day and Jill Pole was crying behind the gym.”
From C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
“Mom?”
From Raina Telgemeier's Guts
“One morning I was arguing with the adult in charge of me.”
From Lemony Snicket's File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents
“Don’t step in the blood.”
From Gary Paulsen's Six Kids and a Stuffed Cat
“Septimus Heap, ExtraOrdinary Apprentice, was woken up by his House Mouse leaving a note on his pillow.”
Angie Sage's Septimus Heap: Syren
“I have just returned from the school dance and lived to tell the tale.”
From Aaron Reynolds’ The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter: Narwhal I’m Around
“Okay…”
From Benjamin Renner's The Big Bad Fox
“Nicholas Vargas had never been all that good at sports.”
Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black's Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles: A Giant Problem
“Christopher was dead.”
From Elle Cosimano’s Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead
“This story begins within the walls of a castle, with the birth of a mouse.”
From Kate DiCamillo's The Tale of Despereaux
“There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.”
From C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
“I don’t have to look up to know Mom is making another surprise visit.”
From Matthew Quick's The Silver Linings Playbook
“Every morning, the sun comes up and turns the earth red, and I think: This could be the day when everything changes.”
From Ally Condie's Crossed
“Jannit Maarten, boatbuilder, was on her way to the Palace.”
Angie Sage's Septimus Heap: Queste
First Sentence of a New World 