Tom Harris

Tom Harris
Biographical Information
Name	Tom Harris
Age	14-15
Physical Information
Status	Alive
Nationality	British
Gender	Male
Hair	Black
Eyes	Blue
Relationship Information
Family	Jerry Harris (brother) Mr & Mrs. Harris (parents)
Occupation	Student at Brookland
Series Information
First Appearance	Scorpia
Last Appearance	Scorpia Rising

“	My mum and dad have been shouting at each other for ages. All they every do is fight. Now they're splitting up and fighting about that. I don't care about either of them anymore. I don't think I even look like them. So I think I understand what you're saying, and I hope you find out something good about your dad, because right now I can't think of anything good about mine	”
—Tom reveals his sad and serious side while discussing his parents divorce after agreeing to help Alex

Tom Harris is best friend of Alex Rider. He appears in Scorpia, Snakehead, and Scorpia Rising and is mentioned in Ark Angel.

Appearance

He has blue eyes and black, spiked hair, and is described as being very small.

Life

“	Tom wasn't interested in any school subjects and was regularly bottom in everything. But the best thing about him was he didn't care. He was always cheerful, and even the teachers had to admit that he was fun to be with. And what Tom lacked in the classroom, he made up for on the sports field	”
—Alex Rider regarding Tom's personality

He was bullied for two consecutive years before Alex set the bullies straight. Tom is now the captain of the football team at Brookland, the school which both he and Alex attend. Tom Harris is the only person at Brookland who knows about Alex's occupation involving MI6, having been let into the secret by Alex himself during a train ride in the book Scorpia. He was confided in after providing a distraction that allowed Alex to slip unnoticed into the Widow's Palace, home of Julia Rothman.

Unlike Sabina Pleasure, Tom believed Alex's story straight away. He and his brother were also involved in helping Alex to BASE jump into a high-security compound in the same book. (See Scorpia for more details)

In Scorpia Rising, Tom is shot in the arm when Alan Blunt sends a faux sniper to force Alex to flee to Cairo, thus setting his plan of disbanding SCORPIA into motion.

Relationships

Harris has an older brother named Jerry Harris whom he was sent to stay with after a school trip in Venice. Their parents are currently in a messy divorce and constantly fighting. Alex Rider is his best mate.

Trivia

• Tom and his brother Jerry often gripe about how bad it was of their parents to name them after the cartoon Tom and Jerry.