From Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared
“Happy birthday to you!”
“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
“It was autumn in Venice when Victor first heard of Prosper and Bo.”
From Cornelia Funke's The Thief Lord
“My life in Taiwan is sweet.”
From Lily LaMotte and Ann Xu's Measuring Up
“Kitty lives in a barn.”
From Meika Hashimoto’s Kitty and Dragon
First Sentence of a New World 