This person was the embodiment of all the stories he’d ever heard about this race of foreign conquerors—skin like bronze, draped in jewels, and armed to the teeth.”
—MEADOWSWEET by C. J. Milbrandt
This person was the embodiment of all the stories he’d ever heard about this race of foreign conquerors—skin like bronze, draped in jewels, and armed to the teeth.”
—MEADOWSWEET by C. J. Milbrandt
I wonder why there are so many sevens in this part of the country.”
—ABOARD THE TRAIN: A EWAN JOHNS ADVENTURE
Easy now! Easy!” demanded an imperious voice. “This is priceless cargo, and I don’t want a single chip gone before its time!”
—Aurelius Harrow, MEADOWSWEET by C. J. Milbrandt
Ganix was very lucky. His mother said it was because on the day he was born, a lady bug landed on his nose and blessed it.
—ON YOUR MARKS: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS
The boy looked barely old enough to blow his own nose, but the nubs of horns poked through his white-blond hair.”
—MEADOWSWEET by C. J. Milbrandt
This wasn’t the first time Ewan had felt as if someone—or something—was following him.
—INSIDE THE TREE: A EWAN JOHNS ADVENTURE
Conquest ran hot in their blood. Ambition sharpened their fangs. Fear lent them fame.”
—MEADOWSWEET by C. J. Milbrandt
Bree’s brothers ganged up on Zane like a bunch of bullies. Standing his ground, he did his best to stare down three people at once.
—OVER THE BRIDGE: A ZANE JOHNS ADVENTURE
That’s the way, sprat. The more you look, the more you’ll find; the more you ask, the more answers you’ll receive. If you don’t stretch your boundaries, your world will remain quite small.”
—MEADOWSWEET by C. J. Milbrandt
Sitting on the spot, the boy tried to think of the sorts of things only he knew. Holding up one finger at a time, he silently made his list—where he liked to hide when the house was too noisy, the best place to catch fish, which tree the honeybees had chosen, his fondest wish, the promises he’d made, the things he dreamed about at night, what made him want to cry. Seven fingers already!
—MEADOWSWEET by C. J. Milbrandt