From C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
“Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy.”
“There was a town, and there was a train, and there was a murder.”
From Lemony Snicket's All the Wrong Questions: Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?
“Hilda carefully wiped the dishes that Papa had washed.”
From Matilda Nordtvedt's Secret in the Maple Tree
“Silas Heap pulled his cloak tightly around him against the snow.”
From Angie Sage's Septimus Heap: Magyk
“Rosalind was happy.”
From Jeanne Birdsall's The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
“Michael was not himself.”
From James Dashner's The Mortality Doctrine: The Rule of Thoughts
“Hey, you!”
From James Patterson's Maximum Ride Forever
“This is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child.”
From C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew
“Erik’s heart hammered in his chest as though Thor himself were tunneling out of his rib cage.”
From Christina Uss’ Erik Vs. Everything
“You’ve got to see this watch, Tommy.”
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
First Sentence of a New World 