From Jerry Craft's New Kid
“This is how I feel every single day of my life, like I’m falling without a parachute.”
“Hello, sports fans!!!”
From Yehudi Mercado's Chunky
“Good luck, Magic Cat!”
From Audra Winslow's Jo & Rus
“Happy birthday to you!”
From Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared
“My name is Harriet Wermer.”
From Elana K. Arnold’s Just Harriet
“Matt says I could see the majestic beauty of the American Southeast if I’d bother to glance out the window.”
From Gordon Korman's Unplugged
“We were on our way to Dad’s house and Mom was driving with both hands clamped tightly around the wheel as if she had me by the neck.”
From Jack Gantos' Joey Pigza Loses Control
“Greetings, initiate!”
From Rick Riordan's Brooklyn House Magician's Manual
“Okay, so when you’ve just moved to a new town and are still a total outsider…”
From Svetlana Chmakova's Awkward
“Samantha Taylor!”
From Kim Dwinell's Surfside Girls: The Secret of Danger Point
“Ali Cross, where are you???”
From James Patterson's Ali Cross: Like Father, Like Son
“I was in fifth-period science class when I heard these noises outside.”
From Rick Riordan's The Demigod Files
“Lucy and Andy live in a cave with their mom and dad and little brother, Danny.”
From Jeffrey Brown's Lucy & Andy Neanderthal: Bad to the Bones
“Gayle!”
From Ira Marcus' Shark Summer
“My mom says worry is like a leaky faucet–every drip makes you imagine something bad on the way… trouble… trouble… trouble… do something… do something… do something.”
From Gennifer Choldenko’s No Passengers Beyond This Point
First Sentence of a New World 