A Question: reading excerpt

I'm asking this not for generalities ("what kinds of things work well") but specifically:

And feel free to ignore this.

I have to do several readings over the weekend to middle and high school students, both males and females. In context, I need an excerpt that reads at 5 - 7 minutes (no more), that can be enjoyed by people who have not read the book, and which doesn't need more than 2 or 3 sentences of explanatory introduction.

If anyone here has a specific suggestion from Cold Magic, please cite chapter and verse.

Please, I am not asking for a general answer about kinds of things that work well at readings. Frankly, most if not all of you will NOT be interested in thumbing through Cold Magic (I've done so often enough; I'm just not good at picking these things out), and that is fine. But on the off chance that one or two of you have a thought, I'd be quite interested to hear it. I'm not content with the selections I've used before.

Thanks in advance.

The Revisions Process: Part Three: I answer two questions re: debut novelists & working with an edit

Last year I was asked:


Will debut novelists need to implement more editorial changes than an experienced novelist?

( my answer and more! below the cut )

Next up: why for me allowing other eyes to see the manuscript has been crucial for my writing process. Although it won’t be up tomorrow.