200 Cool Girls from Children's Literature (Combined List)

When I started this list of cool girls from children's literature, I thought that I'd get a few suggestions, and that together we would come up with 20 or so, and have a nice little list. Many, many wonderful comments and suggestions later, the list is up to 200 cool girls of kid lit. My deepest thanks to everyone who contributed and/or linked to the earlier lists! I think that together we've come up with a really wonderful resource. 200 smart, brave, funny, independent girls from the world of children's literature. And of course there are more of them out there, just waiting to be discovered... Here I bring you the top 20 (by votes), followed by the full list to date. Happy reading!

The Top 20

1. Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (8 votes)
2. Lyra from the His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman (7 votes)
3. Jo March from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (6 votes)
4. Laura Ingalls from the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder (6 votes)
5. Harriet M. Welch from Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (5 votes)
6. Hermione Granger from Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling (5 votes)
7. Turtle from The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (5 votes)
8. Arrietty from The Borrowers series by Mary Norton (4 votes)
9. Meg from A Wrinkle in Time (and sequels) by Madeleine L'Engle (4 votes)
10. Nancy Blackett from Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome (4 votes)
11. Ramona Quimby from the Ramona books by Beverly Cleary (4 votes)
12. Sophie Hatter from Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (4 votes)
13. Annabeth from The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (3 votes)
14. Charlotte from Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (3 votes)
15. Claudia from From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg (3 votes)
16. Harry Crewe from The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley (3 votes)
17. Ivy from The Changeling by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (3 votes)
18. Sara Crewe from A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (3 votes)
19. Suzy Turquoise Blue from the The Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix (3 votes)
20. Tiffany Aching from The Wee Free Men and A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett (3 votes)

The Full List To Date: 200 Cool Girls

1. Aerin from The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
2. Alanna from The Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce
3. Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
4. Allison from Active Enzyme Lemon-Freshened Junior High School Witch by Wallace Hildick
5. Alyce from The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
6. Amy from The Witch Family by Eleanor Estes
7. Anastasia Krupnik from the series by Lois Lowry
8. Anna from As Simple as Snow by Gregory Galloway
9. Annabelle from No Flying in the House by Betty Brock
10. Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
11. Ana from Anatopsis by Chris Abouzeid
12. Anidori–Kiladra Talianna Isillee from The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
13. Annabel Andrews from Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers
14. Annabeth from The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
15. April from The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
16. Arabella from The Windmill Summer by Hila Feil
17. Arrietty from The Borrowers series by Mary Norton
18. Babymouse from Babymouse: Queen of the World! (and sequels) by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
19. Belinda from Little Plum by Rumer Godden
20. Bella from Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley
21. Bella Swan from Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
22. Betsy Ray from Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace
23. Bonnie from The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
24. Boots from the Gregor The Overlander series by Suzanne Collins
25. Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
26. Cam Jansen from the series by David A. Adler
27. Carly from The Pinballs by Betsy Byars
28. Cassandra Mortmain from I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
29. Cassie from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and sequels by Mildred D. Taylor
30. Catherine from Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
31. Catherine from Rules by Cynthia Lord
32. Cathy and Diane from the Macdonald Hall series (e.g. This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall) by Gordon Korman
33. Cedar B. Hartley from The Slightly True Story Of Cedar B. Hartley by Martine Murray
34. Charlotte from Charlotte's Rose by A. E. Connon
35. Charlotte from Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
36. Christina from the Flambards books by K. M. Peyton
37. Cimorene from Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
38. Claudia from From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
39. Coraline from Coraline by Neil Gaiman
40. Coriander from I, Coriander by Sally Gardner
41. Corinna Stonewall from The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley
42. Daisy from How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
43. Darrell Rivers from the Malory Towers series by Enid Blyton
44. Dicey from Homecoming and Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
45. Dido Twite from Black Hearts in Battersea and Nightbirds on Nantucket (among others) by Joan Aiken
46. Dimple Lala from Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier
47. Dorothy Gale from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
48. Dorrie the little witch from the series (Dorrie and the Haunted Schoolhouse, etc.) by Patricia Coombs
49. Eilonwy from the Prydain Chronicles (e.g. The Castle of Llyr) by Lloyd Alexander
50. Elizabeth from The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
51. Elizabeth Ann from Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
52. Ella from Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
53. Ellie from Squashed by Joan Bauer
54. Eloise from the series by Kay Thompson
55. Emma Tolly from the Charlie Bone Children of the Red King series by Jenny Nimmo
56. Emily from Emily of New Moon (and sequels) by L. M. Mongtomery
57. Fane and Emily from The Doll in the Wall by Angela Bull
58. Francie by Karen English
59. Francie Nolan from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
60. Frances from A Bargain for Frances (and others) by Russell Hoban and Lillian Hoban
61. Franny K. Stein from the series by Jim Benton
62. Gilly Hopkins from The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
63. Harriet M. Welch from Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
64. Harry Crewe from The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
65. Heidi by Johanna Spyri
66. Hermione Granger from Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
67. India Opal Buloni from Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
68. Ingrid Levin Hill from the Echo Falls books (starting with Down the Rabbit Hole) by Peter Abrahams
69. Irene from The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
70. Ivy from The Changeling by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
71. Jane Stuart from Jane of Lantern Hill by Lucy Maud Montgomery
72. Jane from The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper
73. Jenna from Septimus Heap, Book One: Magyk by Angie Sage
74. Jenna Blake from the Body of Evidence series (starting with Body Bags) by Christopher Golden
75. Jennifer from Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth by E. L. Konigsburg
76. Jerusha Abbott from Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
77. Jill Pole from The Silver Chair and The Last Battle (Narnia books) by C. S. Lewis
78. Jinny Manders from the Jinny at Finmory (e.g. The Magic Pony) series by Patricia Leitch
79. Jo Bettany from The Chalet School Series by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
80. Jo March from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
81. Josie Alibrandi from Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
82. Judy from Judy's Journey by Lois Lenski
83. Judy Moody from the series by Megan McDonald
84. Juli Baker from Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
85. Julia from Night Daddy by Maria Gripe
86. Junie B. Jones from the series by Barbara Park
87. Karana from Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
88. Kate from The Good Master and The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy
89. Kate from Look Through My Window by Jean Little
90. Kate from Sensible Kate by Doris Gates
91. Kate Sutton from The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Pope
92. Katie from Hoofbeats: Katie and the Mustang by Kathleen Duey
93. Katie John from the series by Mary Calhoun
94. Keladry of the Protector of the Small Quartet (starting with First Test) by Tamora Pierce
95. Kira from Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
96. Kit from Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan
97. Kit Tyler from The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
98. Kizzy Lovell from The Diddakoi (or Gypsy Girl) by Rumer Godden
99. Koly from Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
100. Laura Ingalls from the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
101. Leaf from the The Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix
102. Liesel from The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
103. Lilly from Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse and other books by Kevin Henkes
104. Lily from Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
105. Lina Mayfleet from The City of Ember and The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau
106. Lirael by Garth Nix
107. Liyana Abboud from Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye
108. Lola from The House of Stairs by William Sleator
109. Lou Emma Miller from the series (for example Does Anybody Care About Lou Emma Miller?) by Alberta Wison Constant
110. Lucy from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia) by C. S. Lewis
111. Luxa from the Gregor The Overlander books by Suzanne Collins
112. Lyra from the His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman
113. Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
114. Mandy by Julie Andrews Edwards
115. Margaret from Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
116. Margaret Thursday from Thursday's Child by Noel Streatfield
117. Martha from both the The Little House in the Highlands and Little House by Boston Bay series by Melissa Wiley
118. Martha from The Secret Language by Ursula Nordstrom
119. Martha Sowerby from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
120. Mary Lennox from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
121. Matilda by Roald Dahl
122. Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman
123. Maximum Ride from Maximum Ride : The Angel Experiment and Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever by James Patterson
124. Meg from A Wrinkle in Time (and sequels) by Madeleine L'Engle
125. Meg from The President's Daughter (and others) by Ellen Emerson White
126. Meggie from the Inkheart books by Cornelia Funke
127. Meggie from Willow Run by Patricia Reilly Giff
128. Melanie from The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
129. Melinda from Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
130. Menolly from Dragonsong (and others Pern books) by Anne McCaffrey
131. Mercy from The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
132. Mia from The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot
133. Minnow from The Seventeenth-Street Gang by E. C. Neville
134. Miri from Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
135. Miriam Williard from Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare
136. Miss Bianca from The Rescuers books by Margery Sharp
137. Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
138. Molly Moon from Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng
139. Nancy Blackett from Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
140. Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
141. Nickie from The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne Duprau
142. Nita from the Young Wizards Series by Diane Duane
143. Nory Ryan from Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff
144. Nymah Rose from East by Edith Pattou
145. Olivia by Ian Falconer
146. Omakayas (or Little Frog) from The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
147. Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum
148. Parvana from Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
149. Pat of Silver Bush by L. M. Montgomery
150. Penny Gareth from The Growing Summer by Noel Streatfield
151. Petra from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
152. Petrova Fossil from Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
153. Philippa Gaunt from the Children of the Lamp series (starting with The Akhenaten Adventure) by P. B. Kerr
154. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
155. Polly from Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
156. Pony from Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner
157. Portia from Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
158. Rachel Pye from Ginger Pye and Pinky Pye by Eleanor Estes
159. Ramona Quimby from the Ramona books by Beverly Cleary
160. Randy from the Melendy books (starting with The Saturdays) by Elizabeth Enright
161. Reason Cansino from Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier
162. Roberta (Bobbie) from The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
163. Robin from The Velvet Room by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
164. Rosamund from Nate The Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
165. Rose Rita Pottinger from The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring by John Bellairs
166. Rosie Brine from the Maida books by Inez Haynes Irwin
167. Sabriel by Garth Nix
168. Sabrina and Daphne from The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives series by Michael Buckley
169. Sal from Blueberries for Sal and One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
170. Sally from the Encyclopedia Brown books by Donald Sobol
171. Sammy Keyes from the series by Wendelin Van Draanen
172. Sara Crewe from A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
173. Sarah from One Morning in Maine by Lucy Frank
174. Sara from The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
175. Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
176. Skye from The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
177. Simone from A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt
178. Sophie Hatter from Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
179. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
180. Sumiko in Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata
181. Sunita Sen from The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen by Mitali Perkins
182. Susannah Simon from the Mediator books by Meg Cabot.
183. Suzie from The Rebel Witch by Jack Lovejoy
184. Suzy Turquoise Blue from the The Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix
185. Sylvia from The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
186. Tacy from Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace
187. Tally Youngblood from the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
188. Tia Malone/Castaway from Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key
189. Tiffany Aching from The Wee Free Men and A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
190. Tish Sterling from The Keeping Days by Norma Johnston
191. Trissy from I, TRISSY by Norma Fox Mazer
192. Trixie Belden from the series by Julie Campbell
193. Trot from The Scarecrow of Oz and other Oz books by L. Frank Baum
194. Turtle from The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
195. Velvet Brown from National Velvet
196. Vesper Holly from The Illyrian Adventure by Lloyd Alexander
197. Vicky Austin from Meet the Austins by Madeleine L'Engle
198. Violet from the Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket
199. Winnie from Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
200. Zoe from A Room on Lorelei Street by Mary A. Pearson

Addendum

Here are a few more, suggested since the list went out:

• Henny (Henrietta) from All-of-a-kind Family by Sydney Taylor
• Jessie from The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

New Commenters and Contributors (those not mentioned on previous posts):

• Pooja Makhijani
• Elena
• Electric Landlady
• Ivy
• Radmama
• Fred
• Veronica

Note: This list is copyright (c) 2006 by Jennifer Robinson. All rights reserved.

Comments

[Liz B.]

Great list!

[Little Willow]

Kudos! This must have been a lot of work! :)

[Kate S.]

This is wonderful. Thanks for posing the question and compiling the list!

[sally apokedak]

Thanks for this list. It's great!

[Nancy Dowd]

Great list- how fun!

[Becky]

Amazing, Jen, and you were able to include links to all the titles!

I'm late to the party -- it's been a busy week or so -- but am linking to it, too. I think you've done some kids a wonderful favor this summer...

[Jen Robinson]

Thanks so much, everyone! It's really great to see people visiting, and checking out the list. And yes, Little Willow and Becky, it was a bit of work (especially generating those 200 links), but definitely worth it! Thanks again for the feedback!

[Kathleen]

Fab list. thanks.

[Zdena M]

This is an excellent list! Every teacher, librarian and parent should have it taped up for all to see and use.

BTW, I was so pleased to see the Grimm Sisters mentioned. I absolutely adore those books!

[Jen Robinson]

Zdena, I will be quoting you on your kind words ("Every teacher, librarian and parent should have it taped up for all to see and use"). What a worthy goal! Thanks!

I also liked what Becky said over at Farm School in a lovely post about the cool girls: "I'm thinking I should print out a few copies of the list, one to tuck in our library bag and another near the computer for online interlibrary loans". What a nice thought! Thanks again to all who contributed to and/or appreciated the list!

ANOTHER COOL GIRL

I nominate Libby, from Blow Out the Moon (Little, Brown 2004, paperback 2006). She's funny, spunky, and smart.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031601480X/qid=1152102829/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-8963046-2644925?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

[Alkelda]

Another cool girl of children's lit: Shabanu from Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind, and Haveli.

[Jen Robinson]

Thanks for the new suggestions, Alkelda and anonymous! I'll make sure they get added to the list.

[KJ]

I love this list, along with the one that you have for boys! I would like to add Princess Mia Thermapolis from the Princess Diaries books by Meg Cabot to this list, as well as Meg Falconer from Gordon Korman's On the Run Series.

Thanks for complining these lists!

--KJ--

[Jen Robinson]

Hi KJ,

Thanks for the suggestions! Mia is actually on the list (under M for Mia), but I will get Meg Falconer on the list the next time I do updates. Thanks for visiting, and for the suggestions!

[KJ]

Oops! Must have been blind there for a moment to have missed seeing Mia on the list already. Thanks for pointing that out to me!

--KJ-- :-)

[KJ]

Oops! Must have been blind there for a moment to have missed seeing Mia on the list already. Thanks for pointing that out to me!

--KJ-- :-)

[Roseminnie]

Here's one of my favorite cool girls of another era - Betsy Ray from the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace. She's focused (but sometimes realistically insecure),talented and just a delight! Her story takes place in the early 1900s but is still very relevant in 2006.

[nrkii]

I'm so happy that Turtle Wexler from the Westing Game made it to the top 20! Who knew there were other people in the world that loved that book and that character? Not me!

[nrkii]

Beautiful list. I just noticed Katie John is in there, and I suddenly had a flashback to books I had forgotten ever existed.

Other suggestions:

Rebecca ... Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Eleanor ... The Diamond in the Window

Wendy ... Peter Pan

Elnora ... Girl of the Limberlost

[CountryGoalie]

Leslie Burke, from Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Stargirl, from Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

[Wendy]

Charlotte--The True Confessions of Great list!

Some additions from me:

Charlotte Doyle by Avi

Alice from the Alice Series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Olivia from the Charlie Bone series (more prominent in the series than Emma Tolley)

Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter

[Wendy]

Oh and how about Beany Malone from the series by Lenora Mattingly Weber!

[miranda]

Eeeeeexcellent list. Most of my childhood heroines are here (Aerin, Vesper Holly, Harry Crewe, Trixie Belden, Nancy Drew, "The Velvet Room"'s Robin, Jennifer from "... and Me, Elizabeth", Sophie Hatter, Winnie, etc), along with some more recent ones (Sabriel and Lirael, Lyra Belacqua, Coriander, "Perilous Gard"'s Kate). When I was about 10, I had a succession of goldfish named Frank, because of Anastasia Krupnik.

Some others:

Sally Lockhart from Philip Pullman's Sally Lockhart series ("The Ruby in the Smoke" et al). Before there was Lyra....

Claire from "The China Garden" (which is adult even for a YA book, but that's the only reason it might not qualify.) I think the author is Liz Berry.

Laura from "The Changeover" by Margaret Mahy. And the guy in the book, whose name I can't recall, is definitely a Cool Boy!

Katie John, from Mary Calhoun's series.

I don't know if Kate Mosse's "Labyrinth" is still on your to-read list or if it's a done deal, but I'm pretty disappointed with it after 200pp; characterization is mostly done with a broad brush (all sexily beautiful women in the book are eeevil, for example), twists are telegraphed from a mile away, and the central mystery isn't developed well. The historical background is good, and I'm just curious enough to keep reading, but I'd place it somewhere above "DaVinci Code" and below "The Historian."

[Jen Robinson]

And the suggestions just keep rolling in! Who knew that there were so many cool girls in children's literature? I've run across some new ones myself, in my recent reading (Nancy and Minerva from Pirates!, for example). I'll be putting together an updated list, or at least a list of updates, sometime soon. Thanks again to all of you who have taken time to comment, and share your favorites.

And no, I haven't read "Labyrinth" yet. My "to read" pile of kids books just keeps getting higher, and I may not get to Labyrinth until it's in paperback, and I take it on a trip.

Thanks again to all of you!

[RM1(SS) (ret)]

Wow - it's hard to think of someone who's not on the list! Nancy Blackett and Trixie Belden were the first ones I thought of, but of course they're already there.

How about Judy Bolton, from the series by Margaret Sutton?

Caroline Mshiyeni, from Tunnel in the Sky, a juvenile SF novel by Robert A Heinlein.

The Leewit, from The Witches of Karres.

(Does Charlotte, from Charlotte's Web, really belong on this list? She's a spider....)

[RM1(SS) (ret)]

Oh, and also Dinah and Lucy-Ann, from the Adventure series (Island of Adventure, &c) by Enid Blyton.

[Eliza]

I can't let this go without nominating Mattie Gokey from A Northern Light. She was an amazing, hard-working young girl.

[Mary Tichey-Staack]

How about Molly from "Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon" by Patty Lovell?

[RM1(SS) (ret)]

Beka, from Beka Cooper: Terrier.

[Lazy Cow]

This is a fantastic list. I'm so glad I found it (via HipWriterMama). If you're still taking suggestions, my daughter and I love:
Katie from Katie meets the impressionists, Katie and the bathers, etc by James Mayhew

Katie Morag from the Katie Morag picture books by Mairi Hedderwick

Saffy and Rose from Saffy's Angel and Permanent Rose by Hilary McKay

Kate from Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa by Erica Silverman

[Little Willow]

I have more from new books!
Zibby Payne from the Zibby books by Alison Bell
Lauren Lee Smith from Bloom by Elizabeth Scott
Josie from Reaching for Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

[Lynne]

Here another cool girl: Root Karbunkulus from The Questory of Root Karbunkulus by Kamilla Reid. Probably haven't heard of it yet 'cause it's new (the author actually came to my daughter's school) but you can find out more on the book's website www.rootkarbunkulus.com I think she will be up there with the greats very soon!

[RM1(SS) (ret)]

Just finished reading Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature. Kayla Connor definitely belongs on this list!

[Jen Robinson]

Kayla Connor is definitely a cool girl. She was my favorite character from the book, and she ROCKS. Thanks for the suggestion.

[your neighborhood librarian]

New Cool Girls:

Tip from The True Meaning of Smekday - she saves the world! how cool is that!

Stephanie Edgley from Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

I love that Tiffany Aching made the original list. She is such a hero!

[Jen Robinson]

Thanks, YNL. I'll make sure these get added to the list next time I update it (one of these days...)