“ Nellie grinned. I always wanted to go to Venice. It's supposed to be the romance capital of the world.Sweet, put in Dan. Too bad your date is an Egyptian Mau on a hunger strike.The au pair sighed. Bet… Gordon Korman
“ In our family, you don't get a childhood. We're too busy trying to dominate the world. Gordon Korman
“ The au pair was bug-eyed. What happened back there?It's not our fault! Dan babbled. Those guys are crazy! They're like mini-Darth Vaders without the mask!They're Benedictine monks! Nellie exclaimed. T… Gordon Korman
“ Don't have to see, the pilot grunted. knows the way.Funny name for an aircraft, Grace commented. Is it after your wife?My gun.Grace stared at him. You named your plane after a ?It was a very good gun… Gordon Korman
“ The caterpillar, her brother supplied, thinking of snack time at the Shaolin Temple. It tastes like chicken. Gordon Korman
“ Amy turned to Nellie. Can you create a diversion to draw the clerk outside?The au pair was wary. What kind of diversion?You could pretend to be lost, Dan proposed. The guy comes out to give you direct… Gordon Korman
“ It's like Eldridge Kestenbaum always says - you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.Horse manure catches more flies than honey and vinegar put together, retorted Mark. Gordon Korman
“ Why can't you just lie and cheat like the others? Dan snapped. Can't you just see that's better than being nice one minute and then turning around and selling us out? It may be very Cahill, but it ! G… Gordon Korman
“ Nellie's brow furrowed. The great Mr. Hip-Hop Mogul standing in line with the common peasants? How do you figure that?Dan grinned. I'm starting to dig this 'no cars' thing. It's a great equalizer. Gordon Korman
“ We didn't stow away! Dan protested. You sunk our boat and pulled us out of the canal!Good point, Ian agreed. Return them to the canal. Roughly, please. Gordon Korman
“ Sugar maple! Mary-Todd Holt knelt over her husband. Are you all right?Eisenhower sat up, and egg-size lump blooming on his crown. Of course I'm all right! he managed, his words slurred. You think a li… Gordon Korman
“ Nobody got me out, Nellie replied. They just let me go. They think I'm a deranged Jonah Wizard fan. Apparently, the hotel's full of them. A couple of idiots actually jumped off the front balcony. Can… Gordon Korman
“ You don't get Billie Joe Armstrong's autograph on your forehead without following your instincts. Gordon Korman
“ I think you're going to like these, she said, placing the stack on the table. The whole class spent Monday and Tuesday painting them up.Raymond and Sean lifted up the top poster and stared. ARSE PRESE… Gordon Korman
“ Oh, no- They weren't even on the runway, and Jonah's father was already immersed in his BlackBerry. Remember those 'Live Large with the Wiz Generation' posters? Well, guess how that translates into Ch… Gordon Korman
“ Registration Day' by Gavin Gunhold (1899— ) Toronto Review of Poetry, 1947On registration day at taxidermy schoolI distinctly saw the eyes of the stuffed mooseMove. Gordon Korman
“ You did a politics project on a government that got overthrown on the due date? Man, did anybody ever tell you you've got no luck?I suspected it, said Raymond ironically. Gordon Korman
