Top Ten Tuesday: Inspirational Characters

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This week's topic is: Rewind!  We can choose any past topic.  So I decided on Inspirational Characters.  Here are just a few characters that inspire me:

1. Toby from The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood. 

2. Dustfinger, Moe, and Meggie from the Inkheart books by Cornelia Funke.  I figured I'd put them all together since they're all in the books together :)

3. Corrigan from Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

4. Shogo from Battle Royale by Koushun Takami.  LOVED him.

5. Maerad from The Books of Pellinor by Allison Croggon, because she never stops trying.

6. Liesel from The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

7. Manuel from Gouverneurs de la rosee by Jacques Roumain

8. Catherine from Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes

9. Leslie from Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

What characters do you think were inspirational??