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y separately published work icon Gift of the Gab single work   children's fiction   children's   humour  
Is part of Rowena Batts Morris Gleitzman , 1992 series - author children's fiction
Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Gift of the Gab
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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." 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' (source: NLA).

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  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has an Indonesian translation.

  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Mutism.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view First person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 1999 .
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      Extent: 181p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 30 April 1999
      ISBN: 0140387986
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Viking ,       1999 .
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      Extent: 181 p.p.
      ISBN: 0670888362, 9780670888368
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2015 .
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      Extent: 192p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 26/08/2015
      ISBN: 9780143308799, 1760142174 (ebook), 9781760142179 (ebook)
Alternative title: Pintar Omong
Language: Indonesian
    • Jakarta, Java,
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      Indonesia,
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      Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,      :       Gramedia Pustaka Utama ,       2004 .
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      Extent: 216p.
      ISBN: 9792210121 (pbk.)
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Works about this Work

Untitled Pippa Williams , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 1 2000; (p. 17)
— Review of Gift of the Gab Morris Gleitzman , 1999 single work children's fiction
Untitled Neville Barnard , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 14 no. 3 1999; (p. 33)
— Review of Gift of the Gab Morris Gleitzman , 1999 single work children's fiction
Untitled Margot Nelmes , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 43 no. 3 1999; (p. 19-20)
— Review of Gift of the Gab Morris Gleitzman , 1999 single work children's fiction
Untitled Celeste Pryor , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 7 no. 3 1999; (p. 44-45)
— Review of Gift of the Gab Morris Gleitzman , 1999 single work children's fiction
Feisty Saga Margaret Dunkle , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 210 1999; (p. 39)
— Review of Gift of the Gab Morris Gleitzman , 1999 single work children's fiction
Untitled Margot Nelmes , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 43 no. 3 1999; (p. 19-20)
— Review of Gift of the Gab Morris Gleitzman , 1999 single work children's fiction
Untitled Neville Barnard , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 14 no. 3 1999; (p. 33)
— Review of Gift of the Gab Morris Gleitzman , 1999 single work children's fiction
Untitled Pippa Williams , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 1 2000; (p. 17)
— Review of Gift of the Gab Morris Gleitzman , 1999 single work children's fiction
Feisty Saga Margaret Dunkle , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 210 1999; (p. 39)
— Review of Gift of the Gab Morris Gleitzman , 1999 single work children's fiction
Untitled Celeste Pryor , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 7 no. 3 1999; (p. 44-45)
— Review of Gift of the Gab Morris Gleitzman , 1999 single work children's fiction
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