From Rick Riordan's The Trials of Apollo: The Burning Maze
“No.”
“I’m lying on a steel table, all too aware of the giant ray gun pointed in my direction.”
From Rob Harrell's Wink
“When our dragon declared war on Indiana, I knew it was going to be a bad day.”
From Rick Riordan's The Trials of Apollo: The Dark Prophecy
“There was a town, and there was a librarian, and there was a fire.”
From Lemony Snicket's All the Wrong Questions: Shouldn't You Be in School?
“Eli sat on the front porch steps, crammed in with his brothers, while Papa fiddled with the camera.”
From Dana Alison Levy's The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher
“Frederick Frederickson was thinking about strawberry daiquiris when the dodgeball slammed into his face.”
From Kate Beasley's Lions & Liars
“There was only orange juice in the fridge.”
From Neil Gaiman's Fortunately, the Milk
“Are you sure this is a good idea?”
Gary Paulsen and Jim Paulsen's Road Trip
“Ernie looked like a total teacher’s pet, standing at the blackboard in a clean shirt with his hair combed flat.”
From Doug Cooney's The Beloved Dearly
“Forks.”
From Fredrik Backman's Britt-Marie Was Here
“My hands tighten around rusted metal scaffolding as I pull myself up onto a pair of wooden planks near the rooftop of an industrial warehouse.”
From Dana L. Davis' The Voice in My Head
“The first thing I ate after my asthma attack was a crumpet.”
From Laura Dockrill’s My Ideal Boyfriend Is a Croissant
“The snake-haired ladies were starting to annoy Percy.”
From Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus: The Son of Neptune
“Galer Street School is a place where compassion, academics, and global connectitude join together to create civic-minded citizens of a sustainable and diverse planet.
From Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette
“Even before he got electrocuted, Jason was having a rotten day.”
From Rick Riordan's The Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero
First Sentence of a New World 