“Your brother is going to die, and there's nothing you or anyone else can do about it." Uncle Michel probably didn't say it exactly like that. He probably said something comforting and sympathetic. Something like, "Soon he'll be in a better place," or even worse, "He'll always be watching over us." All Max heard was that he and JB were losing their older brother.” LossOpening LinesFirst Lines Book:Unbound Source: Unbound
“When Max imagined that even the surface of the sun was frozen still and that everything in the infinite universe he'd learned about in astronomy had take a time-out because his little brother found a key in the woods behind St. Monroe Elementary, his head started to spin.” TimeInfinite Universe Book:Unbound Source: Unbound