From Matilda Nordtvedt's Secret in the Maple Tree
“Hilda carefully wiped the dishes that Papa had washed.”
“Rosalind was happy.”
From Jeanne Birdsall's The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
“Erik’s heart hammered in his chest as though Thor himself were tunneling out of his rib cage.”
From Christina Uss’ Erik Vs. Everything
“Maybe, Bat thought, there was something better in the world than cradling a sleepy, just-fed baby skunk in your arms.”
From Elana K. Arnold's Bat and the Waiting Game
“It’s no secret that I’ve always been financially conservative – at least that’s the way I’ve described myself.”
From Craig Groeschel's Alter Ego
“The charity auction hadn’t started until well after midnight, when the gala dinner had ended.”
From Michael Scott's The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
“A knock makes me jump.”
From Joelle Charbonneau’s The Testing: Graduation Day
“I’m sorry to have to tell you this, Jennifer, but you have a primary glioblastoma in your brain.”
From Catherine McKenzie's Six Weeks to Live
“Lumawoo, look.”
From Maryrose Wood‘s The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Unseen Guest
“Come on.”
From Colleen AF Venable's Katie the Catsitter
“But the workmen swore the repairs to the house would be finished by now!”
From Maryrose Wood’s The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Hidden Gallery
“Most flight regulations do not allow children to fly planes on transatlantic routes.”
From Eoin Colfer’s The Fowl Twins Deny All Charges
“Nobody likes getting punched in the face.”
From Kwame Mbalia’s Tristan Strong Destroys the World
“The dream was changing.”
From Kristen Simmons’ Article 5: Three
First Sentence of a New World 