Blabbermouth
Morris Gleitzman
Blabbermouth is
about Rowena, a girl who can’t speak, and the relationship between herself and
her Dad, who in her eyes deliberately embarrasses her in public on very
consistent bases. The novel begins with Rowena beginning at her new school,
after the government closed down the special school she used to attend. It goes
on to follow Rowena with the troubles that she faces, including a ‘loudmouth
bully’ she met on her first day at the new school.
Gleitzman adds quite a bit of humour into what could
be quite a serious story. Some of the humour that he adds to this story
includes Rowena shoving a frog down the throat of the ‘loudmouth bully’ and the
many ways in which her Dad embarrasses her throughout the novel. By the end of
the novel Rowena and her Dad reach a compromise and their mutual love and
respect ensures that problems they faced can be solved, leading to less moments
of embarrassment for her.
2 comments:
She is mute/dumb (hence the joke in the book's first line) not deaf. The book even makes reference to the fact that she is not deaf 😀
Also disability, change, bullying are topics not thrmes. Themes are what the book says about these topics- the moral/lesson.
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