{"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":"Torque was the greatest thing in the world, as far as Lina was concerned.","author":"Jaleigh Johnson","tags":["adventure","fantasy","favorite-things","feminist","girls-with-tools","middle-grade","middlegrade","science","science-fiction","steampunk","tool","tools"],"id":14769,"author_id":"Jaleigh+Johnson"},{"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":"Whatever you do, don’t make it worse by trying to come up with some flimsy excuse for why you were in the ventilation shaft, Lina told herself.","author":"Jaleigh Johnson","tags":["adventure","caught-in-the-act","eavesdropping","excuses","fantasy","lies","lying","middlegrade","science-fiction","steampunk","trouble","troublemaker"],"id":74634,"author_id":"Jaleigh+Johnson"},{"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"},{"text":"Wait. Is a real, live adult person actually asking me details about the games I play? This is unheard of.","author":"Denis Markell","tags":["adventure","family-relationships","kidlit","middle-grade","middlegrade","mystery","puzzles","surprises","video-games"],"id":97979,"author_id":"Denis+Markell"},{"text":"To my faithful readers, because a book is like a pie—the only thing more satisfying than cooking up the story is knowing that somebody might be out there eating it up with a spoon.","author":"Sarah Weeks","tags":["cooking","dedication","eating","food","foodie","kidlit","middle-grade","middlegrade","readers","recipes","writers-on-writing","writing"],"id":158750,"author_id":"Sarah+Weeks"},{"text":"Polly had a gift for baking pies, and she poured her heart and soul into every one she made.","author":"Sarah Weeks","tags":["baker","bakery","baking","cooking","food","gift","gifted","giftedness","kidlit","middle-grade","middlegrade","talent","talented-people"],"id":180085,"author_id":"Sarah+Weeks"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":17,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}