From Kate Beasley's Lions & Liars
“Frederick Frederickson was thinking about strawberry daiquiris when the dodgeball slammed into his face.”
“MacGyver caught the silver tab between his teeth and slid the zipper free.”
From Melinda Metz's The Secret Life of Mac
“This story was going to begin like all the best stories.”
From Jason Reynolds' Look Both Ways
“‘Did you see her?’”
From Jerry Spinelli’s Stargirl
“The pale light of the newly risen sun made the dew shimmer on the nearby grass as Jared, Mallory, and Simon trudged along the early morning roads.”
From Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black's The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Wrath of Mulgarath
“All right, let’ get the boring stuff out of the way.”
From Stephan Pastis’ Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
“There was only orange juice in the fridge.”
From Neil Gaiman's Fortunately, the Milk
“By midnight the snowfall would reach a foot, just shy of breaking Aspen’s one-day record set more than forty years before.”
From Trish Harnetiaux's White Elephant
“Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tidewater dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair from Puget Sound to San Diego.”
From Jack London’s The Call of the Wild
“My name is Apollo.”
From Rick Riordan's The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle
“There was a rhythm in my fists.”
From Kwame Mbalia's Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
“Are you sure this is a good idea?”
Gary Paulsen and Jim Paulsen's Road Trip
“After his family had finally fallen asleep, Alex slung the backpack over his shoulder and snuck out of the apartment, easing the front door gently home so it didn’t slam shut.”
From J. A. White's Nightbooks
“Jason hated being old.”
From Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus: The Blood of Olympus
“It was a lovely moment.”
From Emmy Laybourne's Monument 14: Sky on Fire
First Sentence of a New World 