Pip from "" Great Expectations "" was adopted; Superman was a foster child; Cinderella was a foster child; Lisbeth Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo, was fostered and institutionalized; Batman was orphaned; Lyra Belacqua from Philip Pullman's "" Northern Lights "" was fostered; Jane Eyre, adopted; Roald Dahl's James from "" James and the Giant Peach; "" Matilda; Moses — Moses! (Laughter) Moses! (Laughter) — the boys in Michael Morpurgo's "" Friend or Foe; "" Alem in Benjamin Zephaniah's "" Refugee Boy; "" Luke Skywalker — Luke Skywalker! (Laughter) — Oliver Twist; Cassia in "" The Concubine of Shanghai "" by Hong Ying; Celie in Alice Walker's "" The Color Purple. "" All of these great fictional characters, all of them