"Asa was amazed that he left first grade with so much stuff." As If: Chapter 1, pg. 3

"Why was she wearing a coat? It was cool under the dense leaves of the high trees, but a coat was not right, not in Maryland in June. A coat was not right. As if to protest, Asa shivered."
As If: Chapter 2, pg. 11

"Asa stood up straight into the warm wind and gathered his strength, as if to jump, as if to fly, as if, as if, as if." As If: Chapter 6, pg. 36

"Oh, Asa knew how to make the most of an opportunity for debut." Not Blue: Chapter 1, pg. 42

"Joel was now responsible for telling the audience about the moon being a ghostly galleon, about Tim the ostler's white peaked face, about the brave robber with the twinkling pistol butts rising in the saddle to kiss his bonny sweetheart while his...