#MGCarousel Book Quotes – Page 32 – Middle Grade Carousel

Catch of the Day

"Mom travels to Perth Amboy, New Jersey, just to get catch-of-the-day squid from the boats off the Raritan Bay, and you can tell. Her fried calamari is the perfect combination of gummy squid and light, crispy batter." -Kimchi and Calamari by Rose Kent

The Glittery Feeling

"Martha thought she smelled the ocean already and was immediately excited. She breathed deeply, letting the feeling sink in ... She called the feeling the glittery feeling, and she always experienced it when they were this close." -Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes

Sugary Awesomeness

"There are homemade brownies, sugar cookies, and snickerdoodles galore. I bite into a gooey brownie, and it's like an explosion of sugary awesomeness. I fight the urge to stash ten of them in my jacket." -My Life as a Potato by Arianne Costner

Every Occasion

"They baked cakes to welcome the first firefly of the season, and cakes to commiserate incurable hiccups. Cakes for well-shaped clouds, cakes for bad hair days, and cakes only to be eaten barefoot in the grass." -Beyond the Laughing Sky by Michelle Cuevas

Orange Peel

"I sit on the floor peeling about one hundred chinas, the sweetest oranges ever, to make orange juice. By the time I am finished I am surrounded by a pyramid of orange peel that creeps around me in circles up to my neck." -The Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph

Girl Scout Cookies

"I bribed Daniel Rivera with boxes of leftover Girl Scout cookies--I have three sisters, I could repave my driveway with Girl Scout cookies." -Marco Impossible by Hannah Maskowitz

Ice Cream Shop

"The frozen air felt good on his skin. It was like getting dunked in a vat of just-melted ice cream. And the smells - mmmmmm. A mix of vanilla, chocolate, coconut, caramel, and bubblegum. He looked at the tubs of ice cream, all in a row, carefully protected behind a pane of glass. The money in his pocket tingled." -The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies

Cakes by Cookie

"Her business is called Cakes by Cookie, which sounds stupid until you realize her name is Cookie. She bakes fancy cakes, mostly for little kids' birthday parties." -Danger! Tiger Crossing by Lin Oliver

Cream Filling

"Gina kept pulling apart her Oreos, scooping the filling out with her pinkie fingernail, licking the chocolate shells, and clumping them in a pile. It looked nasty, but I have to admit I prefer the cream to those dry Frisbees too." -Kimchi & Calamari by Rose Kent

Taking Orders

"So there's coffee, and then there's coffee on a private jet. When Jen, our hostess, took our drink orders, she kept trying to push me toward chocolate milk or ginger ale. She even offered a root beer float. But I knew what I wanted." -Jack and the Geniuses: At the Bottom of the World by Bill Nye & Gregory Mone