From Elle Cosimano’s Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead
“Christopher was dead.”
“There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.”
From C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
“I don’t have to look up to know Mom is making another surprise visit.”
From Matthew Quick's The Silver Linings Playbook
“Jannit Maarten, boatbuilder, was on her way to the Palace.”
Angie Sage's Septimus Heap: Queste
“My name is Newell.”
From Jason Platt's Middle School Misadventures
“Wake up, Hilda, it’s almost time to get off the train.”
From Matilda Nordtvedt's Song of the Brook
“Ryan.”
From David Bell's The Request
“My story starts with a dream.”
From Aaron Reynolds' The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
“‘Okay, Danny, we’re ready to go live in thirty seconds.'”
From Trent Reedy's Divided We Fall: The Last Full Measure
“After my reconciliation with my brothers in the summer of 1889, I spent August quite happily with Reginold Collie, visiting Ferndale, my childhood home in the country.”
From Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche
“The next morning I got ready for school…”
From Maria Scrivan's Nat Enough
“Snorri Snorrelssen guided her trading barge up the quiet waters of the river toward the Castle.”
Angie Sage's Septimus Heap: Physik
“It was an afternoon in late September.”
From Richard and Florence Atwater's Mr. Popper's Penguins
“Snake River Middle School.”
From Mike Thayer's The Double Life of Danny Day
“5:12.”
From James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet's Maximum Ride: Hawk
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