Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
The book I am teasing from this week is The Dragon's Tooth by N. D. Wilson. I recently chose this book from the Amazon Vine program. It sounded like an intriguing middle grade fantasy. Here is the product description:
For two years, Cyrus and Antigone Smith have run a sagging roadside motel with their older brother, Daniel. Nothing ever seems to happen. Then a strange old man with bone tattoos arrives, demanding a specific room.Here is the teaser from page 47:
Less than 24 hours later, the old man is dead. The motel has burned, and Daniel is missing. And Cyrus and Antigone are kneeling in a crowded hall, swearing an oath to an order of explorers who have long served as caretakers of the world's secrets, keepers of powerful relics from lost civilizations, and jailers to unkillable criminals who have terrorized the world for millennia.
The old man stared at the end of his cigarette. "People say you can't run from Death." He shook his head. "People lie. Running's all you can do, kid. Run like Hell's on your heels, because it is. And if you're still running, well, then you're still alive."
Interesting quote. I'll watch for your review!
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Great teaser, interesting view to have not entirely wrong either.
ReplyDeleteOooh that sounds mysterious!! What an awesome teaser!
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Have a GREAT day!
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This sort of reminds me of Treasure Island (at least the outer space movie version).
ReplyDeleteMy teaser this week is from ‘Drop Dead Divas’ by Virginia Brown.
Love your teaser!
ReplyDeleteMy Teaser Tuesday is from The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. Happy Reading! Jen @ A Reader's Journey
Great teaser! :0)
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Wow. That is intense!
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http://50yearproject.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/teaser-tuesday-aug-23/
Intersting quote!
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Have a nice week.
Carla
Library Mosaic
cuuuute cover!!
ReplyDeleteGreat teaser, Kathy. Thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite teaser I have read so far! Very alluring and makes me want to read it too!
ReplyDeleteGreat teaser! This sounds like a book my son would love. Thanks for sharing :D
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of this before. Good teaser!
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I haven't heard of this novel before! Looks good. Great teaser:)
ReplyDeleteHere's mine:
http://www.bookmarkyourthoughts.com/2011/08/teaser-tuesday-august-23rd-2011.html
P.S I'm brand new to your blog! I now follow:)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by! Great teaser!
ReplyDeleteGreat teaser! I look forward to your review of this one.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a great one! I hope you're enjoying the book.
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I'm not too crazy about MG but this sounds like a great boy book. Thanks for the teaser!
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