From Carl Hiaasen’s Hoot
“Roy would not have noticed the strange boy if it weren’t for Dana Matherson, because Roy ordinarily didn’t look out the window of the school bus.”
“It was a dull autumn day and Jill Pole was crying behind the gym.”
From C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
“Mom?”
From Raina Telgemeier's Guts
“One morning I was arguing with the adult in charge of me.”
From Lemony Snicket's File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents
“Septimus Heap, ExtraOrdinary Apprentice, was woken up by his House Mouse leaving a note on his pillow.”
Angie Sage's Septimus Heap: Syren
“I have just returned from the school dance and lived to tell the tale.”
From Aaron Reynolds’ The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter: Narwhal I’m Around
“Okay…”
From Benjamin Renner's The Big Bad Fox
“Nicholas Vargas had never been all that good at sports.”
Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black's Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles: A Giant Problem
“This story begins within the walls of a castle, with the birth of a mouse.”
From Kate DiCamillo's The Tale of Despereaux
“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
“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
“Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, and it has been told in another book called The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe how they had a remarkable adventure.”
From C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
“My story starts with a dream.”
From Aaron Reynolds' The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
First Sentence of a New World 