From Matthew Quick's The Silver Linings Playbook
“I don’t have to look up to know Mom is making another surprise visit.”
“How do you say good-bye to a friend?”
From Elana K. Arnold's Bat and the End of Everything
“Are you sure you’re all packed?”
From Raina Telgemeier's Sisters
“Rosalind was happy.”
From Jeanne Birdsall's The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
“It was a hot afternoon with a strong wind from the south, but out on the Dakota prairie in 1885 no one minded the hot sunshine or the hard winds.”
From Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House: The First Four Years
“At school they say I’m wired bad, or wired mad, or wired sad, or wired glad, depending on my mood and what teacher has ended up with me.”
From Jack Gantos' Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
“’Miss Meshle’ said Mrs. Tupper as she took my empty plate away, ‘if ye ‘ave time to set an’ talk a while…’”
From Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes: The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline
“It was my tenth birthday.”
From Megan Wagner Lloyd's Allergic
“Sunday afternoon was clear, and the snow-covered prairie sparkled in the sunshine.”
From Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House: These Happy Golden Years
“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
“Smile!!”
From Raina Telgemeier's Smile
“Bixby Alexander Tam stared into the refrigerator, trying to decide what to eat.”
From Elana K. Arnold’s A Boy Called Bat
“The dim wagon track went no farther on the prairie, and Pa stopped the horses.”
From Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House: On the Banks of Plum Creek
“A bank robbery.”
From Fredrik Backman's Anxious People
“Look, nobody’s ever accused me of being a good boy.”
From Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Bob
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