From Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black’s The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide
“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.”
“‘Try it again,’ Percy told me.”
From Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Ship of the Dead
“There was a town, and there was a statue, and there was a person who had been kidnapped.”
From Lemony Snicket's All the Wrong Questions: When Did You See Her Last?
“There was a town, and there was a girl, and there was a theft.”
From Lemony Snicket's All the Wrong Questions: Who Could That Be at This Hour?
“Lesson learned: If you take a Valkyrie out for coffee, you’ll get stuck with the check and a dead body.”
From Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor
“Yeah, I know.”
From Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer
“These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr. Bucket.”
From Ronald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
“On a bitter November day in Washington, D.C., when everything felt metallic—when the sky was gray and the wind stung and the dry leaves were making death-rattle sounds in the alleys—thirteen-year-old Arthur Owens picked up a brick from the corner of a crumbling building and threw it at an old man’s head.”
From Shelley Pearsall’s The Seventh Most Important Thing
“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
“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
“Dear Library Board, Enclosed is my contribution for the Wolf Creek Community Time Capsule Project.”
From Kate Messner's Breakout
“‘Girls?'”
From Ellen Klages' White Sands, Red Menace
“Dewey Kerrigan sits on the concrete front steps of Mrs. Kovak’s house in St. Louis, waiting for her father.”
From Ellen Klages’ The Green Glass Sea
“So, all went as planned– actually better.”
From Lauren Allbright's Exit Strategy
First Sentence of a New World 