Terror at the Talent Show Quotes

“Was it fun? When you won under the sun tanning yo’ buns?”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“disagreeing.”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“penguin”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“pummeled”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“for”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“Clever,” I whispered. “So that’s where you messed up,” Gavin said. “You told us Eli had something to do with it on Monday.” “You what?” Adam shouted. “You didn’t tell”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“My sister and I are SUPPOSED to share the second bed, except she peed in her sleep”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“Dude,”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“through,”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“aisle,”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“stopped as soon as she noticed us. “S’up?” she asked all cool. Gavin raised his foot and set it on an empty chair. “Funny business this morning with that penguin, ain’t it?” “Isn’t it,” Sophia said, correcting Gavin’s grammar. “And no, it’s not funny at all. My penguin is still running around somewhere in this school.”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“Instantly, I dropped my arms down to my side and stood straight. I know it was an insult, but I hardly noticed since I was thinking of how awesome a pterodactyl cop would be.”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“For the first time in my life, I was looking forward to gym.”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“Buchanan School needed – a loose penguin poopin’ all over the place.”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“That’s Brody Valentine. I actually know him. I don’t think he’d do anything as vicious as breaking a stage or anything like that.”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“Students lined up on the stage, reading sheets of paper that probably had the schedule for the morning. The stage that Gavin had fixed looked awesome and solid as a rock. In fact, if I didn’t know the corner was busted earlier in the week, I’d never be able to tell. Overnight, a crew had set up a few hundred foldout chairs, lining them in rows for the audience. The cafeteria lights had been switched off, and the talent show stage lights were being tested, making the room look like some sort of dance club. The only students in the cafeteria were those who had acts in the show. Everyone was standing around, laughing and having a good time. It actually felt relieving to see others enjoying themselves. The missing penguin had been in everyone’s thoughts all week, but nobody knew that Hotcakes might’ve been just the tip of the iceberg. The rest of the sixth graders at Buchanan would arrive when homeroom dismissed, which was still about twenty minutes away. The first half of the school day had been dedicated to Zoe’s talent show, which was killer because it meant all those classes would be put on hold. It also meant”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“Things were getting worse at Buchanan. Much worse.”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“31 AM. Lunch. Once gym was”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“happening at Buchanan, and my friends and I were smack-dab in the middle of all of it.”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“What happened”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“One of the girls standing nearby stared at me with her jaw dropped. “That’s so dark,” she whispered.”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“Just what Buchanan School needed – a loose penguin poopin’ all over the place.”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“In my mind, I couldn’t help but imagine what”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“Every penguin on Earth is conspiring to take over the world by fooling all of humanity that they can’t fly. One day we’ll look to the skies and see that it’s been painted black by the bodies of penguins that have taken flight, declaring war on humanity.”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“rabbit.”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“Shaking the chills off my back, I shuffled my feet across the carpet, feeling the weight of my drowsiness settling in on my eyelids. Man, no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t get my blood pumping! I was tired, but not just a little”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“week. I knew the actual fifteenth president of the United States wasn’t a ghost out to get me, but I still balled my fist and hissed, “James Buchanan!”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“That’s so dark,” she whispered. “Ninja dark,” I said. “Ninja dork,”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“wanted to spend my Saturday - sitting around at school watching my cousin and her boyfriend hold hands and giggle at each other.”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show

“the chills off my back, I shuffled my feet across the carpet, feeling the weight of my drowsiness settling in on my eyelids. Man, no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t get my”
― Marcus Emerson, Terror at the Talent Show