From John D. Fitzgerald's The Great Brain
“Most everyone in Utah remembers 1896 as the year the territory became a state.”
“All children, except one, grow up.”
From J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan
“‘That slowpoke Sarah!’ Henny cried.”
From Sydney Taylor's All-of-a-Kind Family
“Russell Crannaker looked up and down the alley.”
From Bruce Coville's The Monster's Ring
“When a plan came from Griffin Bing, even the tiniest detail had to be perfect.”
From Gordon Korman's Swindle
“‘Not even here in this place of ghosts and demons and half-formed things!’ bellowed the wild-eyed sky pirate captain, his voice cracking as he struggled to make himself heard above the screaming wind.”
From Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's The Edge Chronicles: Clash of the Sky Galleons
“You are almost at the end of your journey.”
From Emma Steinkellner's The Okay Witch and the Hungry Shadow
“Christine, your collar was undone the whole time!”
From Jen Wang's Stargazing
“My name is Wyatt Palmer.”
From Dave Barry's The Worst Night Ever
“It had been three days since my friend disappeared and I was starting to think the worst might have happened.”
From James Patterson’s Ali Cross
“…Need to flip the top and bottom numbers.”
From Tori Sharp's Just Pretend
“This is the principal.”
From Gary Paulsen’s Mudshark
“Okay, Art Club!”
From Chad Sell's Doodleville
“The academic, in his grubby, paint-splattered robes of faded ‘viaduct’ blue, turned the crank lever with his free hand.”
From Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's The Edge Chronicles: The Winter Knights
“When I was in preschool, I had a teacher named Starlily.”
From Jennifer L. Holm's The Fourteenth Goldfish
First Sentence of a New World 