The referee told me this league has never had a brawl of that magnitude,” said Mr. Penderwick after a long, painful silence. “Of course, at the time I was pretending to be a casual passerby...

Not everyone is fodder for books,’ said Rosalind.

Not everyone is fodder for books,” said Rosalind.

…even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it’s used for selfish or cowardly reasons.- Mr. Penderwick

Donit kill her now, just when we’ve gone to all that trouble to rescue her,” said Jeffrey.

When Batty got back home from walking the dogs, there were teenagers lounging all over the place, some left over from the basketball game, some arriving for the birthday dinner, some who fit into both...

[The kitchen] was also messy–delightfully so, thought Jane–and it didn’t look as though lots of cooking went on there. There was a laptop computer on the counter with duck stickers on it, the spice cabinet...