From Rick Riordan's The Heroes of Olympus: The Mark of Athena
“Until she met the exploding statue, Annabeth thought she was prepared for anything.”
“Phoenix woke up early and decided to go look for some food.”
From Tor Seidler's Oh, Rats!
“Astrid awoke to find her bedroom was filled with a strange, warm light.”
From Alexander Yates' How We Became Wicked
“Jared Grace took a red shirt, turned it inside out, and put it on backward.”
From Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black's The Spiderwick Chronicles: Lucinda's Secret
“Owen wanted to scream at the horror before him.”
From James Riley's Story Thieves
“Artemis Fowl was almost content.”
From Eion Colfer's Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
“The snake-haired ladies were starting to annoy Percy.”
From Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus: The Son of Neptune
“The late bus dropped Jared Grace at the bottom of his street.”
From Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black's The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Seeing Stone
“Even before he got electrocuted, Jason was having a rotten day.”
From Rick Riordan's The Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero
“The loss of her husband had had a profound effect on Angeline Fowl.”
From Eion Colfer's Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident
“Ba-room, ba-room, ba-room, baripity, baripity, baripity, baripity–Good.”
From Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terabithia
“If someone had asked Jared Grace what jobs his brother and sister would have when they grew up, he would have had no trouble replying.”
From Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black’s The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide
“‘Try it again,’ Percy told me.”
From Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Ship of the Dead
“Ho Chi Mihn City in the summer.”
Eion Colfer's Artemis Fowl
“Nickie Randolph’s first sight of the town of Yonwood was a white steeple rising out of the pine forest that covered the mountainside.”
Jeanne DuPrau's The City of Ember: The Prophet of Yonwood
First Sentence of a New World 