My mother’s a prostitute.
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
I woke up hot that morning.
The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore
The rows of faces.
The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper
I thought nothing of it at first.
Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala
XTC was no good for drowning out the morons at the back of the bus.
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Now that I’ve found the way to fly, which direction should I go into the night?
Matched by Ally Condie
Georges Leon held his little boy’s hand too tightly and stared up from under his hatbrim at the unnaturally dark noon sky.
Last Call by Tim Powers
The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit.
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Dear You,
The body you are wearing used to be mine.
The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
What I warn you to remember is that I am a detective.
In the Woods by Tana French





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