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Matilda / Roald Dahl ; illustrated by Quentin Blake.

By: Dahl, Roald [author. ]Contributor(s): Blake, Quentin [illustrator. ]Material type: TextTextSeries: Ronald Dahl Collection ; 12Publisher: USA : Puffin Books, c2016Description: 229 pages, [17 unnumbered] : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: rdacarrierISBN: 9780141371436 [paperback]Subject(s): Child Abuse | Schools | Humorous stories | Dysfunctional familiesOnline resources: Publisher description
Contents:
The reader of books -- Mr Wormwood, the great car dealer -- The hat and the superglue -- The ghost -- Arithmetic -- The platinum-blond man -- Miss Honey -- The Trunchbull -- The parents -- Throwing the hammer -- Bruce Bogtrotter and the cake --Lavender -- The weekly test -- The first miracle -- The second miracle -- Miss Honey's cottage -- Miss Honey's story -- The names -- The practice -- The third miracle -- A new home.
Summary: Matilda Wormwood's father thinks she's a little scab. Matilda's mother spends all afternoon playing bingo. And Matilda's headmistress, Miss Trunchbull? Well, she's the worst of all. She is a big bully, who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded chokey. As for Matilda, she's an extraordinary little girl with a magical mind - and now she's had enough. So all these grown-ups had better watch out, because Matilda is going to teach them a lesson they'll never forget.
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Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 1988.

The reader of books -- Mr Wormwood, the great car dealer -- The hat and the superglue -- The ghost -- Arithmetic -- The platinum-blond man -- Miss Honey -- The Trunchbull -- The parents -- Throwing the hammer -- Bruce Bogtrotter and the cake --Lavender -- The weekly test -- The first miracle -- The second miracle -- Miss Honey's cottage -- Miss Honey's story -- The names -- The practice -- The third miracle -- A new home.

Matilda Wormwood's father thinks she's a little scab. Matilda's mother spends all afternoon playing bingo. And Matilda's headmistress, Miss Trunchbull? Well, she's the worst of all. She is a big bully, who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded chokey. As for Matilda, she's an extraordinary little girl with a magical mind - and now she's had enough. So all these grown-ups had better watch out, because Matilda is going to teach them a lesson they'll never forget.

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