The ten greatest fictional underdogs

Phil Earle's books include Saving Daisy and the newly released The Bubble Wrap Boy.

One entry on his top ten list of zeros-to-heros in stories for children and young adults, as shared at the Guardian:Ponyboy, Darry, Johnny, Dallas, Soda Pop in The Outsiders by SE Hinton

These boys have nothing in their lives. No jobs, no qualifications, no prospects, but they have each other, and an unbreakable