100 Best Opening Lines

We are always trying to get children to start their stories with an interesting opening sentence to hook in the reader.

Here is a link to a collection of the best opening lines.

http://www.stylist.co.uk/books/100-best-opening-lines-from-childrens-books

Is your favourite here?

Can you add any more?

e.g      My own fave which isn't on the list comes from Michael Morpurgo's Kensuke's Kingdom.

"I disappeared on the night before my twelfth birthday."

          Desna, a Librarian