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

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

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''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.

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