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Gift of the Gab

by Morris Gleitzman · 1999

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I scribbled angrily in my notebook, ripped the page out and held it in front of his face. 'You killed my mother,' it said, 'and I've got the sausages to prove it.'

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It starts off as a normal week for Rowena. A car full of stewed apples. A police cell. A desperate struggle to keep Dad off national TV. Then her world turns upside-down. And suddenly Ro's battling French policemen, high explosives and very unusual sausages to discover painful and joyous secrets that change her life forever.

Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisAustraliaAustraliaMore like thisLess of thisIndonesiaIndonesiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensmiddle gradeyoung adult
Length
short · 182 pages

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