Quotes from Chris Grabenstein

Pffft. Are you kidding? We learned it in gym class." Okay. That was a lie.

We were supposed to write why we're excited about the grand opening and, well, balloons are always my favorite part.

Billy was frantically hanging on as Poseidon used the middle tip of his trident to nudge him toward the island.

But then he'd have to tell her he'd disobeyed her orders (again) and dragged Emma down to the Imperial Marquis (again) to mooch a free gourmet meal off the hotel staff (again).

We nuked a couple of frozen burritos," said Jake. "Of course, the precise origin of burritos isn't known. According to Wikipedia, some speculate that they might have originated in the eighteen hundreds among the vaqueros, the cowboys of northern Mexico.

What can I do to defeat him, Billy of the goats that are gruff?

Too many peanut butter crackers," said Billy. "Too many peanut butter crackers Ã¢â'¬Â¦

Since we are now down to our final two exhibits, Abraham Lincoln and moi

Alexander Hamilton," said Hamilton. "My name is Alexander Hamilton." "I'm Peyton McCallister," said Peyton. "And nobody's done a musical about me, but just you wait. Just you wait.

art Sir William of Goat?

Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets.

Mr. Lemoncello is a lot like Willy Wonka," said Kyle. "You mean crazy?" said Akimi. "I prefer the term 'eccentric'." "And Dr. Zinchenko is his Oompa-Loompa," said Sierra. Everybody started giggling. "Nah," Akimi joked, "she's too tall." "And not nearly orange enough," added Miguel.

Remember, there is no 'I' in 'team.'

He be Hercules," said Billy. "He just defeated a monster made out of rocks and mud." Robin Hood looked impressed. "Did he indeed?

But why does your uncle need all these books? Is he some kind of squirrel nut?" Andrew laughed. "Touché, Kyle. Very clever." Sierra laughed, too. "I get it. Squirrel—nut." "And Uncle Woody was squirreling away all the squirrel books he could!

Just be who you are, Luigi. Everybody else is already taken.

All children are born geniuses. The hard part is staying one once you grow up.

Okay, okay," said Elliott. "I was wrong. Sorry, Katherine." "That's okay," said Katherine. "She stole your sandwich, too.

What can you catch but not throw?

The Westing Game.

Could a make-believe sheriff chop off Billy's head with a make-believe sword?

Well, not to be mysterious like the Benedict Society

The teams followed her from the third-floor railing to the nearby Electronic Learning Center. All the video games and flight simulators were dark. The arcade was eerily quiet. Kyle noticed something new in what had always been his favorite room in the library: One whole wall was covered, floor to ceiling, with a panoramic (but blank) video screen. As Kyle squinted at the wide swath of shiny white, he noticed a series of evenly spaced glowing green LEDs at eye level on the wall.