From Elle Cosimano’s Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead
“Christopher was 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
“My name is Newell.”
From Jason Platt's Middle School Misadventures
“Wake up, Hilda, it’s almost time to get off the train.”
From Matilda Nordtvedt's Song of the Brook
“Ryan.”
From David Bell's The Request
“Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, and it has been told in another book called The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe how they had a remarkable adventure.”
From C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
“My story starts with a dream.”
From Aaron Reynolds' The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
“‘Okay, Danny, we’re ready to go live in thirty seconds.'”
From Trent Reedy's Divided We Fall: The Last Full Measure
“After my reconciliation with my brothers in the summer of 1889, I spent August quite happily with Reginold Collie, visiting Ferndale, my childhood home in the country.”
From Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche
“The next morning I got ready for school…”
From Maria Scrivan's Nat Enough
“Snorri Snorrelssen guided her trading barge up the quiet waters of the river toward the Castle.”
Angie Sage's Septimus Heap: Physik
First Sentence of a New World 