0:07:50 > 0:07:57.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15That's Lizzie.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19She's the star of this fantastic book by Jacqueline Wilson,
0:08:19 > 0:08:21called Lizzie Zipmouth.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Lizzie is not having a great time at the start of this book.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33She's on the move...again.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37She's off to live with her mother's new boyfriend, Sam,
0:08:37 > 0:08:40and his two sons, Rory and Jake.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Things is,
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Liz was perfectly happy with it being just her mum and herself.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Lizzie doesn't get upset.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Well, not in the way that you'd expect.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54She just stops speaking.
0:08:55 > 0:09:01And I don't just mean for a few hours. I mean, for days and days.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Maybe for good.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05And that's why when Lizzie moves into her new house,
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Jake very unkindly calls her Lizzie Zipmouth.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Lizzie's new stepdad Sam tries to be friendly,
0:09:13 > 0:09:17but then, Lizzie remembers that her first stepdad was friendly, too,
0:09:17 > 0:09:20for a while, until he started shouting.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23So Lizzie keeps her mouth tight shut
0:09:23 > 0:09:26and it stays shut, even when Sam drives them all
0:09:26 > 0:09:28to visit Rory and Jake's great-gran.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Great-gran seems scary and strict
0:09:37 > 0:09:41and meeting her isn't exactly on Lizzie's wish list of things to do.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49"'Say hello to Rory and Jake's great-gran, Lizzie,' said Mum,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52"though she knew I wouldn't, and I didn't.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54"I stared at the doormat.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57"It said, 'Welcome'.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59"The doormat was telling fibs.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00"Great-gran tutted.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03"'Well, you'd better come in,' she said.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06"Mum held my hand tight and we stepped inside.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08"'Dear, dear! Wipe your feet!
0:10:08 > 0:10:11"'Watch my beige carpet!', Great-gran fussed.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15"But I wasn't watching her carpet,
0:10:15 > 0:10:19"I was staring all round the walls in a daze.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23"Hundreds of shining eyes were staring back at me."
0:10:23 > 0:10:27Can you guess what all those shining eyes were?
0:10:27 > 0:10:31All I'm going to say it's that Lizzie was in the car
0:10:31 > 0:10:34all the time after that, because she wanted Sam
0:10:34 > 0:10:36to drive her to Great-gran's flat.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38So do you think Lizzie does decide to talk?
0:10:40 > 0:10:43I'm not saying a word. You'll just have to read the book.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45And then, you'll also discover
0:10:45 > 0:10:48how soon Great-gran needs help to talk, too.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56And how, sometimes, when you're least expecting it,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58you can make a new friend.
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