The Danger ABC's

Call is a thief. He likes to think of himself as a nice thief, as a kind of Robin Hood. Steal from the rich, pay dad's rehab bills. Steal from the rich, eat lunch at school today. He sells it all to Rufus at the local pawn shop. Rufus doesn't question where the golden pocket watches come from, doesn't question the designer shoes even though Call is wearing a pair of ratty sneakers that look like they've seen the inside of a paper shredder. Call likes Rufus.

On the other hand, call hates Jasper DeWinter, the smug, entitled reporter kid who follows him around with a microphone everywhere he goes.

Call is friendless, a nobody, a recluse. Until goody-two-shoes Aaron Stewart pulls Call over to his table, and he's magically popular. Call thinks he hates Aaron, too, at first. Why else would he turn red every time Aaron gave him a high five?

And as much as Call HATES this new, -ugh- popular friendship group, he can't bear to leave it. Even after a series of close calls that threaten his very existence.

(characters from Magisterium series by Cassandra Claire and Holly Black, all rights belong to them.)