num_pages: 144
description: Two stories from the Carnegie Medal-winning author Margaret Mahy. Babbington, a very fortunate boy who has everything in the world he wants, except a birthday, sets out to find one. Meanwhile, Tatiana Taffeta, tired of her life as a Human Cannonball, tries her luck at running a girl's school.
language: English
title: The Birthday Burglar; &, A Very Wicked Headmistress
titlecomplete: The Birthday Burglar; &, A Very Wicked Headmistress
genres: Childrens, 20th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 18
publisher: Heinemann Educational Books - Library Division