Pippi Longstocking is a children's novel that recounts the adventures of Pippi, an exuberant nine-year-old girl who moves into a house with her pet monkey after her father disappears at sea. The eccentric Pippi possesses superhuman strength and soon befriends local children Annika and Tommy Settergren, despite the fact that Pippi has little knowledge of manners, having spent most of her life at sea. Together the children have many amusing adventures, including Pippi attempting to enroll at the local school and visiting the circus.
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