young adult
Lyra Belacqua from His Dark Materials
In His Dark Materials, Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen) is an orphan girl living with scholars at Oxford. There she discovers a dangerous secret involving Lord Asriel and Marisa Coulter, and soon finds herself in the middle of a cosmic struggle. Lyra, like all inhabitants of her world, is accompanied by her dæmon, named Pantalaimon and who likes to take the form of a snow-white ermine.
Klaus Baudelaire
Klaus Baudelaire (Louis Hynes) is one-third of the Baudelaire Orphans, the protagonists of the book series and its movie and TV show adaptations Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. When the Baudelaire parents are murdered in a mysterious fire, they are put under the care of the sinister Count Olaf, who is after their vast fortune. This causes a series of unfortunate events that leads the orphans on a neverending escape from Olaf’s clutches.
Thomas from The Maze Runner
Dropped in “The Glade”, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) finds himself unsure of who he is or why he’s been sent to spend eternity in a field surrounded by a labyrinth in The Maze Runner. When curiosity gets the best of him, he becomes a runner and finds a way out of the maze. Little does he know that his adventure is just beginning.
Tris Prior
In Divergent, Beatrice “Tris” Prior (Shailene Woodley) is a 16-year old girl who chooses to train under the Dauntless faction, though in reality she is divergent, posing a danger in the eyes of the government. Tris wears mostly tight black clothes that fit the Dauntless lifestyle of training and battle.
Harry Potter in The Prisoner of Azkaban
At the end of his third year at Hogwarts, Harry learns the truth behind his parents’ deaths and who he can and can not trust while trying to save the beloved hippogriff, Buckbeak. While on this adventure, Harry is out of uniform and in a simple sweatshirt and tee that get a bit roughed up from all of the escaped-prisoner-chasing, dementor-fighting, and time-traveling.
Katniss Everdeen
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) is a 16-year-old girl who volunteers in place of her younger sister for the Hunger Games. She hails from District 12, a poor, desolate coal-mining region that has sharpened her hunting and survival skills.