- Rowena Batts (Fictitious character), Juvenile fiction, Fathers and daughters, Child and youth fiction
When Rowena, who is mute, rescues a pet cockatoo from the class bully, she begins to make sense of her feelings about the new baby her father and stepmother are expecting.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Morris Gleitzman
- First published
- January 10, 2001
- Pages
- 140
- Publisher
- Rebound by Sagebrush, Pan Macmillan Children's Books, Macmillan Children's Books
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9780754061809
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First sentence
“I reckon there's something wrong with me.”
About Morris Gleitzman · 1953
Australian writer
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