“They say that just before you die your whole life flashes before your eyes, but that’s not how it happened for me.”
Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver
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“I had just come to accept that my life would be ordinary when extraordinary things began to happen.”
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
15
“Blue Sargent had forgotten how many times she’d been told that she would kill her true love.”
The Raven Boys, by Maggie Stiefvater
15
“They say death aims only once and never misses, but I doubt Ty Yorkshire thought it would strike with a scrubbing brush.”
Under a Painted Sky, by Stacey Lee
15
“The rain poured down on London so hard that it seemed that it was dancing spray, every raindrop contending with its fellows for supremacy in the air and waiting to splash down.”
Dodger, by Terry Pratchett
15
“We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck.”
Feed, by M.T. Anderson
15
“I’m a senior at Cesar Chavez High in San Francisco’s sunny Mission district, and that makes me one of the most surveilled people in the world.”
Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow
15
“Today was the day a thousand dreams would die and a single dream would be born.”
The Kiss of Deception, by Mary. E. Pearson
15
“One summer night I fell asleep, hoping the world would be different when I woke.”
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
15
“It’s midnight, it’s sweltering, and I might be high on Vicodin, but that guy—that guy right over there—that’s him. The him.”
Isla and the Happily Ever After, by Stephanie Perkins
15
“Looking back, none of this would have happened if I’d brought lip gloss the night of the Homecoming Dance.”
Rebel Belle, by Rachel Hawkins
15
“The demon exploded in a shower of ichor and guts.”
CLOCKWORK ANGEL by Cassandra Clare
15
"I stare down at my shoes, watching as a fine layer of ash settles on the worn leather. This is where the bed I shared with my sister, Prim, stood."
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
15
"I've been locked up for 264 days."
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
15
"First the colors. Then the humans. That's usually how I see things. Or at least, how I try."
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
15
"Prague, early May. The sky weighed gray over fairy-tale rooftops, and all the world was watching."
