Tim

Tim — Nini's best friend

Lives in Cape Town (Nini's world), part of Nini's Circle.

Pirate, spy, soccer coach.

Ties: Nini — best friends.

Appears in 11 books, from The Rat (Level 1) to The Cart Horse Family (Level 8).

Turns up at: Nini's home · The Friendly Farm · Nini's garden · The sand dunes · The oak tree & the book truck · Nini's house · The soccer pitch · Nini's house & Mr Jacobs's yard.

Open question: Two Teds — Yezi's teddy is Ted / Big Ted / Little Ted / Teddy. Two towns, never crossing — Nini's strand is Cape Town (Level 4 note “Remember this is CT!”, Bonteheuwel pool in Level 8). Jero's newspaper — “The town newspaper” in Level 7, “The Bayside Times” in Level 8. Nan has one book — Nan appears only in At Nan's (L1 #2).

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Seeded from the scripts. Expand freely — backstory, voice, what they want, anything the books imply but never say.