Jessica enjoys books with strong characters. Here is a list of her favorite ones found in children and young adult fiction:
Adam Owen in A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
Brett Gerson in Pool Boy by Michael Simmons
Bud Caldwell in Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Christopher John Francis Boone in the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime by Mark Haddon
Dovey Coe in Dovey Coe by Frances O’Roark Dowell
Fredie Dickinson in The Only Outcast by Julie Johnson
Harris’s cousin in Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen
Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Jason Taylor in Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
Luther T. Farrell in Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis
Martin O’Boy in Boy O’Boy by Brian Doyle
Narrator in Old School by Tobias Wolff
Owen Skye in The Secret Life of Owen Skye by Alan Cumyn
Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Stanley Yelnats in Holes by Louise Sachar
Verna LaVaughn in Make Lemonade by Virginia Ewer Wolff
