From Varian Johnson's Twins
“Like silent, hungry sharks that swim in the darkness of the sea, the German submarines arrived in the middle of the night.”
From Theodore Taylor's The Cay
“In the last days of Narnia, far up to the west beyond Lantern Waste and close beside the great waterfall, there lived an ape.”
From C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle
“Jannit Maarten, boatbuilder, was on her way to the Palace.”
Angie Sage's Septimus Heap: Queste
“Ryan.”
From David Bell's The Request
“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
“I believe in returning dead bodies.”
From Rick Riordan's The Trials of Apollo: The Tyrant's Tomb
“Emily Harlow wasn’t convinced that her sock drawer sparked joy.”
From Hallie Ephron's Careful What You Wish For
“Natasha Romanoff hated pierogies– but more than that, she hated lies.”
From Margaret Stohl's Black Widow: Forever Red.
“There are 158 footsteps between the bus stop and home, but it can stretch to 180 if you aren’t in a hurry, like maybe if you’re wearing platform shoes.”
From Jojo Moyes' Me Before You.
“I clasp the flask between my hands even though the warmth from the tea has long since leached into the frozen air.”
From Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
“Your Majesty, there is a message for you.”
From Kathleen Bird's Katherine's Kingdom: To Love in Peace.
”My nightmare started like this.”
From Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Sea of Monsters.
”From his perch behind the clock, Hugo could see everything.”
From Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret.