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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)
(March 31, 2018 - 10:55 pm)
I love Katherine Rundell!
Here are some random ones from my bookshelf
"A is for Amy who fell down the stairs," says my best friend, Jenna Davis, as we climb farther down into the steep, parched ravine. -A Mango-Shaped Space, by Wendy Mass
When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. -The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Pigeons, no matter what country they live in, share a few important traits. -The Sky at Our Feet, by Nadia Hashimi
Tell you what. I already know who stuffed this t-shirt into my locker. -The Truth as Told By Mason Buttle, by Leslie Connor
I'll have more later
(May 1, 2018 - 10:15 pm)
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. -Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Whenever Castle Glower became bored, it would grow a new room or two. -Tuesdays at the Castle
Of all the kids in the seventh grade at Camillo Junior High, there was one kid that Mrs. Baker hated with heat whiter than the sun. Me. -The Wednesday Wars
(April 30, 2018 - 7:17 pm)
I love the Tuesdays at the castle series!!!!
(October 27, 2018 - 10:59 am)
"The book you are holding in your two hands right now--assuming that you are, in fact, holding this book, and that you have only two hands--is one of two books in the world that will show you the difference between the word "nervous" and the word "anxious." The other book, of course, is the dictionary, and if I were you I would read that book instead."
--The Ersatz Elevator, Lemony Snicket
(May 4, 2018 - 1:45 pm)
The inuit woman told me that if I ever saw a unicorn to close my eyes. Waiting for unicorns, By Beth Hautala.
(May 5, 2018 - 9:27 am)
"Ba-room, ba-room, ba-room, baripity, baripity, baripity, baripity-Good." Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
(May 6, 2018 - 6:56 am)
LESSON LEARNED: If you take a Valkyrie out for coffee, you'll get stuck with the check and a dead body.~Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, The Hammer or Thor
"Try it again," Percy told me. "This time with less dying."~ Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, The Ship Of The Dead
(May 17, 2018 - 4:50 am)
"NO." -Trials of Apollo Book 3: The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan
"They were toast." -39 Clues Book 3: The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis
"Underwater, Webs couldn't hear the screams of dying dragons."-Wings of Fire Book 2: The Lost Heir by Tui T. Sutherland
"No dragon was safe in the Sky Palace, but the ones in most danger by far were the daughters of Queen Scarlet," -Wings of Fire Book 8: Escaping Peril by Tui T. Sutherland
"Imagine it's the middle of the night."-The Drake Equation by Bart King
"It's today, it's today!" - Wings of Fire Book 11: The Lost Continent by Tui T. Sutherland(from a sample)
(May 17, 2018 - 4:54 pm)
"On the morning of the best day of her life, Maud Flynn was locked in an outhouse, singing, 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic.'"
A Drowned Maiden's Hair, By Laura Amy Schlitz
(May 18, 2018 - 11:26 am)
"People usually start life by being born. Not me, though." The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers. Such a good book! I realize that it's two sentences but I felt the need for the first to be justified by something that perked the reader's figurative ears. ;)
(May 22, 2018 - 1:37 am)
“I am Mary Iris Malone, and I am not okay.” — Mosquitoland, by David Arnold
Also, anything from Lemony Snicket
(May 22, 2018 - 6:54 am)
I LOVE these books. All of these are a MUST READ!!!
"CRACK!"- Rufugee, Alan Gratz
"I was a regular little kid."- El Deafo, Cece Bell
"You can know all the things you like, but that doesn't mean you believe them." - The war I finally won, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. (This is the sequel. Unfortuantly, I don't have the first book at the moment, but it's called The war that saved my life.)
"I know I'm not an ordinary 10 year old kid."- Wonder, R.J. Palicio
"When I close my eyes, I can see my old bedroom."- I am Malala, Malala Yousafzai
"This is how Kyle Keely got grounded for a week."- Mr. Lemoncello's Library, Chris Grabensten
(June 22, 2018 - 6:35 pm)
"I'm on the toilet at the 9:30 club, and I'm wondering how mermaids pee."
- The Upside of Unrequited, by Becky Albertalli
Ooooh, Unsolveablez says "bazz!" I really love the way that sounds.
(August 16, 2018 - 6:10 am)
"There are dragons in the twin's vegtable garden." Madeleine L'Engle A Wind in the Door
A half moon glowed on smooth granite boulders, turning them silver. Erin Hunter Warriors Into the Wild
(August 26, 2018 - 7:21 pm)
"Never really thought much about Alabama's red dirt roads, but now, all I can think about is kicking up their dust."-Finding Langston, by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Read. This. Book. Right. Now. Or. You'll. Regret. It.
(September 1, 2018 - 5:45 pm)