Summer is winding down, the weather is turning cooler, and students are easing into the new school year. Get into the back-to-school mood with our senior superlatives for characters in the "class" of 2022–2023. What superlative would you award your favorite character? 

Most buzzed-about: The Bees of Notre-Dame; Bea, The Bee Without Wings  

Most barked about: the dog, Hot Dog 

Most miiaaoooooo-ed about: Rubin, When Rubin Plays; Gato Guapo, Gato Guapo  
 

Most inquisitive: the speaker, Twenty Questions; the protagonist, I Have a Question 

Most creative problem-solvers: Rabbit, Problem Solved!; Jesús, Papá’s Magical Water-Jug Clock 

Most multilayered: the dolls, Nesting Dolls; the plot, The Puppets of Spelhorst 

Least likely to sleep through class: the Go-Go Guys, Go-Go Guys 

Head most in the clouds: Giovanni, Star Stuff 

Most likely to relive middle school: Asha, Abeni’s Song  

Most likely to relive the ‘90s: Sam, Throwback 

Best hangout: Pink Mountain Pizza, Those Pink Mountain Nights; the water, When You Can Swim  

Best road trip companion: Pedro, Mexikid 

Best field trip companion: Jordan, School Trip  

Most likely to stick together: the starlings, We Are Starlings; Ana and Harwin, Friends Beyond Measure; protagonist and bear, Bear with Me 

Most “fun guy”: the fungi, Fungi Grow 

Most evergreen trend: trees  

Most Evergreen character: protagonist, Evergreen 

Bravest: May, May’s Brave Day  

Boldest: Nichelle Nichols, To Boldly Go 

Super-est califragilisticexpialidocious: Julie Andrews, Song After Song 

For more Horn Book silliness about books we love, see the 2023 Mind the Gap Awards and previous years' yearbook superlatives.