“Our teacher, Professor Adam, doesn’t know we’re just going through the motions. He doesn’t understand that nothing he’s saying really matters anymore. This classroom, and everything that happens inside it, once seemed big and important. Now it all seems silly and insignificant. I try to pay attention, because we’re supposed to, but my mind can’t focus on the present. It’s too busy thinking about the future. A future where every life in this room is in jeopardy.” Young Adult FictionTeen FictionDystopian FictionScience Fiction Young AdultDystopian Science FictionDystopian RomanceFirst LinesYa BooksFirst SentencesDystopian Novel Book:Above the Sky Source: Above the Sky
“Screams. Screams. Everywhere. Everyone is scared. But I don’t know who “everyone” is. Their voices sound young, so I guess they’re kids, like me. I don’t hear any older voices. So either the grownups aren’t scared, or there aren’t any grownups with us anymore.” Young Adult FictionTeen FictionTeenDystopianMiddle GradeYa FictionOpening LinesFirst LinesFirst Sentences Book:The Unknown Source: The Unknown