This ones for the boys- but not necessarily in polos. This isn't in any particular order:
1. Harry Potter- of the series of the same name. Harry is one of the best protagonists of all time, and there are seven books translated in 63 different languages out there to prove it. It's kind of pathetic, if you think about it. Really, he's just a boy who can make lights come out of a stick, suffers from chronic migraines and hallucinations, and is basically famous for getting a concussion. Can somebody say "brain damage"...? In all seriousness, though, I tease because I care. Go read these books NOW. I mean it.
2. Sherlock Holmes- of the equally (in)famous series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes (or Sherly, as I like to call him) is the World's Best Detective of All Time. Even though he does drugs. He plays the violin, antagonizes his BFF Watson, and says things like, "Data, data, data! I can't make bricks without clay!"
3. James Macintosh "Qwill" Qwilleran- of the Cat Who... series by Lillian Jackson Braun. That's Mr. Q to you, sir! Qwill is this fifty-something who lives in Moose County (400 miles north of Everywhere), a quirky little place that is occasionally disrupted by crimes. Qwill is a journalist from Chicago, or "Down Below," and he does his best to solve the mysteries. He lives in a converted apple barn with two Siamese cats, Koko and Yumyum. The former is clairvoyant.
4. Charles Wallace Murray- of the Time series by Madeleine L'Engle. Charles Wallace is a prodigious young boy with strange abilities. He's delicate physically: at the age of five, he was nearly taken by the evil IT on Camozotz, and later on in the series he had an illness that he never quite recovered from. Still, he is wise beyond his years. His weakness is, he knows it.
5. Klaus Baudelaire- of the Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Besides his totally AWESOME name, Klaus is a kindred spirit of mine. He reads books, and everything he reads, he remembers. We would be best friends.
6. Aragorn- of Lord of the Rings- Frodo would have totally gotten pwned without help from a lot of people- especially Gandalf and Aragorn. But I like Aragorn best, because he's, y'know, really awesome, and King of Gondor, and he's tall, dark, and mysterious. And then there's the whole super-human-sword-fighting-skills in every scene that involves Orcs.
7.Indigo Casson- of Hilary McKay's Casson Family series that you should already be slightly aware of, thanks to moi. Indigo is one of the main protagonists. He's sweet, quiet, and down-to-earth. As he gets older, he develops a sensational taste in music, which is (as we all know, ladies) one of the more important qualities in a guy. Just sayin'.
8. Tom Levin- another Honorary Casson Family Member, Tom moves to Indigo and Rose's neighborhood when he is eleven years old- from America! Woo-hoo! Tom has issues with his parents at the time, because his father got remarried after divorcing his mother who ran off "with that stupid boyfriend." Tom is a compulsive liar, plays guitar almost constantly, and likes to bounce a rubber ball when he's thinking. He also likes to climb up onto high buildings and look around. He, Rose, and Indigo become best friends.
9. Nobody Owens- of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman- who ROCKS, by the way. Nobody, or Bod as he likes to be called, lives in a graveyard and is raised by ghosts and Silas, who is many things, and a ghost isn't one of them. Bod grows up in the graveyard, makes a friends, is kidnapped by ghouls, is tutored occasionally by a Hound of God, dances with the dead, narrowly escapes death on multiple occasions, meets a witch, conquers a bully, and most importantly, finds his name.
10. Percy Jackson- of the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan. Percy is a son of Poseidon, which is sort of a no-no, since the "Big Three" gods all promised not to have any more kids. So, by default, people are always trying to kill him. He's also best friends with a daughter of Athena, which is bad, since their parents- ahem- strongly dislike one another. Oh yeah, and there's that kid Luke who's trying to call the Titans up from Tartarus and take over the world...
11. Edmund Pevencie- of The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. He was always my favorite, even before the movies and stuff. Edmund is the one that Aslan had to sacrifice himself for- you have to admit, while he acted like a little git, it ended well, and he has to have a special bond with Aslan because of that. Edmund is also the quiet one, and more inclined to believe Lucy when she says she's seen Aslan or something else to do with Narnia.
12. Fang- of the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson. Fang is one of a group of six kids who are human-raptor hybrids living in California, forever on the run from evil scientists and wolf-humans called Erasers who would destroy them. Fang is co-leader of the "Flock" with Max, and according to some descriptions he is part raven, with black wings. He wears black all the time, is sarcastic a lot, and is your basic, moody fourteen-year-old.
13. Steve- from Spellbinder by Helen Stringer. Steve is Belladonna's best friend, and something of a trouble maker. He can see ghosts if she's touching him, unless they're on the Other Side, in which case he can see. He is the Palladin, so he was kind of destined to be her sidekick. He nearly died to save her from some evil ravens, and he was kidnapped by an alchemist who tried to use him to call up a dark goddess. Pretty beast, yes?
14. Eragon- of the Inheritence series. Okay, so I know the movie sucked, and I know the last three books haven't been great, but it's not Eragon's fault. He's really good character, deep down inside. He's only human- well, as human as a dragon riding character in a fantasy novel can be.
15. Steven Alper- of Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick. Steven's little brother Jefferey has cancer, and the book is how Steven copes. He copes the way I would- anger, bargaining, sarcasm, a good dose of self-pity thrown in. But he pulls through, and everything turns out... Oh, you thought you were gonna get me, didn't you? You thought you could get me to give away the ending. But I don't just go around saying things like Jefferey-doesn't-die-it's-actually-some-random-chick-who's-only-mentioned-twice... oh, no, I like to let you discover that for yourself...
