From S. J. Kincaid's Insignia: Vortex
“It was a hot afternoon with a strong wind from the south, but out on the Dakota prairie in 1885 no one minded the hot sunshine or the hard winds.”
From Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House: The First Four Years
“At school they say I’m wired bad, or wired mad, or wired sad, or wired glad, depending on my mood and what teacher has ended up with me.”
From Jack Gantos' Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
“’Miss Meshle’ said Mrs. Tupper as she took my empty plate away, ‘if ye ‘ave time to set an’ talk a while…’”
From Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes: The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline
“‘In worldview this morning, whole villages in the the Philippines have been demolished, and hundreds are missing as typhoons triggering massive mudslides continue to wreak havoc.'”
From James Patterson's Maximum Ride: Nevermore
“‘I thought you were dead,’ Will said.”
From Lex Thomas' Quarantine: The Burnouts
“I’m standing in a river.”
From Allie Condie's Crossed
“It was my tenth birthday.”
From Megan Wagner Lloyd's Allergic
“After his mother died, Nicholas Vargas stopped bothering.”
From Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black's Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles: The Nixie's Song
“Sunday afternoon was clear, and the snow-covered prairie sparkled in the sunshine.”
From Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House: These Happy Golden Years
“New town, new casino–same old plan.”
From S. J. Kincaid's Insignia
“Maybe, Bat thought, there was something better in the world than cradling a sleepy, just-fed baby skunk in your arms.”
From Elana K. Arnold's Bat and the Waiting Game
“I know he’ll come for me.”
From James Patterson's Maximum Ride: Angel
“It’s no secret that I’ve always been financially conservative – at least that’s the way I’ve described myself.”
From Craig Groeschel's Alter Ego
“So far, my only clients as ‘Dr. Ragostin, Scientific Perditorian’ had been a stout, elderly widow anxious to find her lost lapdog; a frightened lady who could not locate a valuable heart-shaped ruby that had been given to her by her husband; and an army general whose most cherished souvenir of the Crimean War had disappeared, namely, his bullet-riddled leg-bone signed by the field doctor who had amputated it.”
From Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes: The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan