Because you like Lina Mayfleet in The City of Ember
A girl who grew up on stories, Meggie Folchart is as loyal and intrepid as one of her fictional heroines. See them in Inkheart.
Wanderer is a Soul, a parasite sent into a host to take over their body, extracting information from them and colonizing their species. See them in The Host.
Lyra Belacqua is prone to getting in trouble, but she's also clever enough to get out of it. Most of the time. See them in The Golden Compass.
Formerly a "sweater-set-wearing, mojito-drinking sorority girl", Paige Collins is now a successful sculptor with slight memory loss. See them in The Vow.
As Marlena Rosenbluth is finding out, confidence in the limelight doesn't always translate to power at home. See them in Water for Elephants.
Raised to happily follow the rules, Cassia might actually be more rebellious than she thinks she is. See them in Matched .
Despite the undeniably awful turn her life has taken, Rachel handles herself with remarkable grace. See them in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl .
Jesse Tuck dreams of finding someone to join his unusual family. See them in Tuck Everlasting.
The brilliant and well-adjusted Ender Wiggin is being groomed for the next generation of military leaders to fight alien invaders. See them in Ender's Game.
Susie Salmon has a big heart, even though it's not beating anymore. See them in The Lovely Bones.
Smart but insecure, Tally Youngblood is torn between what she wants and what her society demands. See them in Uglies.
