From Charise Mericle Harper’s Bad Sister
“I was a bad sister.”
“Bye!”
From Hope Larson’s All Summer Long
“What is it?”
From Joey Weiser’s Mermin: Out of Water
“Gimme back my noodle!”
From Mike Holmes’ My Own World
“Navigation system?”
From Duane Murray and Shawn Daley’s Better Place
“The seventh-grade teachers of Stirling Middle School did not put any thought into the important task of assigning field trip partners.”
From Stacy McAnulty’s Millionaires for the Month
“As summer wheat came ripe, so did I, born at home, on the kitchen floor.”
From Karen Hesse’s Out of the Dust
“Phew, made it!”
From Isabel Roxas’ The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens
“Priyanka!”
From Nidhi Chanani’s Pashmina
“Yasmina!”
From Wauter Mannaert’s Chef Yasmina and the Potato Panic
“’All right, then,’ Frankie said, rubbing his hands together.”
From Keith Calabrese’s Connect the Dots
“Okay, guys.”
From Jenna Ayoub’s Forever Home
“A garage sale.”
From Gillian Goerz's Shirley & Jamila Save Their Summer
“Ali Cross, where are you???”
From James Patterson's Ali Cross: Like Father, Like Son
“Mrs. McGillicuddy panted along the platform in the wake of the porter carrying her suitcase.”
From Agatha Christie's 4:50 from Paddington
First Sentence of a New World 