From Rob Harrell’s When Pigs Fly
“Batpig was in serious trouble.”
“Okay, guys.”
From Jenna Ayoub’s Forever Home
“A garage sale.”
From Gillian Goerz's Shirley & Jamila Save Their Summer
“I am eleven years old, and I am invisible.”
From Deborah Wiles' Countdown
“We have this dog now.”
From Art Corriveau's How I Got a Life and a Dog
“If you asked the kids and the teachers at Lincoln Elementary School to make three lists–all the really bad kids, all the really smart kids, and all the really good kids–Nick Allen would not be on any of them.”
From Andrew Clements' Frindle
“Mmm… we’ll meet again.”
From Edgar Camacho’s Onion Skin
“We can’t move again…”
From Rachele Aragno’s Mel the Chosen
“Hi!”
From Gavin Aung Than’s Super Sidekicks: No Adults Allowed
“This is how I feel every single day of my life, like I’m falling without a parachute.”
From Jerry Craft's New Kid
“Hello, sports fans!!!”
From Yehudi Mercado's Chunky
“Good luck, Magic Cat!”
From Audra Winslow's Jo & Rus
“My name is Harriet Wermer.”
From Elana K. Arnold’s Just Harriet
“Happy birthday to you!”
From Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared
“Matt says I could see the majestic beauty of the American Southeast if I’d bother to glance out the window.”
From Gordon Korman's Unplugged
First Sentence of a New World 