From Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes: The Case of the Left-Handed Lady
“‘We would not be in this deplorable situation,’ declares the younger and taller of the two men in the small club-room, ‘if you had not tried to bully her into boarding school!'”
“The dim wagon track went no farther on the prairie, and Pa stopped the horses.”
From Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House: On the Banks of Plum Creek
“Most flight regulations do not allow children to fly planes on transatlantic routes.”
From Eoin Colfer’s The Fowl Twins Deny All Charges
“‘All right, you,’ a voice said.”
From Maureen Johnson's Hello, Cruel Heart
“Nobody likes getting punched in the face.”
From Kwame Mbalia’s Tristan Strong Destroys the World
“‘Lay off the freaking horn!’ I said, rubbing my forehead.”
From James Patterson's Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
“I would very much like to know why my mother named me “Enola,” which, backwards, spells alone.”
From Nancy Springer’s The Case of the Missing Marquess
“It’s a widely known fact that most moms are ready to kill someone by eight thirty A.M. on any given morning.”
From Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
“It was 118 degrees in Silver Springs, Arizona, and the Gila River was thick with algae.”
Tehlor Kay Mejia's Paola Santiago and the River of Tears
“A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys and little girls or very small babies, or perhaps not even born, Pa and Ma and Mary and Laura and Baby Carrie left their little house in the woods of Wisconsin.”
From Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie
“The dream was changing.”
From Kristen Simmons’ Article 5: Three
“This is how Kyle Keeley got grounded for a week.”
From Chris Grabenstein’s Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
“Now is the time in our interview when you can ask any nagging questions you might have for us.”
From Adrianne Finlay's Cut Off
“Flora Belle Buckman was in her room at her desk.”
From Kate DiCamillo's Flora & Ulysses
“Tom is getting water from the well.”
From Josh Malerman's Malorie
First Sentence of a New World 