From Gina Damico's Waste of Space
“The year is 2016.”
“Petey’s sweaty little hand wriggled in mine.”
From Jenny Goebel’s Fortune Falls
“Lewis Barnavelt fidgeted and wiped his sweaty palms on the seat of the bus that was roaring toward New Zebedee.”
From John Bellairs' The House with a Clock in Its Walls
“My name is Marina, as of the sea, but I wasn’t called that until much later.”
From Pittacus Lore's Lorien Legacies: The Power of Six
“There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself—not just sometimes, but always.”
From Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth
“In the beginning there were nine of us.”
From Pittacus Lore's Lorien Legacies: I Am Number Four
“Grace Somerfield was the first to die.”
From Alexandra Bracken's The Darkest Minds
“Sadie Kane here.”
From Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles: The Serpent's Shadow
“In Control’s dream it is early morning, the sky deep blue with just a twinge of light.”
From Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach: Authority
“Carter here.”
From Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles: The Throne of Fire
“My Mother was raised on fairy tales, but I was raised on highways.”
From Melissa Albert's The Hazel Wood
“We only have a few hours, so listen carefully.”
From Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid.
“‘Beep, beep,’ Lindsay calls out.”
From Lauren Oliver's Before I Fall
“’What I’d like from you is the truth, Miss Brennan.’”
From Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs' Virals: Exposure
“The monster stood not a tongue’s length away, eyes fixed on our throats, shriveled brain crowded with fantasies of murder.”
From Ransom Riggs' Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children: Library of Souls
First Sentence of a New World 