From E. B. White's Charlotte's Web
“‘Where’s Papa going with that ax?’ said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.”
“The deputy told me to empty my pockets: two quarters, a penny, a stick of bubble gum, and a roll of grip tape for my skateboard.”
From Carl Hiaasen's Flush
“Gestures are all that I have; sometimes they must be grand in nature.”
From Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain
“Roy would not have noticed the strange boy if it weren’t for Dana Matherson, because Roy ordinarily didn’t look out the window of the school bus.”
From Carl Hiaasen’s Hoot
“It was an afternoon in late September.”
From Richard and Florence Atwater's Mr. Popper's Penguins
“How do you say good-bye to a friend?”
From Elana K. Arnold's Bat and the End of Everything
“Humans have it all wrong about aliens.”
From Carlie Sorosiak's Leonard (My Life As a Cat)
“People often say that humans don’t adopt cats; it’s more a case of them adopting us.”
From James Bowen's The Little Book of Bob
“Look, nobody’s ever accused me of being a good boy.”
From Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Bob
“I am Ivan.”
From Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan
“MacGyver caught the silver tab between his teeth and slid the zipper free.”
From Melinda Metz's The Secret Life of Mac
“Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tidewater dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair from Puget Sound to San Diego.”
From Jack London’s The Call of the Wild
“Are you sure this is a good idea?”
Gary Paulsen and Jim Paulsen's Road Trip
“Phoenix woke up early and decided to go look for some food.”
From Tor Seidler's Oh, Rats!
“The dog stilled in his morning walk, watching as a seagull soared overhead.”
From Tom Sullivan’s Alive Day
First Sentence of a New World 