The Woobie: The orphan with Tourette's whose parental substitute is killed when Lionel is supposed to be watching out for him. He spends the rest of the book trying to solve the murder, only to be undermined constantly by people he has viewed as family and then find out that his relationship with said parental substitute is not entirely what he thought.
The Film:
Awesome Music: The jazzy score, which was nominated for a Golden Globe.
