From Duane Murray and Shawn Daley’s Better Place
“Navigation system?”
“The seventh-grade teachers of Stirling Middle School did not put any thought into the important task of assigning field trip partners.”
From Stacy McAnulty’s Millionaires for the Month
“If our Anthony was telling this story, he’d start with the money.”
From Frank Cottrell Boyce's Millions
“Wheeeeee!”
From Meika Hashimoto, Gina Loveless, and Genevieve Kote’s Animal Rescue Friends
“Oh…”
From Mikaël Ross’ The Thud
“I am eleven years old, and I am invisible.”
From Deborah Wiles' Countdown
“We have this dog now.”
From Art Corriveau's How I Got a Life and a Dog
“If you asked the kids and the teachers at Lincoln Elementary School to make three lists–all the really bad kids, all the really smart kids, and all the really good kids–Nick Allen would not be on any of them.”
From Andrew Clements' Frindle
“Good luck, Magic Cat!”
From Audra Winslow's Jo & Rus
“Happy birthday to you!”
From Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared
“My name is Harriet Wermer.”
From Elana K. Arnold’s Just Harriet
“Matt says I could see the majestic beauty of the American Southeast if I’d bother to glance out the window.”
From Gordon Korman's Unplugged
“We were on our way to Dad’s house and Mom was driving with both hands clamped tightly around the wheel as if she had me by the neck.”
From Jack Gantos' Joey Pigza Loses Control
“Big Ed is about to tell it again.”
From Leslie Connor's All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook
“The P-38 WWII Nazi handgun looks comical lying on the breakfast table next to a bowl of oatmeal.”
From Matthew Quick's Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
First Sentence of a New World 