Book Quotes – Page 5 – Middle Grade Carousel

Worth Keeping

Rules by Cynthia Lord

On the next shelf are paint bottles and stacks of paper, everything from thick watercolor paper to flimsy sheets of jewel-colored tissue paper. And lots of things I’ve collected: shells, rocks, a tiny glass elephant, a blackened old skeleton key my grandmother found in a chest but which unlocks nothing. I kept it because I like how it feels in my hand, the heart shape of the top and the jagged teeth at the bottom, and because—Not everything worth keeping has to be useful.
Rules by Cynthia Lord

One-Time-Use

"If you had a long-stay room at the Whippet, you had a yellow key card. A short-stay card was green. Clarence Fillmore and Ms. Sparks had blue key cards, which opened many doors. And then there were the red Whippet cards, like the one Leo held in his hand. These were one-time-use key cards." —FLOORS by Patrick Carman

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Ladybug Spotter

"It was a ladybug. But it was the strangest ladybug Silvermist had ever seen. It was milky white from tip to tip. Its spots were difficult to see. They were white too, just a shade darker than the rest of the ladybug—and there must have been a dozen of them!" —SILVERMIST AND THE LADYBUG CURSE by Gail Herman

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Her Royal Highness

Air by Monica Roe

“There she is!” Ale says suddenly. “Her Royal Highness,” I follow her pointing finger to the queen bee, bigger than the rest, with a cluster of other bees surrounding her like flower petals. I admit, I don’t always pay close attention when Ale goes on about her bees, but I know the queen is the boss of the whole hive.
Air by Monica Roe

Bug Rancher

"If the Flying Cattleheart was unlike other ranches, Uncle Autry was equally unlike other ranchers. There wasn't a cow, sheep, or horse on Autry's land. Autry O'Connell was an insect wrangler." —SCUMBLE by Ingrid Law

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Details

The Girl and the Witch's Garden by Erin Bowman

Everything was so well maintained. Looking it over again, she noticed a new detail: the paths that wove through the garden didn’t meander pointlessly. They formed a shape, the outline of a butterfly, just like the door knocker she’d rapped on the estate’s front steps.
The Girl and the Witch’s Garden by Erin Bowman

Empty Hive

"Mr. Deaver pulled one of the panels out. It was one of the frames where the bees produced their honey in a comb made out of wax. There wasn't a single bee on it. And there wasn't a single bee flying out of the hive." —DARIUS BELL AND THE CRYSTAL BEES by Odo Hirsch

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Jeweled Beetle

The Lost Property Office by James R. Hannibal

Even as he made the transmission, Biddle noticed movement on the radio. He held it farther from his face and saw an enormous beetle perched on the dial, beautiful, with shimmering faceted wings and silvery legs. If it hadn’t moved, he would have taken it for a jeweled trinket.
The Lost Property Office by James R. Hannibal

As Beetles Go

"Marvin and his relatives were beetles. They had shiny black shells, six legs, and excellent night vision. They were medium-sized, as beetles go, not much larger than a raisin. But they were very agile: good at climbing walls, scurrying across countertops, and slipping under closed doors." —MASTERPIECE by Elise Broach

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Life Cycle

The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron

“I was thinking,” Lucky said, “about the lives of ants–which is different from the life cycle of ants. I mean, think about if some of them die. The others just go on like they didn’t even notice. You can’t even make an impression on them.”
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron