There was a boy called Odd, and there was nothing strange or unusual about that, not in that time or place. Odd meant the tip of a blade, and it was a lucky name.
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
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There was a boy called Odd, and there was nothing strange or unusual about that, not in that time or place. Odd meant the tip of a blade, and it was a lucky name.
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
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Everyone in my class, even Bob English Who Draws is paying attention today, because this is the first day of “How We Taste,” also known as The Science Unit of Destiny.
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
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Sophie of course knew the hat trade quite well already. Since she was a tiny child she had run in and out of the big workshed across the yard where the hats were damped and molded on blocks, and flowers and fruit and other trimmings were made from wax and silk.
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
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Toby would have loved living in a hotel—had he been allowed to slide down the banisters, sleep in a different bed every night, and hang around in the kitchen waiting to lick out the cake bowl. But of course he wasn’t allowed to do any of those things.
The Fish in Room 11 by Heather Dyer
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I look around the room. Boys, boys, boys everywhere. Boys with perfect smiles. Boys with hair gelled up into flawless little spikes. Boys waving headshots in each other’s faces. None of them looks anywhere near as nervous as I feel.
The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy
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