June cackled with delight, muttering, "Whoops!" as a car almost killed them.

Frank didn’t drop you on purpose,” she said. “He’s not like that. He’s just a little clumsy sometimes.” “Oops,” Leo said, in his best Frank Zhang voice. “Dropped Leo into a squad of enemy soldiers. Dang it!

Did you bring me a rat?" "He has no time for rats, George." "No time for rats? That's just sad.

I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.

Fair... You'd be amazed how often I hear that word, Frank Zhang,and how meaningless it is. Is it fair your life will burn so short and bright? Was it fair when I guided your mother to the Underworld? No, not fair. And yet it was her time. There is no fairness in Death. If you free me, I will do my duty.

I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for.

What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apologize.