There were five of us -- Carruthers and the new recruit and myself, and Mr. Spivens and the verger. It was late afternoon on November the fifteenth, and we were in what was left of Coventry Cathedral, looking for the bishop's bird stump.
From To Say Nothing of the Dog: or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last by Connie Willis
If you've never read Connie Willis do yourself a favor and start here. Time travel, Victorian England, Coventry Cathedral, and a wild and witty take off on Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat.
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May 10, 2023
Although the label on the hair shampoo said Paris and had a picture of a beautiful girl with the Eiffel Tower behind her bare shoulder, it was forced to tell the truth in tiny print under the picture. Made in New Zealand, it said, Wisdom Laboratories, Paraparaumu.
From The Changeover by Margaret Mahy
When Laura's little brother is taken over by a soul-stealer it's up to her and Sorry Carisle, a boy at school she's recognized as a witch, to save him.