I don't know anything!' Tim(Caleb) wailed. He'd never spoken a truer word in his life.

Once you get into the world of dystopia, it's hard to avoid plagiarism, because other people have had such powerful visions.

Do you realise how much trouble you're in?" "Perhaps I'll have some Weetabix after all.

The school even had a Latin motto: Pergo et Perago, which sounded like the story of two Italian cannibals but which actually meant “I try and I achieve.

We have an hour before we have to leave," Cray said. "So I thought I might tell you a little about myself. I thought it might pass the time." "I'm not really all that interested," Alex said.

We're meant to be friends but you never tell me anything.

In the old days, spies had done they'd done because they loved their country, because they believed in what they were doing. But he'd never been given a choice. Nowadays, spies weren't employed. They were used.