THE HIGHTON-SMITH-KENNINGTON-JONES HOUSEHOLD

Alice-Miranda Highton-Smith-Kennington-Jones

Only child, seven and a half years of age

Cecelia Highton-Smith

Alice-Miranda’s doting mother

Hugh Kennington-Jones

Alice-Miranda’s doting father

Aunt Charlotte Highton-Smith

Cecelia’s younger sister

Lawrence Ridley

Famous movie actor and Aunt Charlotte’s fiancé

Dolly Oliver

Family cook, part-time food technology scientist

Mrs. Shillingsworth

Head housekeeper

Mr. Greening

Gardener

Mrs. Maggie Greening

Mr. Greening’s wife

Granny Bert (Albertine Rumble)

Former housekeeper at Highton Hall

Daisy Rumble

Granddaughter of Granny Bert, a maid at Highton Hall

Bonaparte

Alice-Miranda’s pony

Max

Stablehand

Cyril

Helicopter pilot

FRIENDS OF THE HIGHTON-SMITH-KENNINGTON-JONES FAMILY

Aunty Gee

Granny Highton-Smith’s best friend, Cecelia’s godmother and the Queen

Prince Shivaji

Indian prince and friend of the family

WINCHESTERFIELD-DOWNSFORDVALE ACADEMY FOR PROPER YOUNG LADIES STAFF

Miss Ophelia Grimm

Headmistress

Aldous Grump

Miss Grimm’s husband

Mrs. Louella Derby

Personal secretary to the headmistress

Miss Livinia Reedy

English teacher

Mr. Josiah Plumpton

Science teacher

Howie (Mrs. Howard)

House mistress

Mr. Cornelius Trout

Music teacher

Miss Benitha Wall

PE teacher

Cook (Mrs. Doreen Smith)

Cook

Charlie Weatherly (Mr. Charles)

Gardener

Wally Whitstable

Stablehand

STUDENTS

Millicent Jane McLoughlin-McTavish-McNoughton-McGill

Alice-Miranda’s best friend and roommate

Jacinta Headlington-Bear

Talented gymnast, school’s former second-best tantrum thrower and a friend

Danika Rigby

Head prefect

Madeline Bloom, Ivory Hicks, Ashima Divall, Lizzy Briggs, Shelby Shore Susannah Dare

Friends

Sloane Sykes

New student

FAYLE SCHOOL FOR BOYS STAFF

Professor Wallace Winterbottom

Headmaster

Mrs. Deidre Winterbottom

Professor Winterbottom’s wife

Miss Quigley

Personal assistant to the headmaster

Professor Herman Pluss

Mathematics teacher

Mr. Harold Lipp

English and drama teacher

Mr. Horatio Huntley

House master

Hedges

Gardener

Parsley

Professor Winterbottom’s West Highland Terrier

STUDENTS

Lucas Nixon

Lawrence Ridley’s son

Septimus Sykes

Brother of Sloane Sykes

OTHERS

September Sykes

Mother of Sloane and Septimus

Smedley Sykes

Father of Sloane and Septimus

Percy Sykes

Deceased grandfather of Sloane and Septimus

Henrietta Sykes

Stepgranny of Sloane and Septimus

Matron Payne

Matron at the Golden Gates Retirement Home