From Chip Gaines' Capital Gaines
“I was a normal kid as far as I knew.”
“Lewis Barnavelt fidgeted and wiped his sweaty palms on the seat of the bus that was roaring toward New Zebedee.”
From John Bellairs' The House with a Clock in Its Walls
“There were two ostriches, a water buffalo, and a flock of wild turkeys between me and the registration desk.”
From Alison Cherry, Lindsay Ribar, and Michelle Schusterman's The Pros of Cons
“Suddenly the helicopter was level with him, filling his vision.”
From Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider: Scorpia Rising
“My name is Marina, as of the sea, but I wasn’t called that until much later.”
From Pittacus Lore's Lorien Legacies: The Power of Six
“‘You sure about this?’ Rachel asked again, blowing softly on the surface of her steaming cup of tea.”
From Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians
“Ravi Chandra was going to be a rich man.”
From Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider: Crocodile Tears
“There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself—not just sometimes, but always.”
From Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth
“Dear Sidney, Susan Scott is a wonder.”
From Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows' The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
“Dear Library Board, Enclosed is my contribution for the Wolf Creek Community Time Capsule Project.”
From Kate Messner's Breakout
“Splashdown.”
From Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider: Snakehead
“In the beginning there were nine of us.”
From Pittacus Lore's Lorien Legacies: I Am Number Four
“Grace Somerfield was the first to die.”
From Alexandra Bracken's The Darkest Minds
“I was in The Program.”
Suzanne Young's The Program: The Complication
“Sadie Kane here.”
From Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles: The Serpent's Shadow
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