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Hungry for Peeta? Memorable Secondary Characters in YA
Katniss wouldn't have been Katniss without her faithful companion by her side in The Hunger Games.
But it's been five long years since the final installment of the series came out, and new better halves are taking their places next to Katniss's loyal baker.
Check out some other young adult books with memorable secondary characters.
The title character of Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock, by Matthew Quick, has an unlikely best (maybe only) friend: his elderly next-door neighbor, Walt. When Leonard plans to kill his former best friend and then commit suicide, Walt plays a pivotal role in the events that unfold.
The Testing, by Joelle Charbonneau, is set in the dystopian aftermath of the Seven Stages War. When Cia is chosen as a candidate to lead society out of its darkest depths, she must figure out whether she can trust Tomas, her longtime friend who's always on her side... or is he?
Romance is in the warm breeze in Jenny Han's The Summer I Turned Pretty. Belly's two best friends—both boys—start looking at her differently when her appearance changes, and nothing is the same come fall. (First book of a trilogy.)
Sidekicks, by Jack Ferraiolo, stars a teen sidekick who fights alongside a superhero. But being Phantom Justice's sidekick isn't the glamorous job it's cracked up to be, and Bright Boy starts to consider going it alone.
Callie takes center stage as a set designer in Raina Telgemeier's Drama, but her best friend Liz is also a major player in the middle-school's musical. A host of lovable young characters populate this beautifully drawn graphic novel about finding your tribe.
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