11 February 2008

Claudia, Maria and Milo

Mystery Mommy's been posting quizzes, in which she asks you to identify some books by their first lines. I did staggeringly badly, so I thought I'd redeem myself by offering up one of my own. Here are the first lines of three books that I can't wait to share with Miss M. - do you know what they are?
  1. Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away.

  2. Maria was ten years old.

  3. There was once a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself - not just sometimes, but always.

15 comments:

  1. Julie Pippert10:00 AM

    1---FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MARS BASIL E FRANKWEILER

    One of my ALL TIME favorites EVER!!

    Sorry yes I am girlie squealing in delight. Sorry. LOL

    Did you ask something else?

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  2. Julie Pippert10:00 AM

    MARS = MRS

    Got a little overexcited there LOL.

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  3. Anonymous10:01 AM

    I can't remember what's on my grocery list. Talk about an abysmal showing. I'll just go "d'oh" when the answers appear.

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  4. Life As I Know It10:01 AM

    I think I only know the first one!
    From the Mixed of Files of...

    Good game!

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  5. Anonymous10:06 AM

    I only know #3 - from the Phantom Tollbooth - one of my favorites. What's #2?

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  6. Anonymous10:17 AM

    I knew #1 and #3 (really!) but they've already been posted. Those are 2 of my favorites, especially #1. I dreamed about living in a museum for years after reading it.

    -andi

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  7. Gina10:20 AM

    I knew #1 right away, since it is one of my favorites. In fact, I just ead it again recently, even though I am WAY out of the age group.

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  8. Rhea10:22 AM

    I couldn't figure any of them out, but if that really is from The Mixed-Up Files, I didn't recall it. That's my favorite childhood book!

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  9. Her Grace10:48 AM

    Everyone's beat me to the punch, but I guess #3 correctly!

    Great meme!

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  10. Mayberry11:31 AM

    I'm way too late but man. Mixed-Up Files is one of the all-time GREATS.

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  11. Julia11:48 AM

    Admitting cultural ignorance yet again-- I am completely stumped.

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  12. niobe11:54 AM

    The names in 1 and 3 are enormously helpful in trying to figure them out. But I wonder if I've ever read 2...

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  13. Beck12:51 PM

    I figured out Mixed Up Files right away, and recognized three after some musing but two? I do NOT know.

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  14. Don Mills Diva1:03 PM

    Wow - I didn't have a freaking clue about any of them - I feel like an illiterate!

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  15. Melanie1:07 PM

    Well, I know 1 and 3 for sure, and others beat me to it.

    So, 2 is, if I'm not mistaken, "Mistress Masham's Repose"??? I don't have a copy anymore, so I can't verify.

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