Favorite First Sentences!

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Favorite First Sentences
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Favorite First Sentences! Submit your favorite first sentences on this thread. Be sure to include the title and author of the book, too.

submitted by Old Cricket, age Eternal, In the Library
(March 31, 2018 - 10:55 pm)

I found more!!

"Libby Deaton and May Harper invented Princess X in fifth grade, when Libby's leg was in a cast, and May had a doctor's note saying she couldn't run the track anymore because her asthma would totally kill her." I am Princess X, by Cherie Priest

"All I've ever wanted is for Juli Baker to leave me alone." Flipped, by Wendelin Van Draanen

"I'm surrounded by thousands of words." Out of My Mind, by Sharon Draper 

Elena says rubr.  You have something made of rubber? 

submitted by Lucy B., age 13, Emmilvien
(April 4, 2018 - 3:26 pm)

“Mr Utterson the lawyer was a man of rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty, and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.” - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

submitted by Tuxedo Kitten
(April 4, 2018 - 9:53 pm)

"Blurry, fractured memories swam through Sophie's mind, but she couldn't piece them together." Keeper Of The Lost Cities, Shannon Messenger

"The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it "the Riddle House", even though it had been many years since the Riddle family had lived there." Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire, J.K Rowling

submitted by Allie
(April 5, 2018 - 1:27 pm)

All from the same series:

"Sophie had waited all her life to be kidnapped."--The School for Good and Evil, Soman Chainani

"There is an uneasiness that remains after your best friend tries to kill you."--The School for Good and Evil: A World Without Princes, Soman Chainani

"It is natural to doubt your true love when you do not know if he is young or old."--TSfGaE: The Last Ever After, Soman Chainani

"When you spend most of your life planning your Ever After with a girl, it feels strange to be planning your wedding to a boy. A boy who had been avoiding Agatha for months."--TSfGaE: Quests for Glory, Soman Chainani (Okay, okay, technically two sentences, but the second is too good to leave out. Just don't read it if you care that much xD) 

submitted by Inktail
(April 5, 2018 - 2:48 pm)

Oh, you've read these too? I love sge!

submitted by Neya A., age 13
(April 5, 2018 - 6:01 pm)

Whoo hoo, another SGEr!!! :D So excited for A Crystal in Time! :3

submitted by Inktail
(April 5, 2018 - 9:52 pm)

"Piper decided to jump off the roof." -- The Girl Who Could Fly -- Victoria Forester

submitted by Jwyn, age 13, aMbER's Hideout
(April 5, 2018 - 3:36 pm)

At exactly twelve o'clock a.m. on the morning of his twelfth birthday, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, the Hope and Heir to the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans, was standing shakily on a windy, narrow window ledge three hundred feet up in the air.

-A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons, by Cressida Cowel

This is the first murder that the Wells & Wong Detective Society has ever investigated, so it's a good thing that Daisy bought me a new casebook.

-Murder Most Unladylike, by Robin Stevens

There was a town, and there was a girl, and there was a theft.

All the wrong questions #1, "Who could that be at this hour?", by Lemony Snicket

submitted by LilyPad
(April 6, 2018 - 4:16 am)

"In the Urwald you grow up fast or not at all." Jinx, by Sage Blackwood

"Maniac Magee was not born in a dump." Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli 

submitted by Zeus, Idaho
(April 10, 2018 - 8:11 pm)

I know I’m not an ordinary ten-year-old kid.

- Wonder, by R. J. Palacio 

submitted by LilyPad
(April 16, 2018 - 10:10 pm)

"Before I start my story, you should know that cake is the best." -Cilla Lee-Jenkins: This Book is a Classic 

"So far, magic school was total rubbish." -In Other Lands

"In a cave in Pyrrhia, the most dangerous dragon in the world was hiding." -Wings of Fire, Book Eight: Escaping Peril 

submitted by Blue Moon, age 11, Here
(April 19, 2018 - 7:40 pm)

"Once upon a time, a girl was born. It was rather uneventful."

 Furthermore, by Tahereh Mafi 

Ok, I know this are actually two sentences, but the second one was too good to not post. 

submitted by S. Clockwork
(April 19, 2018 - 8:45 pm)

Here are some from books near me:

"You can't cry in space." ~Space Hostages by Sophia McDougall

"Worms dangled in Aunt Jessie's kitchen: red worms swarming over a lump of brown mud in a bowl." ~Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech

"You would think I'd never jumped off a cliff before, based on how long I stood there." ~ Sky Jumpers by Peggy Eddelman 

"It was a marvelously dark and dour twilight at the castle." ~ Castle Hangnail by Ursula Vernon

"On the second Monday of September in 1897 I was sitting on top of the world" ~ Me and My Little Brain by John D. Fitzgerald

submitted by Kate-the-Great
(April 21, 2018 - 7:06 pm)

i saw a lot of Lemony Snicket sentences. I hope this is not one of them.

 

There is an old story which may or may not interest you but nevertheless will the bulk of this introduction, the way a horrid breakfast can be the bulk of your morning or a long car chase can be the bulk of your week.

Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

by: Lemony Snicket

submitted by Abby G., age 14, Indiana
(April 24, 2018 - 10:43 am)

“On the morning of its first birthday, a baby was found in a cello case floating on the English Channel.” -Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell

“The end of the world started when a pegasus landed on the hood of my car.” - The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

”Yeah, I know. You’re going to read about how I died in agony, and you’ll be like ‘That sounds cool, Magnus! Can I die in agony too?’” -The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

”Dad says punk rock only comes in one volume: loud.” -The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez 

submitted by Blue Moon, age 11, Here
(April 25, 2018 - 5:41 pm)