Kids, if anything, are harder to write for because they are a more discerning audience. They will not stay with you if you go off on a tangent or if you give them extraneous information that doesn't serve the story. You really have to tell a tight story. You have to give them humor and suspense and believable characters. All those things that adults want too, but you have to be really on your game when you're writing for kids.

So which way now, Sacagawea?" - Annabeth to Rachel

The Princess Andromeda?" "Went ka-boom.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

Oh, god,” I said. “Sorry, sorry. Do I die now?” --Sadie to Zia

Good fighting with you, Seaweed Brain." Ditto.

Our camels plodded along. Katrina tried to kiss, or possibly spit on Hindenburg, and Hindenburg farted in response. I found this a depressing commentary on boy-girl relationships.