Superfudge characters

Appears from the start

Now twelve, Peter Hatcher wants the greater independence that should come with growing up. News that his mother is pregnant and that the family plans to leave New York for a year makes him feel that the adults are again reorganizing his life without consulting him.

Also known as Fudge

Appears from the start

Peter's five-year-old brother, whose questions, experiments, and public declarations still dominate family life. Fudge is excited by the prospect of a baby and approaches money, school, pets, and family changes with complete confidence in his own conclusions.

Appears from the start

Peter and Fudge's mother, who announces that she is expecting another baby. She understands Peter's resistance but also expects him to adapt as the family prepares for both a birth and a temporary move.

Appears from the start

Peter and Fudge's father, who plans to spend a year away from his advertising job while working on a book. His decision takes the family from Manhattan to Princeton, New Jersey, despite Peter's objections.

Appears from the start

Peter's best friend in New York. Jimmy is one of the people Peter most hates leaving behind when the Hatcher family prepares to move to Princeton for a year.

First appears in chapter 4

A boy Peter meets after moving to Princeton. Alex becomes Peter's closest local friend and helps make the unfamiliar town and school feel less isolating.

First appears in chapter 4

A girl at Peter's Princeton school who interests him as he settles into his new surroundings. His awareness of her is part of his growing concern with friendships and how other children see him.

Also known as Tootsie

First appears in chapter 6

The new Hatcher baby, named Tamara Roxanne and quickly nicknamed Tootsie. Her arrival makes Peter the eldest of three children and forces Fudge to discover what it is like not to be the youngest person in the family.

First appears in chapter 7

Fudge's pet myna bird, chosen in Princeton and named as though he were another member of the family. Uncle Feather learns fragments of speech and adds a new source of noise and unpredictability to the household.

First appears in chapter 8

Mr. Hatcher's cousin, whose family visits during the Hatchers' Princeton year. Howie's enthusiastic manner and crowded family intensify Peter's sense that family gatherings rarely leave him much privacy.

First appears in chapter 8

Howie's wife, who arrives with him and their children for a family visit. Eudora is part of the expanding Hatcher family circle Peter must accommodate during an already eventful year.