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  • #1
    Kate Messner
    “they’d been handed an order of the day from General Eisenhower. “You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade,”
    Kate Messner, D-Day: Battle on the Beach

  • #2
    “Arcade”
    Ray O'Ryan, Snow Place Like Home

  • #3
    Wendy Mass
    “My father plowed under our fields to make the landing space for his helicopter. Jenna’s father thinks my father is lazy since he only flies three times a week and is back by dinnertime. My father thinks Jenna’s father should mind his own business.”
    Wendy Mass, A Mango-Shaped Space

  • #4
    Wendy Mass
    “Then he lets out a surprisingly strong mustard-colored meow and settles back into his mother’s warmth. Who ever heard of a cat named Mustard? Impossible.”
    Wendy Mass, A Mango-Shaped Space

  • #5
    “IN 1066, WILLIAM OF NORMANDY CROSSED THE CHANNEL FROM FRANCE TO INVADE ENGLAND. ONCE HE BECAME KING, WILLIAM STARTED BUILDING CASTLES ALL OVER ENGLAND. CHEPSTOW WAS THE VERY FIRST CASTLE HE BUILT. IT WAS IN AN IMPORTANT SPOT. THE CASTLE GUARDED THE MAIN RIVER CROSSING FROM ENGLAND INTO WALES. HUNDREDS OF YEARS EARLIER, THE ROMANS HAD A FORT IN THE SAME PLACE. WILLIAM USED BRICKS FROM THE ROMAN FORT IN THE MAIN ARCHWAY OF HIS CASTLE. IT IS THE OLDEST MEDIEVAL CASTLE IN GREAT BRITAIN. IT CONTAINS WHAT IS PROBABLY THE OLDEST MEDIEVAL TOILET!”
    Pam Pollack, Who Is J.K. Rowling?

  • #6
    “At the gatehouse of the town cemetery, a sign said, “All persons using firearms in these grounds will be prosecuted with the utmost rigor of the law.” This sign had been put up long before the war came to Gettysburg. The words were ignored by soldiers on both sides for the next three days.”
    Jim O'Connor, What Was the Battle of Gettysburg?

  • #7
    Tom  O'Donnell
    “Coach Weekes smiled. “No, no, Gibbs. I’ve made up my mind,” he said. “Don’t try to talk me out of this decision by telling me stuff like I’m basically the heart and soul of this school, and things would completely fall apart around here without me.” “Uh. But Coach, you’re the heart and soul of this school and things would completely fall apart around here without you,” I said.”
    Tom O'Donnell, Hamstersaurus Rex Gets Crushed: A Hilarious Mystery About a Super-Strong Class Pet and Mysterious School Hauntings

  • #8
    Ann M. Martin
    “Ellen Miles”
    Ann M. Martin, Claudia and the Clue in the Photograph

  • #9
    Al Sweigart
    “>>> robocop.search('Al, why does your programming book talk about robocop so much?').group()
    'robocop”
    Al Sweigart, Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners

  • #10
    Mark Walden
    “Are they going to be in the shops in time for Christmas?” Shelby asked.”
    Mark Walden, Deadlock



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