Meet the Cast
Pippi Longstocking
An Inauspicious BeginningPippi Longstocking is a nine-year-old girl living on her own because her mother died when she was just a baby and her father, a ship's captain, fell overboard on their most...
Annika Settergren
Annika is the other little girl in this book. She's about the same age as Pippi, but pretty much Pippi's polar opposite. She's well groomed, mild mannered, a bit anxious, and reluctant to try new t...
Tommy Settergren
Tommy is Annika's brother and Pippi's other best friend. He too seems to be about Pippi's age, and of the Settergrens, though we never find out who's older, we kind of get the impression that Tommy...
Minor Characters
The Fire ChiefThe fire chief is the first adult to fully embrace Pippi as she is. The school teacher sympathizes with Pippi and implies that she might be able to fit in at school when she's older,...