Battle of the Books - Practice Deck 3 Flashcards
Her mother chirped in a happy voice when Dylan came to dinner. CHIRPING is an important word here.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
Human babies are an ugly lot.
The One and Only Ivan
“Mrs. Coleman just told me you were talking to some bushes.”
Mousenet
“You had to use an outhouse? Oh you poor thing.”
Mousenet
There’s a difference between ‘can’t remember’ and ‘won’t remember.’
The One and Only Ivan
“If you pull our whiskers, do we not squeak?”
Mousenet
Oh, how I loved to play tag with my sister!
The One and Only Ivan
There are no shows. No visitors, unless you count the protesters.
The One and Only Ivan
It was finally my birthday, July Fourth.
Glory Be
When I am drawing that’s all I think about. I don’t think about where I am ,about yesterday or tomorrow.
The One and Only Ivan
I focused my mind on how she’d have to sleep on brush rollers all night long to get that flipped-up hairdo.
Glory Be
Then without a sound, the lights turned off. The fan in the back of the room gradually slowed.
Janitors
Everything had been normal until he had washed his face.
Janitors
“A cat’s purr is a mysterious thing. It means the cat feels something very strong: it could be very good or very bad.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
Now it seemed like the patches of my life were mixing into a new pattern.
Glory Be
You go to school together, right? Don’t you two have anything to talk about?
Janitors
“We’ll head over to some Rebel schools in Wyoming and Colorado, keep moving south.”
Janitors
What else is yellow? I draw another banana.
The One and Only Ivan
His sixth-grade year was turning out to be worse than he could have imagined and he wanted to shut it out, to pretend he was at his old school.
Janitors
Gran knitted away in the living room and Grandfather read the paper with Bitty on his lap.
Waiting for the Magic
There it is H- O - M - E. Home!
The One and Only Ivan
They collapsed in the parking lot as the silver sports car took the corner too sharply and scraped the exhaust pipe on the curb.
Janitors
“Let’s strike now - with a devastating attack of kindness.”
Mousenet
Part of me is itching to tell Mom this was all my idea and how I got Doris Varney to call Mrs. Coombs- without even asking her.
Touch Blue
Three hundred pounds of fun to save our sorry butts. This gal is gonna sell us some tickets.
The One and Only Ivan
I wonder if I have stopped being famous.
The One and Only Ivan
He felt a rush of relief when he saw the spare key.
Janitors
Glass lay in glinting shards, leaving a jagged, dark opening into the school.
Janitors
“Quit hogging the mic, Babs!” shouted the lieutenant governor. (pg. 84)
Fake Mustache
“This was followed in almost dizzying succession by Intense Interest, then Amazement, then Excitement, and finally Astonishment.”
Mousenet
The green backpack was filled with a life jacket.
The Candymakers
“Mouse 47 was so intent on the message that for a moment she forgot the windowsill rule.”
Mousenet
“Washing’s for sissies.”
Janitors
CAN I MKE IT UP 2 U W/ DINNR & A MOVIE? MAYBE @ WHITE HOUSE ON WED? AM ALMOST PRESIDENT YOU KNOW. (pg. 151)
Fake Mustache
“There’s endless work to be done, and when we’re finished with that, there’ll still be gum to scrape.”
Janitors
Phin wrote, “ We’re two old cats, just hangin’ and howling’ together!”
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
“It’s Blackberry, you moron.”
Mousenet
F = Ph
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
The main character cried for her cat, her father, and for all those extra lives nobody gets to live.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
I was so burdened by the weight of being the lone voice against an evil madman that I didn’t notice that someone was glaring at me. (pg. 85)
Fake Mustache
“It sounded crazy. But you didn’t question the wisdom of your leader in Silicon Valley.”
Mousenet
We’re playing tag.
The One and Only Ivan
This one was slimy, pale yellow, and looked like a salamander.
Janitors
How do you know who’s who if they don’t smell?
The One and Only Ivan
Does this mean you are looping?
The Year of the Book
Moonlight falls on the frozen carousel. on the silent popcorn stand, on the stall of leather belts that smell like long-gone cows.
The One and Only Ivan
Don’t ever–ever!–call Soymilk an it! She is a she! (pg. 181)
Fake Mustache
His suitcase, his trumpet, his music stand, and the photos on his dresser are gone.
Touch Blue
At the end of the poem was a single sentence: Good night, William.
Waiting for the Magic
“Daddy’ll kill us if we show up drenching wet and late.”
Glory Be
The Vortex was soon tearing everything inward.
Janitors
“You will be the first human ever to visit us at our Headquarters here in California.”
Mousenet
“No prying open a manhole cover to see what’s under it.”
Melonhead
Behind her was a boy and a girl, her friend Mr. Miles from the taxi, and another lady I didn’t know.
Glory Be
“When he was safely gone, the Captain of Clan 1578 led his group down from the windowsill to gather on the workbench”.
Mousenet
The parents will be glad to see that you are paying for your wrongdoings.
Janitors
Silverback.
The One and Only Ivan
“Rad?” she exclaimed. “Grody? Freddy, my love, where have you been for the last thirty years?”
Mousenet
“They won’t expect us to pop out of the ceiling.”
Janitors
“Mom says that his projects meant more to him than his family, and that’s why he took off.”
Janitors
We’re open 365 days a year. Can’t miss us. We’re right off 1-95.
The One and Only Ivan
“If I’m wrong and people want the restaurant to stay the way it is, you can cut off my braids.”
Mousenet
Authorities believe the operation was some kind of massive classroom theft.
Janitors
I growl low in my throat.
The One and Only Ivan
“Books have no color. And they donÕt care who reads them.”
Glory Be
Sky. Grass. Tree. Ant. Stick. Bird.
The One and Only Ivan
Papa looked. And then I thought he might cry “Scooter.”
Waiting for the Magic
I beat my chest till the whole world hears.
The One and Only Ivan
I wasn’t 100 percent sure if I should add the XOXOXO part, but I couldn’t help it. (pg. 123)
Fake Mustache
“Thanks, kid,” Marv huffed. “That was brave of you to come alone.”
Janitors
I always enjoy a good digging story.
The One and Only Ivan
“Once they prove Leslie guilty, you should get a new car.”
Janitors
“They clambered down as quietly as they could, pulling their plastic bags of poop to a corner where they would never be found.”
Mousenet
I was blind to hatred that stings more than a bucketful of the pool’s strongest chlorine.
Glory Be
Thank you, I try to say with my eyes. Thank you.
The One and Only Ivan
My big sister had remembered my birthday! I opened the box.
Glory Be
“Little Miss Snotnose, my sissy brother’s girlfriend.”
Glory Be
“Results: Lots of wrongs equals one right.”
Melonhead
I can’t draw dreamy pictures.
The One and Only Ivan
I’ve heard the Jambo stories many times.
The One and Only Ivan
Unlike the previous day, they were anxious for detention.
Janitors
I dash back and forth, hooting and grunting, doing a gorilla dance of happiness.
The One and Only Ivan
“It was an extra - wide grin, the one that had earned TM3 an A in his smiling class.”
Mousenet
He found the blue silk at the bus stop.
The Year of the Book
I am angry to protect you, because that is what I was born to do.
The One and Only Ivan
Why don’t we meet at your local hideout to hand it over?
Janitors
“If I heard footsteps on our roof it would chill me to my bones.”
Melonhead
Three precious minutes had passed by the time they stood before the boys’ bathroom with a wrinkled “out of order” sign thumb tacked to the wooden door.
Janitors
“I think what you did at the vet took a lot of chutzpah,” said Riya. Chutzpah means nerve.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
We are on The Early News at Five O’clock.
The One and Only Ivan
“Super-absorbent polymers are the secret ingredient in diapers.”
Melonhead
I jumped in the wayback of the station wagon to hide under the blanket.
Glory Be
He stuck a finger into one nostril, turned toward the closest karate instructor, and snorted. Fizz! (pg. 138)
Fake Mustache
“Yes, yes, yes, it was made by humans.”
Mousenet
“Wait a minute,” he muttered. “I’ll keep it for the wild child”.
Mousenet
“Yo-day-low-day-yoda-lady-who, yo-day-low-day-yoda-lady who.” (pg. 92)
Fake Mustache
“I’m a fisherman,” I say, “and I think they’re beautiful.”
Touch Blue
“I love this vent! I think this is the coolest place I’ve ever been.”
Janitors
“Maybe I’ll find some barrettes. Do something about her hair.”
Glory Be
“On Cherry Street, panic had been building all day.”
Mousenet
Of course something was wrong! Some hideous bat thing had just come out of the bookshelf.
Janitors
“You’d be happier staying put with your sister, like you have since the day she was born.”
Glory Be
Thump thump thump THUMP, thump THUMP! ‘Charge!’”
Mousenet
“I have established my new domain in a van.”
Janitors
Five angry BEM workers were scrambling around the room, gathering supplies to fight the intruders.
Janitors
Grandfather peered into the refrigerator. What is this? He asked, holding up Marvelous Murphy’s alternative dinner.
Waiting for the Magic
The boy clung to it, the only tangible evidence of what he’d done. A memorial to utter destruction.
Janitors
On the chair where I’d been sitting in the children’s room was an envelope with my name on it.
Glory Be
He’s found a bicycle in Aunt Avril’s garage.
Janitors
“If you’re in charge and something goes wrong, it is your fault.”
Mousenet
On an island, silence usually means people are talking about you.
Touch Blue
“Snakes also require permission.”
Melonhead
Even without the front hall light turned on, I saw her jaw clenching and a frown taking over her face.
Glory Be
Six hundred pounds of fun to save our sorry butts.
The One and Only Ivan
“She and some of them other Freedom people committed a crime!”
Glory Be
You ever seen lightning bugs? Same thing as fireflies. Really they’re beetles, you know.”
Glory Be
A black wavy ducktail haircut and an arm hanging out the window told me what I already suspected.
Glory Be
“I’ve tried to teach my girls to speak up when they see a wrong being done.”
Glory Be
“There was a body in her bed, all covered up except for the springy blond hair on the pillow.”
Mousenet
Dylan was a nurse so he could use needles to give subcutaneous (under the skin) fluids.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
“Together we will make history.”
Mousenet
“Those who had taken the Copying Human Expressions class were wearing expressions such as Envy or Fear or Wow.”
Mousenet
He shook free and somersaulted across the classroom, his weight and momentum making him unstoppable.
Janitors
“You guys evolved. Why not us? The difference is we did it fast and we did it in secret.”
Mousenet
The two kids arose, Baybee dangling between them, and entered the office.
Janitors
During recess, Mr. Fry and I have one of those 10 minute father-figure conversations again.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
“Now what’s chewing your tail?”
Mousenet
“Your lunch, mon petit chou.”
Mousenet
They used to take me in their convertible to the a fast-food restaurant.
The One and Only Ivan
“I like to play with her mind. It’s soft like Play-Doh but doesn’t dry out as fast.”
Janitors
My parents decided on my twin sister’s name: Tag
The One and Only Ivan
The orange vests we made perfectly.
The Year of the Book
“My desk is the School Board?”
Janitors
“Their natural ability to see Toxites marked them as witches.”
Janitors
When the brush meets the damp paper, pink petals of color unfurl like morning flowers.
The One and Only Ivan
This was not he kind of house where anybody leaves the newspaper scattered on the floor or an iced tea glass seating on the sideboard.
Glory Be
“She’s standing up for what she believes is right. All of us should lead our children to do that, don’t you know?’
Glory Be
“I was able to steal Ninfa and establish myself as a warlock.”
Janitors
Miles thought constantly about the afterlife.
The Candymakers
When he returns he is carrying a long stick. The gleaming hook on its end is almost beautiful, like a sliver of moon.
The One and Only Ivan
“What’s a mugging?”
Mousenet
“Two species working for the future of the planet? Yadda yadda yadda.”
Mousenet
It felt like all the air had been sucked right out of that hot dining room.
Glory Be
“She almost screamed when one of her braids made a loud squeak right by her ear.”
Mousenet
In a romance there is much hugging and sometimes face licking.
The One and Only Ivan
We’re playing. We’re playing tag. And I’m it.
The One and Only Ivan
If I get tired and need a break, I eat my crayons.
The One and Only Ivan
I nod, then turn toward my family, my life, my home.
The One and Only Ivan
Everything’s changing. Continents are drifting and new stars are forming and my sweatshirt’s a cat bed.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
“We had fun, but I didn’t buy anything ‘cept some new magazines.”
Glory Be
She was still pulling her legs into the vent when a loud crash filled the classroom below.
Janitors
An autodidact is a person who has taught himself most of what he knows. The main character’s mother makes her go to school even though she would like to be an autodidact.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
Below, the three men gathered like vultures to await his inevitable descent.
Janitors
My family was called a troop, just like any other gorilla family.
The One and Only Ivan
I expect to see gorillas, but none appear. I hear a shrill sound, like a toy trumpet.
The One and Only Ivan
Hateful prejudice and dog doo are a lot alike. They both make me sick.
Glory Be
Her sweatshirt became a cat bed.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
“Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye,” I whisper. NTB
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
“The harder you throw it, the more suction it creates on your opponent.”
Janitors
“They found a black sock at the scene. My boys tell me she’s the only person ho wears those socks.”
Glory Be
“Trust me, you will have a great time in Oregon once you settle in.”
Mousenet
When Mom says something “would be nice,” it sounds like you have a choice, but really you don’t.
Touch Blue
“Keep heading for the back wall. There is an emergency exit in the northeast corner.”
Janitors
Mrs. Coombs has the fastest phone dialing finger in Maine.
Touch Blue
He had to get his toxins flushed out because he had kidney problems.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
The huge concealed closet smelled of sulphur and chili powder.
Janitors
The two kids quietly descended the stairs until they stood at the doorway to the large storage closet.
Janitors
“My friends are different. They have special powers. For instance, they can go through walls.”
Mousenet
She was twisting the key in the ignition, but the attempt was futile. The station wagon was parked forever.
Janitors
I’m angry at last. I have someone to protect.
The One and Only Ivan
Try knuckle walking for a half hour.
The One and Only Ivan
“Rule One was that you should never let humans see how smart you are.”
Mousenet
“Lady, believe it. I am a mouse, and I talk.”
Mousenet
My story has a strange shape: a stunted beginning, an endless middle.
The One and Only Ivan
The force of the suction had imploded the walls, tearing the sheetrock like paper.
Janitors
“Anyway, did you have monsters at your old school?”
Janitors
“Observe humans at all times for clues to their plans and their character.”
Mousenet
“This is my name tag, but it isn’t my desk.”
Janitors
He told his dad that one of the boys charmed the bees.
The Candymakers
“You don’t know how hard it was to fall asleep last night. I was like a walking nightlight.”
Janitors
Highly effective in eliminating Filth and Grime.
Janitors
He could sob all night as far as I was concerned.
Glory Be
“Most folks just scared of losing something precious to them.”
Glory Be
“What if they turn out to be little cyber-terrorists?”
Mousenet
“One found an empty sneaker, two climbed into boots “
Mousenet
Desperado is a good word. Desperados do something rebellious for a good, understandable reason.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
I wonder if Mack could add a little red hat and a curly tail to the picture of me.
The One and Only Ivan
They spin pink clouds you can eat.
The One and Only Ivan
I had a twin sister named tag.
The One and Only Ivan
The closet’s unique smell definitely came from the Glop.
Janitors
I enjoy chewing pencils. I am sure I would excel at homework.
The One and Only Ivan
Mouse Nation
Mousenet
Sure enough, that Closed sign was covered up by a big piece of cardboard tacked on the fence.
Glory Be
I have no visitors here. I wonder if I have stopped being famous.
The One and Only Ivan
The barricaded door suddenly shuddered.
Janitors
It’s like Ol’ Gramps always said on my TV show, “Sometimes you gotta use your brains or you’ll get your butt kicked. (pg. 127)
Fake Mustache
“Two sides to most stories. Folks better be thinking about that for once.”
Glory Be
I stood face-to-face with a poster on a telephone pole.
The Wish Stealers
If you don’t risk anything, you risk everything.
The Wish Stealers
“Let’s call it Operation Cool It.”
Mousenet
“Nice kitty, good kitty”, she whispered, rocking the soggy box.
Mousenet
Here’s a Nasal Gun. It enables you to shoot fake boogers out of your nose. (pg. 106)
Fake Mustache
One of the receptionists had a T-shirt that said Dog is God Spelled Backward and another one wore sparkly earrings.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
“They had been worrying ever since eight o’clock in Silicon Valley, which is eleven o’clock on the East Coast.”
Mousenet
“This was amazing. No need for anyone to dangle. No need for anyone to strain himself (or herself) holding a dangler.”
Mousenet
“When people get scared, they make up lies. They keep secrets. And they act mean.”
Glory Be
The names are mine, but they’re not me.
The One and Only Ivan
“With sheep it was always a big ram with huge horns, but at Fairlawn it was a large boy called Brandon “
Mousenet
There was no more hiding. Both of them saw me at once.
Glory Be
I was born in a place humans call central Africa, in a dense rain forest so beautiful, no crayons could ever do it justice.
The One and Only Ivan
Not only has he brainwashed most of the country, but if people vote against him, he’s got the voting machines rigged anyway. (pg. 152)
Fake Mustache
The glass says you are this and we are that and that is how it will always be.
The One and Only Ivan
Even the Rowdies send her sympathy cards and e-mails after the death of her pet.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
“We need your civilization to function smoothly.”
Mousenet
How many more minutes until you can cross us again?
The Year of the Book
“And since the van will already have wheels, I’ll be able to make deliveries to the Rebel schools without ever leaving my domain.”
Janitors
“Instinct had taken over and he began scrabbling wildly at the glass walls of his prison.”
Mousenet
“This time your stupid friend did take off her socks.”
Glory Be
Stella’s foot never completely healed.
The One and Only Ivan
That had to hurt- 433 pages of mathematical pain.
Janitors
I’ve learned not to get my hopes up.
The One and Only Ivan
One held a flashlight while the other fiddled with slender lock-picking tools.
Janitors
“I double-dog dare you to fuss at me! You’re not supposed to be here any more than I am.”
Glory Be
“They got the nail,” she sobbed. “I tried to get away, but they came too fast.”
Janitors
Before the pain hits me, I look down and see, attached to the sticky hand, the bullet and the mustache. (pg. 189)
Fake Mustache
“A happy ending! It’s karma!” her friend exclaimed.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
ELECTION DAY CHANGED TO MONDAY (pg. 162)
Fake Mustache
Here are happy-ending times: when I saw my Secret Love and when my little brother knew how to read.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
“Those two years on an island? That could be a cover-up for when she and her mom got their spy training “
Mousenet
She held up her hand, the one with the slim gold ring that never left her finger and she’d promised to give me when I grew up.”
Glory Be
Her little brother loved to help Dylan wash his motorcycle.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
That yarn is from a carnival that passed through Topeka
The Wish Stealers
He didn’t ask me one more question, just kept hugging me.
Glory Be
“This is your father’s best coq au vin.”
Mousenet
“Observe humans at all times for clues to their plans and their character”.
Mousenet
I want my own home again- with my own mom.
Touch Blue
“True, recycling three or four bottles wouldn’t save the planet, but as her mom always said, you have to start somewhere.”
Mousenet
BEST. DAY. EVER. MET JODIE. THINK SHE LIKES ME. I LIKE HER. IF U C HER AGAIN WILL U ASK HER IF SHE LIKES ME? (pg. 113)
Fake Mustache
People munched on organic popcorn and licked clouds of raspberry flavored cotton candy.
The Wish Stealers
Everything around him went black and he struggled to maintain consciousness.
Janitors
“If you can make a ruckus above them, chances are they’ll come low where I can get them with my vacuum.”
Janitors
The best thing she ever gave him wasn’t a drawing. Julia gave Bob his name.
The One and Only Ivan
Today the humans lead me to a door.
The One and Only Ivan
My sister hadn’t told him who had given away his secret.
Glory Be
The Seven-Second Meltdown Theory is that taffy melts after seven seconds and then becomes unglued from your teeth.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
I smell the crayon, roll it in my hands, press the sharp point against my palm.
The One and Only Ivan
He sang, “ I bought me a cat and the cat pleased me. I fed my cat under yonder tree. Cat goes fiddle-i-fee.”
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
the Chart of Human Expressions
Mousenet
His mom wore yellow gloves and drove fast like a professional race-car driver.
The Candymakers
Embossed in the center was the symbol of a large metal ring with more than a dozen keys hanging from it.
Janitors
Philip stuck his hand in the chocolate fountain, but Miles resisted.
The Candymakers
“My mom wasn’t happy about me emailing without permission.”
Janitors
Surely Julia will see what I’ve imagined.
The One and Only Ivan
Daisy’s black horse made him think of the merry-go-round horses.
The Candymakers
I felt like I was drowning in a freezing cold pool of disappointment and confusion.
Glory Be
“They’ll think I don’t have my human under control.”
Mousenet
At last, he was holding a fragment of wood about a square foot in size- the School Board.
Janitors
Mostly I think about what is, not what could be.
The One and Only Ivan
We were still in our crate when she looked at me without seeing, and I knew the vine had finally snapped.
The One and Only Ivan
Walter’s picture of the uneducated future was frightening, but could it be trusted?
Janitors
“Once I get them right, maybe he’ll put blobs on all his Tick-Tocks to charge them up from the sun. Save the planet.”
Mousenet
Hearing the vacuum rev to life, the dust-ball scurried back just as the vacuum hose came down.
Janitors
Here are some things about True Love: it makes you want to sing, it shouldn’t be so hard, and it makes you feel happy.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
That’s why the lie I was about to ell came out of my mouth slowly, carefully.
Glory Be
P.P.S. I’m enclosing a ferry schedule and a map of the island with the parish hall marked.
Touch Blue
Mrs. Nanchez simply said, take the hall pass, and looked back at the computer screen on her desk.
Janitors
“We are small, but we are very, very powerful.”
Mousenet
A picnic cooler, a blanket, an old football jersey, and the spare tire were inside.
Glory Be
Behind them, the room crumpled like a cardboard box.
Janitors
When I dragged the crayon across the paper, it left a trail in its wake like a slithering blue snake.
The One and Only Ivan
Her Gramma Dee was a vegetarian.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
“You’ve got mail!”
Mousenet
Living here was like living inside a well-protected cocoon.
The Candymakers
They’re just like girl’s bathrooms, except we have couches and entertainment systems with surround sound.
Janitors
“Very few of us have been trained to make human sounds. Every one else does MSL.”
Mousenet
“You know you can do it with two paws tied behind your back.”
Mousenet
“Praying hands. We got a lot to pray over, baby. She pushed herself up from the table, finished wrapping up the fudge to take home.”
Glory Be
He was a frightening sight, gingerly balancing on two desks, like a circus elephant standing on a tiny ball.
Janitors
Tag and I were the babies of the group.
The One and Only Ivan
I was born at Central Hospital on September 19, Year of the Dog.
The Year of the Book
Nine thousand eight hundred fifty five days
The One and Only Ivan
It seemed biologically impossible for such a massive body to produce such a piercing voice.
Janitors
“His name tag said Mud, and I didn’t think that was a good name for a cat.” NTB
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
In her late fifties, she didn’t bother to dye her graying hair or paint her nails.
Janitors
I see two trunks entwined. I hear Stella whispering
The One and Only Ivan
I throw a me-ball at them.
The One and Only Ivan
But my forever is over now. My forever has been shut down with no plans of opening.
Glory Be
Mine. Mine. Mine.
The One and Only Ivan
His clumsy turn tipped the milk carton, sending the invisible creature into the air and cold milk into Dez’s crotch.
Janitors
The stall door was open, but he thought he’d seen something duck out of sight.
Janitors
When the girl’s eyes met mine, she looked like she wanted to wave at me.
Glory Be
There is only one Number Seven. Tito died after making it–his life’s work was complete. (pg. 103)
Fake Mustache
“We’ll take the back roads through Welcher. Cut them off at the intersection by Maple Park.”
Janitors
But among the crooked roof trusses, a twisted, metal vent shaft remained, bent askew and dangling precariously.
Janitors
“Keep the bag. If there’s a way to recover him, we’ll find it.”
Janitors
Her cheek was scrubbed raw and her determination was clearly set.
Janitors
I am very sorry for taking your bicycle. It was wrong and I am apologizing. (pg. 177)
Fake Mustache
Three females and a juvenile male. It’s the family I’ve been watching on the TV screen.
The One and Only Ivan
We got a werewolf and a rodeo queen on the loose. Search the factory! (pg. 145)
Fake Mustache
The quilt was filled up with my life.
Glory Be
The handed out Save the Earth wristbands
The Wish Stealers
Maybe one letter–my letter–could make a difference.
Glory Be
“I got in trouble back in North Carolina. I was in the newspapers.”
Glory Be
My domain is made of thick glass and rusty metal and rough cement.
The One and Only Ivan
On my timeline, I put a dot of blue and yellow with the touching part green.
The Year of the Book
Even with their colorful knitted coats, Grace, Bryn, and Bitty complained when Papa and I walked them home from the dog park.
Waiting for the Magic
A patch of starlit sky winked through a new hole in the roof.
Janitors
The metal legs bent and the wooden desktop cracked.
Janitors
“She came back a few minutes later wearing her natural skin, with a few really cute freckles now showing on her nose.”
Mousenet
My gift-shop pictures now cost sixty-five dollars (with frame).
The One and Only Ivan
“It won’t be easy to write an email with only three guys.”
Mousenet
Cleveland Clan 1578
Mousenet
He blamed himself for the accident with the bees and the girl at the lake.
The Candymakers
“They stop kids from understanding simple instructions and often cause the sudden need to get out of your seat and move around.”
Janitors
The blue ink flames outlined on her cheek were turning red.
Janitors
The beetles an attractive bug, with a body like a glossy nut. He’s black as a starless night.
The One and Only Ivan
They had solidified their plan during the long walk from the school to the park.
Janitors
“Indeed, in the human species, young brains are often better than old ones. There’s less clutter.”
Mousenet
“I also have an edible eraser shaped like a chicken,” he said, “But let’s save that as a last resort.” (pg. 156)
Fake Mustache
We both kept mixing up the knee-clap and the hand-clap. This made us laugh harder than hard.
Glory Be
“They shouldn’t have ordered him to set up this webcam thing - not if it meant breaking a human law.”
Mousenet
One of her funny stories took place in Eastern Rebusina and had cats and geese as characters.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
He tried to count them, but it was impossible to see anything clearly at the base of the tornado.
Janitors
A moment later they emerged with a mop, two brooms, and a can of vacuum dust from an upright vacuum.
Janitors
The word of the week is persuade.
The Year of the Book
“She batted the front part of her hair, which had stood straight up in front ever since her mom decided to cut it short all over.”
Mousenet
His hot-dog fingers were nervously interlaced.
Janitors
He quickly shrugged off the fatigue and sat up, his face reddening with embarrassment.
Janitors
It was funny. He’d been so close to the School Board for weeks.
Janitors
“Was that what made humans wild? When you took away their plumbing?”
Mousenet
Maybe he wasn’t God, but he was a great-grandfather figure now.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
Thank you, Dad. For this.
The One and Only Ivan
“There’s an assassin in the stadium!” I yelled. “A sort of French guy! With my bike and a big gun!” (pg. 184)
Fake Mustache
They were an odd sight- two kids half jogging down the street with bulging backpacks, each carrying a mop and a broom.
Janitors
“No swinging so high that you almost fly around the top bar.”
Melonhead
“I’m going back to Ohio to stay with my grandparents.”
Glory Be
There’s nothing I love more than a new crayon.
The One and Only Ivan
Somehow I knew that in order to live, I had to let my old life die.
The One and Only Ivan
His lives were: Miraculo, Jewel, Beau, Mud, and Zook.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
“There, in every Greyhound bus, you find the mouse cabin “
Mousenet
A sign on the door of the first room I came to said WHOOPEE CUSHION TESTING DEPARTMENT, and sure enough, lots of nasty noises were coming out. (pg. 100)
Fake Mustache
“I want you to get under each desk, use the blade to scrape off the gum, and then throw it in the trash.”
Janitors
The kids try to smuggle their cat out of the veterinarian’s office.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
“One team Googled a map of Greenfield and zoomed in on 253 Cherry Street.”
Mousenet
“We must show this human that we are in complete control.”
Mousenet
The grand total donated was $5,053.11.
The Wish Stealers
“Vinegar dissolves calcium, which is what bones are full of.”
Melonhead
“These particular sweepers carry a double-T charge.”
Janitors
“It said they were in a place called Greenfield, OR. Or? Or what?”
Mousenet
The paintings were hid under the dirty pool of water before Mack could see them and sell them.
The One and Only Ivan
I wore diapers, drank from a bottle, and slept in humans beds.
The One and Only Ivan
“It happened in Silicon Valley, California, where hundreds of computer companies were just starting up.”
Mousenet
More people with signs came today. They want Ruby to be free.
The One and Only Ivan
I decide it’s not a good day to socialize.
The One and Only Ivan
Grabbing the boxes, he slid the stack sideways on a hidden metal runner and a door appeared.
Janitors
“Son, you get these girls home. It’s too late to be out on the highway. Whoever their daddy is, he’ll be worrying.”
Glory Be
How can you tell an elephant has been in the refrigerator? By the footprints in the butter.
The One and Only Ivan
Its body flattened as though bones were optional and quickly slithered down the drain.
Janitors
Humans always smell odd when change is in the air.
The One and Only Ivan
Not-tag is brown.
The One and Only Ivan
“And anyway, we’ve got to wait till the school clears out before we can give you an introduction to basic equipment.”
Janitors
The seal was hungry one day , or bored, perhaps, so she ate one hundred pennies.
The One and Only Ivan
The deafening sound of rushing air filled his ears as the vacuum dust fought to bring down the broom.
Janitors
The floor is covered in sawdust made of dead trees.
The One and Only Ivan
Humans toss words like banana peels and leave them to rot.
The One and Only Ivan
She reached over and grabbed my wrist, squeezed it so hard she could’ve given me a rope burn.
Glory Be
Through some stroke of fate, the vent had survived, held in place by the metal roof supports.
Janitors
Principal Yeldah
The Wish Stealers
The Big Cheese
Mousenet
Sam, Nicholas, Honest, Useful, and Weenie I’m not sure a boy would like to be called Weenie Watson.
Waiting for the Magic
Even Gullible Gates doesn’t buy my story.
Janitors
“There was a police car in the driveway of her house.”
Mousenet
And his face it was as red as a tomato and still burning.
Janitors
Two pats was the code for our famous Brazilian Running Mount. (pg. 130)
Fake Mustache
When his eyes fall on the claw-stick, he stops. He trains his camera on the gleaming blade.
The One and Only Ivan
They had been invited to stand on the platform set up in front of town hall.
The Wish Stealers
For some unknown reason, it didn’t max out at fifty like all the other supplies.
Janitors
“Humans use two hundred muscles to take one step.”
Melonhead
Suddenly, standing in front of her house seemed really uncomfortable.
Janitors
“Well, welcome to Cleveland, land of faucets.”
Mousenet
Then he sent the rubble flying again as he burrowed into the wreckage to rescue the enemy.
Janitors
“He’s preaching about the new law, just passed. Everybody’d gonna be treated the same.”
Glory Be
“Real secrets can be hurtful. Make people do bad things.”
Glory Be
“I’m good at secrets. Preachers’ kids hear a lot of stuff. Daddy has aught us not to gossip.”
Glory Be
Soymilk snorted. She’s a smart horse. She could tell I was serious. (Pg. 125)
Fake Mustache
They played one more song called Celebration.
The Wish Stealers
Today we celebrate the remarkable efforts of some of our young citizens who want to make a difference in our world.
The Wish Stealers
Long noodles for long life.
The Year of the Book
Someone in the back of the room burps and the Rowdies think that is the funniest thing they ever heard.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
All I have to do is say the word and the CIA ships you off to Brownwater Base in Antarctica with all the other wackos who are a danger to this fine country. (pg. 172)
Fake Mustache
The main character’s teacher wears thick glasses and smells of lavender.
Mousenet
Listen, are you still hung up about the mustache? We’re past that now. (pg. 172)
Fake Mustache
The soap was in his eyes now, stinging like crazy.”
Janitors
It was the size of a prairie dog but as round and bushy as a bath loofah.
Janitors
That was Mom. Strong and independent, if not a little frazzled.
Janitors
“Looks like your sweatshirt is now officially a cat bed.”
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
She called The Villain a meshuga, a Yiddish word for crazy.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
Really the only difference between Marv and a grizzly bear was that Marv could speak.
Janitors
“The table’s set,” she said. “Everything’s ready for your special day–well, one day late.”
Glory Be
I ride my scooter to her house and slid the red envelope under her door.
The Year of the Book
Dissatisfied by the sluggish tempo of the clock, he began clicking twice for each second.
Janitors
She planned to keep it in her Mysterium Collection Box
The Wish Stealers
“It was the loudest EEEEEK ever to ring out on Cherry Street, maybe the loudest in the history of Oregon.”
Mousenet
Now go away so I can write about the Whining Fairy who spits in your face while you sleep.
Waiting for the Magic
A cat’s purr is beautiful, like a strange lullaby. Prrrrr .Prrrrrr…
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
What if some little baby first grader had washed his hands with the napalm soap?
Janitors
Think of it like a black hole inside a vacuum bag
Janitors
“Who wants to stay where people are so horrible to you?”
Glory Be
Yogurt raisins. Maya knows my weakness.
The One and Only Ivan
The Aura illuminated the whole hallway, powerful and frightening.
Janitors
Just look out for the dog. She only bites a few times before she decides if she likes you or not.
Janitors
I carried them to the sewing room. My room now.
Glory Be
I drew on rocks and bark and my poor mother’s back.
The One and Only Ivan
I pulled out all of Not-Tag’s stuffing and filled her with my paintings.”
The One and Only Ivan
“If y’all don’t leave my friend alone, I’m running for he police!” I yelled.
Glory Be
With enough time, you can get used to almost anything.
The One and Only Ivan
My heart about jumped into the mud puddle I was standing in, I should have kept my mouth shut.
Glory Be
Even though I smelled something sweet as chocolate cake coming from inside the kitchen, it didn’t seem like dessert was on the menu today.
Glory Be
At last he succeeded, tangling the dirty sneaker in the mop strings and pulling it in.
Janitors
“Nerds. Very serious dudes.”
Mousenet
I can just make out Bob’s little head sticking out of Julia’s backpack.
The One and Only Ivan
Pressing his face against the ground, he could see only shoes as the principal’s door opened.
Janitors
I dropped every last piece of my old junk, one by one, in the wastebasket.
Glory Be
“I bet you had something to do with this fine invitation.”
Glory Be
My life is flashing lights and pointing fingers and uninvited guests.
The One and Only Ivan
One thing was sure: No one could see them but him and the janitor.
Janitors
“Everyone thinks she stole your station wagon and emptied Mrs. Cleveland’s classroom.”
Janitors
“Go to you house!” shouted Elinor.
Waiting for the Magic
“Oh yes, he’d have to ride in her backpack too. Could she please make a hole in it so he could look out?”
Mousenet
I am a DESPERADO!
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
It had long, gray fur that was so dingy it looked like a giant mothball rolling down the hallway.
Janitors
Philip threatened to send Max a dry cleaning bill.
The Candymakers
Lifting a chocolaty beak from the Kit Kat wrapper, it ruffled its wings and flew off down the hall.
Janitors
He and I looked off beyond the library, to where the night sky lit up with color, and bright flashes exploded above the treetops.
Glory Be
Gramma thought his beautiful hands should be used for music and healing, not for urban farming.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
His own voice seemed to get caught in the dust funnel and sucked into the Vortex.
Janitors
The boy had unimaginable scars on his left side.
The Candymakers
There’s a large box in the center of the ring and it’s Ruby sized.
The One and Only Ivan
“Get back in your car. Drive straight on home. It’s not safe to be out after dark tonight.”
Glory Be
I tap my nose with a muddy finger. I make a nose print.
The One and Only Ivan
They make a production line and make 7 drawstring bags.
The Year of the Book
The poor fellow was caught between bouts of distraction and fatigue so severe he could hardly eat.
Janitors
“While your previous interpreter immersed himself in popular culture, I acquired my verbal facility with the assistance of classic television dramas from Great Britain.”
Mousenet
“Prince Fredericko and Princess Oonella! Very imaginative. Good stuff, kid,” he said.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
The whole car was shaking like a jack-hammer.
Janitors
I wish I could read.
The One and Only Ivan
I kept quiet and rested my sweaty forehead against the picnic cooler.
Glory Be
The first step in the process was learning to boil sugar
The Candymakers
“It’s the greatest thing since sliced cheese, that’s all.”
Mousenet
When I’m drawing a picture, I feel quiet inside.
The One and Only Ivan
We are huge and alone, and we both love yogurt raisins
The One and Only Ivan
The main character kept his promise.
The One and Only Ivan
“People really did want food that was grown locally - fresh and delicious.”
Mousenet
I take in the wall, splattered and splashed with mud.
The One and Only Ivan
In this book the characters check the facts on Whiskerpedia.
Mousenet
“You don’t need magic when you have mice, and Australia has a lot of mice “
Mousenet
There it was, nestled in the trash can, its bat wings sticking up over the top edge.
Janitors
One pale body was curled around the spout where the water came out.
Janitors
Could someone please explain why I’m a chameleon?
Janitors
I like colorful tales with black beginnings and stormy middles and cloudless blue-sky endings.
The One and Only Ivan
The skinny guy and the pimply guy were collapsed on the grass nearby.
Janitors
But before I knew it, my words spilled out like the rain falling out of the sky.
Glory Be
I’ve never asked for a promise before, because promises are forever, and forever is an unusually long time.
The One and Only Ivan
Each full jug of pennies is worth $350.00.
The Wish Stealers
“This is Tupelo. Elvis lived here when he was a little boy.”
Glory Be
I haven’t had a real keeper in a long time.
The One and Only Ivan
Suddenly, the power went out, plunging the gym into darkness.
Janitors
Of course, any normal sticky hand would break. But not this. (pg. 188)
Fake Mustache
“I’m going around back to beak in.” He jumped off the low porch and disappeared.
Glory Be
They weren’t training with equipment today. This was a day for observations.
Janitors
“I’m not a mime, I’m a clown, jerk face! There’s a big difference.” (pg. 153)
Fake Mustache
“My motto is: Delicious, Nutritious, and Portable.”
Melonhead
She screamed as she reached her peak about halfway to the ceiling.
Janitors
Gravity returned instantly and he dropped heavily and crumpled to his knees on the tile.
Janitors
“This was way too much, way too soon. A whole new state, a whole new family, a new school, and new hair?”
Mousenet
“Once the American colonies were thriving and schools were established, a certain threat was discovered.”
Janitors
She swept all the black broken pieces of the stone under the bed.
The Wish Stealers
“You’ll have yummy French food, like snails and frog legs and octopus.”
Mousenet
You can make a story yours by taking pieces of your world (details) and putting them in your story to make a whole other world.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
No ding-dang way, you creep! (pg. 116)
Fake Mustache
“Scat before you scare away my customers.”
Melonhead
Holding the penny high over her head, she tossed it into the town fountain.
The Wish Stealers
“In other words, as he might put it in the modern vernacular, heh-heh, I talk good.”
Mousenet
“‘Cept, in our town, colored people aren’t supposed to eat where white people eat.”
Glory Be
Peng you. Shee Shee for being my penguin.
The Year of the Book
She handed me a wrapped box. Inside was the tiniest little book.
Glory Be
I know it the way you know summer is over and winter is on its way. I just know.
The One and Only Ivan
“Maybe the planet could wait at least until she was old enough to do something about it.”
Mousenet
“I was watching your mother coming through you,” he said quietly. “She was like that. Opinionated, strong in her convictions.”
Glory Be
“If we beat Garth to the School Board, we should be able to defend it.”
Janitors
“Not calling anybody. No police. Can’t let my aunt know.”
Glory Be
Days like this I wished my daddy was a veterinarian or a taxicab driver–anything but a preacher.
Glory Be
Stories are whoppers, but in a good way. NTB
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
The yellow, black and red butterfly was a sign that meant the girl wanted him to win the competition.
The Candymakers
“It means ‘my little cabbage’, but French people love their little cabbages, so that’s okay.”
Mousenet
His hands found something and he pulled on her braid!
Janitors
“We know that one of you is the Evil One and the other is a famous preteen cowgirl queen, but we don’t know which one is which.” (pg. 88)
Fake Mustache
“Being raised by a maid is no way to learn what’s acceptable and what’s not.”
Glory Be
My mother thanks you for the card you made her.
The Year of the Book
“when she woke up again the wallpaper was still peeling, and the house was still quiet, and her dad was still gone.”
Mousenet
