Unanswerable.

[katiesue]

Lots of children (according to my People magazine subscription over the years) have done things like start charities to help other kids with illness or who are less fortunate. Does that count?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by katiesue

Lots of children (according to my People magazine subscription over the years) have done things like start charities to help other kids with illness or who are less fortunate. Does that count?

I hate to say no in the face of good-works kids, because I guess that's as close as you can get to being a hero as a kid (although I know plenty of kids have pulled adults out of burning buildings etc, whole 'nother deal), but still, I'm taking about Goonies, The Neverending Story, and my absolute hands-down favorite of this genre, The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub. Hell, there was a live-action TV movie based on the Hugga Bunch toys that has been embedded in my brain ever since that featured the same concept. (The VHS cover on imdb is incorrect.)