From Joelle Charbonneau's Time Bomb
“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.
“Alex Rider lay on his back, drying out in the mid-day sun.”
From Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider: Eagle Strike
“‘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
“Night came quickly to Skeleton Key.”
From Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider: Skeleton Key
“I bounded over the gray, dusty terrain toward the huge dome of Conrad Bubble.”
From Andy Weir's Artemis
“Michael J. Roscoe was a careful man.”
From Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider: Point Blanc
“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
“When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it’s never good news.”
From Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider: Stormbreaker
“It was a dark and stormy night.”
From Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time.
“The day after my mother died, the priest and I wrapped her body in a gray shroud and carried her to the village church.”
From Avi's Crispin: The Cross of Lead.
“Hello, friend.”
From James Patterson and Maxine Paetro's Confessions: The Murder of an Angel
“The reel screeched, nearly jerked the pole from my fingers.”
From Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs' Virals: Code