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Rose Hathaway (Vampire Academy)
Jace (The Mortal Instruments)
Will (The Infernal Devices)
Penryn (Angelfall)
Catherine (Wuthering Heights)
Percy (Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus)
Leo (Heroes of Olympus)
Jace (The Mortal Instruments)
Will (The Infernal Devices)
Penryn (Angelfall)
Catherine (Wuthering Heights)
Percy (Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus)
Leo (Heroes of Olympus)

1. Alex Frankovitch (from Skinnybones and Almost Starring Skinnybones by Barbara Park).
2. Junie B. Jones (from the series by Barbara Park).
3. Joe Bunch (from Totally Joe and other books by James Howe).
4. Lionel "Maniac" Magee (from Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli).
5. Stargirl Caraway (from Stargirl and Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli).
6. Charlotte A. Cavattica (from Charlotte's Web by E.B. White).
7. Mick Harte (from Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park).
8. Louis the Trumpeter Swan (from The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White).
9. Onion John (from the Newbery Medal-winning Onion John by Joseph Krumgold).
10. Tom Fitzgerald, aka The Great Brain (from John D. Fitzgerald's The Great Brain series).
11. Georgie Burgess (from The Lottery Rose by Irene Hunt).
12. Sam McQueen (from the heartrending Ways To Live Forever by Sally Nicholls).
13. Billy Deep (from Deep Trouble and its sequels by R.L. Stine).
14. Otis Spofford (mostly from Otis Spofford by Beverly Cleary).
15. Samson Beaumont (from Savvy by Ingrid Law).
16. Jack Will (from the life-changing Wonder by R.J. Palacio).
These are only the characters who affected me much more powerfully than most, the absolute cream of the crop. There isn't anyone on this list who isn't very special to me.

Tessa Grey (TID)
Eowyn (The Lord Of The Rings)
Finnick and Haymitch (Hunger Games)
Ender Wiggins (Ender's Game)
Fred and George (Harry Potter)
Mary and Pippin (The Lord of the Rings)
William Herondale (TID)
Katsa (Graceling)
Cinder (Cinder)
Percy (Percy and the Olympians)
Luke (TMI)

Rue (Hunger Games)
Finnick (Hunger Games)
Colonel Brandon (Sense and Sensibility)
Captain Wentworth (Persuasion)
Sydney Carton (A Tale of Two Cities)
Nightlight (Guardians of Childhood)
Thursday Next (Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde)
Gideon Lightfoot (Infernal Devices)
Hamlet
Horatio (from Hamlet)
Xander Carrow (Matched)
Prince Maxon (The Selection)
Carlisle Cullen (Twilight)
Penelope Lumley (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place)
Raven (H.I.V.E.)
Wing (H.I.V.E.)
and... Jane Erye :-)
there are more but I have to go :-(
Books mentioned in this topic
Skinnybones (other topics)Almost Starring Skinnybones (other topics)
Totally Joe (other topics)
Maniac Magee (other topics)
Stargirl (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Barbara Park (other topics)James Howe (other topics)
Jerry Spinelli (other topics)
E.B. White (other topics)
Joseph Krumgold (other topics)
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Celaena from Throne of Glass
Four from Divergent
Ethan from the Iron Fey:Call of the Forgotten
Finnick and Haymitch from THG
Percy Jackson, Annabeth, and Leo Valdez from HoO