{"quotes":[{"text":"I turn back to the Archers, who don’t look like the same species as us. Do they even sweat, these people?","author":"Denis Markell","tags":["books-for-children","books-for-kids","different","kidlit","middle-grade","middlegrade","people-relations","species","unliked"],"id":12535,"author_id":"Denis+Markell"},{"text":"The smile on his face said, pure and simple, those honey cakes came with a price. And his price was answers.","author":"Melanie Crowder","tags":["fantasy","food","friendship","kidlit","price-tag","smile","sweets"],"id":16908,"author_id":"Melanie+Crowder"},{"text":"The villagers marked the time in two ways: before the swamp and after. What came before was good. And all that came after was not.","author":"Melanie Crowder","tags":["fantasy","first-line-in-book","kidlit","magic","ominous","setting","swamp","village-life"],"id":30759,"author_id":"Melanie+Crowder"},{"text":"It seems like the best escape games come from Japan for some reason. It makes me proud.","author":"Denis Markell","tags":["adventure","asian-american","heritage","japan","japanese-american","kidlit","middle-grade","middlegrade","proud","puzzles","video-games"],"id":44883,"author_id":"Denis+Markell"},{"text":"At this moment, I know that the answer has to be yes. I am defeated. By my own father. How Darth Vader.","author":"Denis Markell","tags":["dad","darth-vader","defeat","family-relationships","fan-culture","father-and-son","funny","kidlit","middle-grade","middlegrade","star-wars-reference"],"id":46413,"author_id":"Denis+Markell"},{"text":"As a rule, she didn’t like boys very much, but she had to admit, Charlie was actually pretty nice.","author":"Sarah Weeks","tags":["boy-and-girl","friends","friendship","kidlit","middle-grade","middlegrade","nice-guys","slice-of-life","small-town"],"id":54415,"author_id":"Sarah+Weeks"},{"text":"Junk?” Lina repeated, incredulous. Oh, she wasn’t about to let that pass.","author":"Jaleigh Johnson","tags":["adventure","fantasy","female-hero","female-protagonist","junk","kidlit","middle-grade","sassy-heroine","science-fiction","steampunk"],"id":58823,"author_id":"Jaleigh+Johnson"},{"text":"Of course, that’s how life is. A turn of events may seem very small at the time it’s happening, but you never really know, do you? How can you?","author":"Tom Xavier","tags":["fantasy","future","kidlit","novel","serendipity","ya"],"id":63504,"author_id":"Tom+Xavier"},{"text":"I can’t believe I thought this was going to be boring. This is great!","author":"Denis Markell","tags":["adventure","exciting","first-impressions","kidlit","middle-grade","wrong-impresssions"],"id":76715,"author_id":"Denis+Markell"},{"text":"So you’re a reader,” My mom sighs, as if somehow this elevates Isabel to yet another realm of perfection.","author":"Denis Markell","tags":["annoying-people","books-for-children","books-for-kids","good-girl","kidlit","middle-grade","middlegrade","perfect","readers","reading","unlikely-allies"],"id":82568,"author_id":"Denis+Markell"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":27,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}