From Jeanne Birdsall's The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
“Rosalind was happy.”
“Michael was not himself.”
From James Dashner's The Mortality Doctrine: The Rule of Thoughts
“Hey, you!”
From James Patterson's Maximum Ride Forever
“This is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child.”
From C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew
“Erik’s heart hammered in his chest as though Thor himself were tunneling out of his rib cage.”
From Christina Uss’ Erik Vs. Everything
“You’ve got to see this watch, Tommy.”
From S. J. Kincaid's Insignia: Vortex
“It was a hot afternoon with a strong wind from the south, but out on the Dakota prairie in 1885 no one minded the hot sunshine or the hard winds.”
From Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House: The First Four Years
“At school they say I’m wired bad, or wired mad, or wired sad, or wired glad, depending on my mood and what teacher has ended up with me.”
From Jack Gantos' Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
“‘In worldview this morning, whole villages in the the Philippines have been demolished, and hundreds are missing as typhoons triggering massive mudslides continue to wreak havoc.'”
From James Patterson's Maximum Ride: Nevermore
“‘I thought you were dead,’ Will said.”
From Lex Thomas' Quarantine: The Burnouts
“I’m standing in a river.”
From Allie Condie's Crossed
“It was my tenth birthday.”
From Megan Wagner Lloyd's Allergic
“After his mother died, Nicholas Vargas stopped bothering.”
From Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black's Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles: The Nixie's Song
“Sunday afternoon was clear, and the snow-covered prairie sparkled in the sunshine.”
From Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House: These Happy Golden Years
First Sentence of a New World 