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Morris Gleitzman

Blabber Mouth Hardcover – May 15, 1995

by Morris Gleitzman (Author)

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Set in Australia, this humorous and touching story of the misadventures of a clever girl who cannot speak and her social misfit of a father will delight readers. “Gleitzman has created a plucky heroine, and readers will enjoy this light, first-person, humorous tale with an Australian tang.”--School Library Journal

Reading age

8 - 12 years
Print length

144 pages
Language

English
Grade level

4 - 6
Dimensions

4.5 x 0.5 x 7.25 inches
Publisher

Harcourt Children's Books
Publication date

May 15, 1995
ISBN-10

015200369X
ISBN-13

978-0152003692
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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Two ebullient novels from Australia showcase an unusually engaging heroine who has an equally unusual condition: Rowena Batts, the new girl in school, can't speak. As she explains in a letter to her new classmates at the start of Blabber Mouth, "I was born with some bits missing from my throat. Apart from that, I'm completely normal." Longing for a friendly overture and having been humiliated straight away by the class bully, Rowena expects (correctly) that even greater embarrassment awaits her at the hands of her widowed father, an eccentric with a flair for making a spectacle of himself. In the sequel, Sticky Beak, Rowena's kind teacher, Ms. Dunning, has married Rowena's father and is pregnant. Rowena fears she'll be replaced in their affections by a more perfect sibling. Gleitzman (Two Weeks with the Queen) shows his comedic talent in both stories while also conveying Rowena's occasional, wrenching frustrations. Rowena's circumstances may be very particular, but her brio in surmounting an almost universal set of fears should win a wide audience indeed. Ages 8-12.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6?Rowena Batts has an inborn disability that renders her incapable of speaking. She lives with her good-natured father, a loud, flamboyant, country-and-western fan known as the most successful apple farmer in Australia. She was formerly enrolled in a special school where she grew adept at sign language, but now the girl and her father have moved to a new town, and she attends public school. There, her muteness and her comical surname make her an easy target for the class bully, Darryn Peck. She is delighted when Amanda Cosgrove makes overtures of friendship, until Amanda divulges that she is trying to fulfill a community service project to help the "disadvantaged." Never losing her sense of humor, Rowena recovers to take on her own service project when her outrageously dressed father behaves embarrassingly in front of her teacher. Amanda proves to be an ally after all as Rowena concocts a plan to reform her father by hiring Darryn's brother to fly his plane above the PTA barbecue and skywrite a cautionary message: "Pull your head in, Dad." She makes her point that her Dad is sometimes more of an affliction than her muteness. Gleitzman has created a plucky heroine, and readers will enjoy this light, first-person, humorous tale with an Australian tang.?Susan W. Hunter, Riverside Middle School, Springfield, VT
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.