From Rick Riordan’s The Trials of Apollo: The Tower of Nero
“When traveling through Washington, DC, one expects to see a few snakes in human clothing.”
“‘We would not be in this deplorable situation,’ declares the younger and taller of the two men in the small club-room, ‘if you had not tried to bully her into boarding school!'”
From Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes: The Case of the Left-Handed Lady
“Most flight regulations do not allow children to fly planes on transatlantic routes.”
From Eoin Colfer’s The Fowl Twins Deny All Charges
“‘All right, you,’ a voice said.”
From Maureen Johnson's Hello, Cruel Heart
“Nobody likes getting punched in the face.”
From Kwame Mbalia’s Tristan Strong Destroys the World
“‘Lay off the freaking horn!’ I said, rubbing my forehead.”
From James Patterson's Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
“I would very much like to know why my mother named me “Enola,” which, backwards, spells alone.”
From Nancy Springer’s The Case of the Missing Marquess
“It’s a widely known fact that most moms are ready to kill someone by eight thirty A.M. on any given morning.”
From Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
“It was 118 degrees in Silver Springs, Arizona, and the Gila River was thick with algae.”
Tehlor Kay Mejia's Paola Santiago and the River of Tears
“The dream was changing.”
From Kristen Simmons’ Article 5: Three
“This is how Kyle Keeley got grounded for a week.”
From Chris Grabenstein’s Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
“Now is the time in our interview when you can ask any nagging questions you might have for us.”
From Adrianne Finlay's Cut Off
“Flora Belle Buckman was in her room at her desk.”
From Kate DiCamillo's Flora & Ulysses
“Tom is getting water from the well.”
From Josh Malerman's Malorie
“The first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is that dogs don’t got nothing much to say.”
From Patrick Ness' Chaos Walking: The Knife of Never Letting Go
First Sentence of a New World 