Problem
Rowena has just moved to a new school. Rowena wants more friends. Her father embarrasses her by what he wears.

Solution
Rowena didn’t like what her father wore but she realised that it didn’t matter what he wore she would always love him.

Characters
Rowena Batts and her dad live on an apple orchard. Rowena’s mother died when she was little. She is very close to her dad but he embarrasses her. She has to use sign language to speak. She has just started at a normal school. Rowena is only going along with Amanda’s project because she wants a friend.

Amanda Cosgrove has long curly hair. Amanda Cosgrove wants to use Rowena for her community service for her project. She is a fast runner but she only runs because of her dad makes her. She has learnt some sign language so she can talk to Rowena. Amanda Cosgrove is not a happy girl. Her father always yells at her like to get of the gutter. Rowena’s dad is kind and cares about other people. But Amanda’s dad is mean.

A comparison of Mr Batts and Mr Cosgrove
Rowena’s dad owns his own apple orchard. But Amanda’s dad owns a Mens wear store. Mr Cosgrove and Mr Batts both dislike each other’s taste in clothes because Rowena’s dad likes to wear country and western clothes but Amanda’s dad wears stylish and modern clothes. Amanda’s father is very selfish but Rowena’s dad is a loving father.

Problem
Rowena’s has just started at a new school. She used to go to a special school because she is a mute person that can not talk. She has one friend called Amanda but she would like more friends. Her dad embarrasses her by wearing country clothes.

Solution
Rowena didn’t like the clothes that her father wore but then she realised that it doesn’t matter what her father wear any more because she will always love him for what he is. Rowena’s dad dressed in normal clothes.

Characters -
Rowena Batts is a mute and uses sign language to talk. She lives on an apple orchard and she has started at a normal school. She needs a friend she can trust. Her mum died when she was a child, her best friend Erin died as well. She lives with her dad now, but her dad embarrasses her in front of her friends.

 Amanda Cosgrove is a fast runner, but she only runs because her dad makes her. Amanda knows a little bit of sign language but she does not know a lot. Amanda wanted Roweena for a community service project.

Amanda has long curly hair.

Mr Batts is a loving father and he owns an apple orchard. Mr Batts likes country western music.

Mr Cosgrove is a very selfish man, he owns a mens wear shop. He is a modern dresser.

Miss Dunning is a teacher. She is a caring person, she used to be in love with Mr Batts.

Darren Peck is mean to people, so most people don’t like him.

Once Rowena shoved a frog in his mouth! He raced Rowena and lost so he had to eat another frog.

Recommendation:
I would give this book nine out of ten, because it was a funny and it was a good story.
by Daniel M

Characters –
Rowena Batts is a mute and uses sign language to talk. She lives on an apple orchard. Her mother died when she was young. Now she is very close to her father but he embarrasses her. She used to go to a special school but she now goes to a normal school. She is very desperate for a friend.

Amanda Cosgrove is a fast runner. She doesn’t like running but her father makes her. She can also do a little bit of sign language but she isn’t that good at it. She has very curly hair and she is in the same class as Rowena. She sits on the other side of the classroom. She became Rowena’s friend but Rowena thought that this was just so that she could use her for a community service project.

Mr Batts lives on an apple orchard with Rowena. He wears old country and western clothes. Mr Batts dislikes Mr Cosgrove’s clothes. Mr Batts is a loving father and puts his needs after everyone else’s.

Mr Cosgrove owns a menswear store. He is very modern and stylish with his clothes. He dislikes Mr Batts clothes as well. Unlike Mr Batts, Mr Cosgrove is very selfish. He does not pay that much attention to Amanda.

Problem -
Rowena moved to a new school from a special school. She only has one friend Amanda and wants more. Her dad embarrasses her by wearing old cowboy clothes and sings in the public. When Rowena and her father are alone she loves him and he doesn’t embarrass her but in public he does.

Solution -
Rowena’s father started to understand the way that Rowena felt about him and Rowena started to understand the way that he felt about her so Mr Batts started wearing normal clothes and then Rowena understood that it wasn’t his clothes it was him inside.

Recommendation -
I would recommend this story to people that like funny stories. I enjoyed this book because it was funny and the characters were great.
by Jodie