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Linda Twist is a main character in Round The Twist.


About[]

Linda is the middle Twist child and twin to brother Pete, they live with younger brother Bronson and father Tony in a lighthouse. She is not only the smartest and most resourceful of her family but also the only female in the Twist family - until her baby sister is born and her father marries Fay. Her hobbies include feminism, environmentalism and judo.

Biography[]

The Gum-Leaf War[]

Linda receives a parcel containing make-up. Embarrassed about how poorly she applies her new make-up, when Linda is on her way to wash it off her face, her brothers give her a fright and she falls down the stairs. Linda ends up with a broken nose.

While having an operation she dreams of her nose being big, so she escapes to the country with her Aunt Tuneless. She discovers that anyone who plays The Wild Colonial Boy on a gum-leaf from a certain tree can pass any illnesses onto others. When a fire wipes out all but one gum-leaf, Linda uses it to be rid of her big nose forever.

Linda awakens in the hospital after her operation with her nose fixed and a gum-leaf in her hand.

Know All[]

When Linda spots a trunk floating in the water, she, Pete, and Bronson bring it back to the lighthouse. When they open the trunk it turns out to be from a circus and full of old clown outfits. Tony puts one of the outfits on their scarecrow.

The next day the Twists dress up in the clown clothing. Tony wears the Fortune Teller costume, Bronson the Ring Master, Pete the Tightrope Walker, and Linda the Lady Clown. Linda believes the clothing has special powers, they make her feel sad. While wearing the clothes, the Twists begin to channel the spirits of the circus.

Linda notices the scarecrow is now standing differently, it has moved. After Pete and Bronson leave, the scarecrow removes the pole from its back. As it chases Linda, the scarecrow begins to lose its straw. Linda throws a pie in its face, who is now looking more like a male clown than a scarecrow. Pete and Bronson bring Nell, who tells Linda to take her clown costume off. When she does, the scarecrow/clown takes the clothes - he is in love with the lady clown. When Tony returns with Chained to Chores he knows all that the scarecrow needs is someone to love. He gathers the Lady Clown clothes from the scarecrow and puts them on Chained to Chores. The mannequin comes to life.

Tony, Pete, Linda, and Bronson drop the clowns off at the circus.

The Copy[]

While investigating the spooky music that plays in the lighthouse, Pete, Linda and Bronson discover a strange machine. Linda places a mask in one side of the machine, throws a leaver, and a copy appears on the other side, backwards. When she tries the reverse leaver the copy disappears. With her huge crush on him, when Hugh Townsend wants to have a charity fun run for the footy club at the lighthouse, Linda begs Tony to say yes.

The next day Hugh starts the race with a starting pistol. Linda along with other school students including James, Rabbit, Tiger, Fiona, and Jill, participate in the race. The winner will be whoever runs up and down the lighthouse the most number times in half an hour. Linda starts strong but tires out fast. In a desperate effort to win the competition, Linda clones herself using the machine, creating Adnil. Linda hides in a room close to the top of the lighthouse while Adnil in a room close to the bottom. At the end of the race Hugh announces Linda as the winner. He tells her to meet him at the train station at four o'clock. As the winner Linda gets to accompany Hugh to the city and attend a football presentation. Both Linda and Adnil get dressed up and go on the trip.

On the train when he's not wearing headphones and ignoring Linda, Hugh tells long stories about himself, making him out to be the hero in every one. Hugh tells Linda not to say anything when they get to the presentation, and not to sit too close to him. He was expecting a boy to win the race, he believes a football presentation is no place for a girl. Linda and Adnil get off the train at Gooseneck Gully, having realised Hugh is shallow and only likes to talk about himself. They wave goodbye to a confused Hugh, who doesn't know why there are two Linda's! The girls get on another train and head home.

When they arrive back at the lighthouse, Linda finds a letter left for them by Tony. The letter explains how Adnil is an unstable copy, and for her own safety Linda should reverse the copy. After they find the machine broken down, Adnil collapses. Linda holds Adnil as she fades away.

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