Fear lay down on top of her like a black cloud, trying to get into her mouth through her clenched teeth. There was nothing she could do but wait, and hope that the danger – a danger she couldn’t even lift her head to meet – might not notice the little boat, drifting helpless through the fog.

– Cynthia Voigt, The Tale of Birle (previously ‘On Fortune’s Wheel’), page 93

Version:
Paperback, 432 pages
Published May 26th 2015 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books And A Beat.

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!)
  
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!