From Susin Nielsen's Optimists Die First
“The first time I saw the Bionic Man I was covered in sparkles.”
“I trace the outline of my sister’s drawing, lungs molded from a sea of flowers.”
From Rachael Lippincott's Five Feet Apart
“Yeah, I know.”
From Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer
“Malorie stands in the kitchen, thinking.”
From Josh Malerman's Bird Box
“Ayoola summons me with these words–Korede, I killed him.”
From Oyinkan Braithwaite's My Sister, the Serial Killer
“You may remember seeing me on TV when Jodie O’Rodeo saved the world.”
From Tom Angleberger's Fake Mustache
“The room reminds me of the kind of places Henri and I used to stay in during the early days.”
From Pittacus Lore's Lorien Legacies: United as One
“Maybe the machine could see the words she never spoke.”
From Zoje Stage's Baby Teeth
“Hi, Moms!”
From Darcey Bell's A Simple Favor
“Mrs. Van Rydock moved a little back from the mirror and sighed.”
From Agatha Christie's They Do It with Mirrors
“We run past the broken wing of an exploded jet fighter, the jagged metal lodged in the middle of a city street like a shark’s fin.”
From Pittacus Lore's Lorien Legacies: The Fate of Ten
“It’s funny the things that get stuck in your head.”
From Jeff Hirsch's Black River Falls
“The nightmare is over.”
From Pittacus Lore's Lorien Legacies: The Revenge of Seven
“I am afraid.”
From Robert C. O'Brien's Z for Zachariah
First Sentence of a New World 