From Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black's The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Ironwood Tree
“The engine of the station wagon was already running.”
“Ernie looked like a total teacher’s pet, standing at the blackboard in a clean shirt with his hair combed flat.”
From Doug Cooney's The Beloved Dearly
“Forks.”
From Fredrik Backman's Britt-Marie Was Here
“My hands tighten around rusted metal scaffolding as I pull myself up onto a pair of wooden planks near the rooftop of an industrial warehouse.”
From Dana L. Davis' The Voice in My Head
“During the third attack, Hazel almost ate a boulder.”
From Rick Riordan's The Heroes of Olympus: The House of Hades
“Though it was the end of summer, the heat still waited outside front doors along with morning newspaper, both boding ill.”
From Ayelet Gundar-Goshen's The Liar
“Your mother hollers that you’re going to miss the bus.”
From Emmy Laybourne's Monument 14
“When I was little, my dad used to tell me, ‘Will, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose.'”
From John Green and David Levithan’s Will Grayson, Will Grayson
“Flying from Chicago to Boston by myself hasn’t been as big a deal as my dad said it was going to be.”
From Andrew Clements' The Friendship War
“Phoenix woke up early and decided to go look for some food.”
From Tor Seidler's Oh, Rats!
“My leg jiggled up and down.”
From Susin Nielsen's No Fixed Address
“Mrs. Ferrars died on the night of the 16th-17th September–a Thursday.”
From Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
“Emily Harlow wasn’t convinced that her sock drawer sparked joy.”
From Hallie Ephron's Careful What You Wish For
“The first thing I ate after my asthma attack was a crumpet.”
From Laura Dockrill’s My Ideal Boyfriend Is a Croissant
“There were big days and there were small days and there were bad days and there were good days and I suppose I could pick any one of ‘em for my ‘once upon a time.’”
From Dan Gemeinhart’s The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
First Sentence of a New World 