“During construction, when a worker died, his body was built right into the Wall itself. No one knew how many corpses lay within the stone and mortar, but some estimates ran as high as three million souls.” — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
“He should earn a puffy-tail for helping and lose it for being mean,” Parker puts in. “At least then he breaks even.” — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
“Hamilton was bug-eyed. "Who are those people?" Jonah held his head. "Man, I should have known it was a mistake to say I'd be… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
“After so many reversals of fortune today, they half expected a meteorite to hurtle from the sky and vaporize them if they dared to… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
For someone who's smarter than a supercomputer, sometimes you're a real idiot. — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
“Why can't you just lie and cheat like the others?" Dan snapped. "Can't you just see that's better than being nice one minute and… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
“Dear Mr. Weston, Hello again. We were beginning to wonder what had happened to you. I guess things have been pretty quiet since the… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
“Amy took in the inspired look on her brother’s face. “That’s stealing!” Dan” — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
Ian sighed wanly. "I once had the means to be gaga over art–before I found myself in a country where the standard of beauty… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
“It was no place for a Kabra, not even a poor one living in exile with a psychopathic cat. He approached the counter and… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
The key to the city of Florence was about two feet long, and painted a garish gold. Hamilton was fascinated by it. "Wow! How… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
We didn't stow away!" Dan protested. "You sunk our boat and pulled us out of the canal!" "Good point," Ian agreed. "Return them to… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
