Cricket Magazine Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories for Children and Young Teens

Favorite First Sentences

“Matilda Pages pushed open the door of Pages & Co. and breathed in deeply, taking in the familiar scent of just-blown-out candles, dark chocolate and, of course, books.”

TILLY AND THE BOOKWANDERERS

(Pages & Co., Book 1) submitted by Princess Juniper Blab About Books, Chatterbox

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