Two hours ago, when i walked into this school for the first time, the sun was shining, the birds were singing and, apart from a knot in my guts the size of Tasmania, life was great.

Now here I am, locked in the stationary cupboard.

Rowena wants to be friends but the other kids don't.

Is it because she's just stuffed a frog into Darryn Peck's mouth? Or is it because her dad? How can she tell him that his shirts, and his habit of singing in public, are wrecking her life?

It's not easy - especially when you can't speak.

This book is part of a book series called Blabber Mouth .

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Pan Macmillan .

Paul Jennings was the first author to sell a million books in Australia. Morris Gleitzman is one of Australia's and now the world's best-known and loved children's authors who tackles tough subjects in a funny and offbeat way.