Sticky Beak is a children's novel first published in 1993. Written by English-born Australian writer

Writer

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 Morris Gleitzman

Morris Gleitzman

Morris Gleitzman is an English-born Australian writer. He is one of Australia's most successful writers.Morris Gleitzman has also gained recognition for sparking an interest in politically-controversial children's books like Two Weeks with the Queen.He has collaborated on children's series with...

, it is the sequel to Blabber Mouth. The novel is set in Australia

Australia

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 and follows the misadventures of a mute

Mute

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Australian girl called Rowena Batts (or Tonto for short). Sticky Beak won the CROW award in 1994.

Plot summary

Sticky Beak picks up from where Blabber Mouth ends. Rowena's father is now married to her teacher, and at a function she throws a plate of custard and jelly into a fan, splattering it over everyone. As she tries to avoid the consequences, she rescues an abused cockatoo from the neighbourhood bully, Darryn Peck.