From Aaron Reynolds' The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
“‘Okay, Danny, we’re ready to go live in thirty seconds.'”
From Trent Reedy's Divided We Fall: The Last Full Measure
“It was an afternoon in late September.”
From Richard and Florence Atwater's Mr. Popper's Penguins
“Maybe, Bat thought, there was something better in the world than cradling a sleepy, just-fed baby skunk in your arms.”
From Elana K. Arnold's Bat and the Waiting Game
“It’s no secret that I’ve always been financially conservative – at least that’s the way I’ve described myself.”
From Craig Groeschel's Alter Ego
“A knock makes me jump.”
From Joelle Charbonneau’s The Testing: Graduation Day
“Lumawoo, look.”
From Maryrose Wood‘s The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Unseen Guest
“Come on.”
From Colleen AF Venable's Katie the Catsitter
“But the workmen swore the repairs to the house would be finished by now!”
From Maryrose Wood’s The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Hidden Gallery
“Most flight regulations do not allow children to fly planes on transatlantic routes.”
From Eoin Colfer’s The Fowl Twins Deny All Charges
“Nobody likes getting punched in the face.”
From Kwame Mbalia’s Tristan Strong Destroys the World
“The dream was changing.”
From Kristen Simmons’ Article 5: Three
“Flora Belle Buckman was in her room at her desk.”
From Kate DiCamillo's Flora & Ulysses
“Tom is getting water from the well.”
From Josh Malerman's Malorie
“People often say that humans don’t adopt cats; it’s more a case of them adopting us.”
From James Bowen's The Little Book of Bob