So today was supposed to be She's Crafty but I got caught up reading Demon Glass (Hex Hall 2) and Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze (look for it as my next MMGM). That means no more time for writing or blogging. Must sleep. So I thought I would leave you with my favorite line from the middle grade book:
A View From Saturday by E L Konigsburg:
I am a passenger on the spaceship Earth.
I love it because it illustrates a character changing a bullied remark into something whimsical. If only more kids could share this perspective. And you've got to admit, Earth is one heck of a ride.
Do you have a favorite line from a MG novel and why?
I need time on this one. Each MG novel I read, I come across beautiful or impacting lines and should start marking them because later, when I want to find it again, I'm paging and paging.... Maybe that means there are just too many great lines in MG. Little bits of life wisdom, I call it.
ReplyDeleteOh, wow - tough question. Now I'll be thinking about that tonight when I'm supposed to be falling asleep. :-)
ReplyDeleteNot sure of my favorite quote. But I loved Demonglass.
ReplyDeleteGolly, Brooke. Not off the top of me head. Now I'll have to spend a happy few hours trawling through my bookshelves.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment on Middle Grade Mafioso, and for adding us to your blogroll. Yay!
I read a LOT of MG's but this line from HOME OF THE BRAVE jarred me. Kek, the refugee, is going to an American school for the first time. When they show him where to sit, he says, "I don't have the cattle for such a fine desk as this." I thought I had this character figured out but I didn't see that coming.
ReplyDeleteI truly loved HOME OF THE BRAVE too, Kirsten. Lots of stunning lines in that book. But right now I'm thinking of this one (well, two) from BUD, NOT BUDDY: "If you didn't have a good imagination you'd probably think those noises were the sounds of some kid blowing a horn for the first time, but I knew better than that. I could tell those were the squeaks and squawks of one door closing and another one opening."
ReplyDeleteThe Weasley twins said a bunch of funny things...I don't have anything memorized, but that's where I'd go for good MG lines. WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS has some great ones, too.
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