1A backyard fruit bat watches, “Swinging mallets! Spinning balls in a host of colors! A croquet set straight from the fairest of three-dollar garage sales.” The bat, of course, has very poor eyesight. The bat tries to imagine happy backyard scenes through its blurry vision. Descriptions written by a bat only add to the appeal of Tim Ranch’s latest novel, Sleeping Upside-Down. The author uses paragraph 1 to

A)describe the book’s main themes.
B)tell which sections are the best.
C)summarize the plot, setting, and characters.
D)gain the reader’s attention with vivid imagery.