Matilda (Puffin Modern Classics)Now a musical on Broadway and streaming on Netflix! Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it! "Matilda will surely go straight to children's hearts." —The New York Times Book Review |
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Page 111
... to cut her pigtails off . " " No , she isn't , " Matilda said . “ Amanda will do it herself . You see if she doesn't . " " Do you think she's mad ? " Lavender asked . " Who ? " " The Trunchbull . " " 111 Bruce Bogtrotter and the Cake.
... to cut her pigtails off . " " No , she isn't , " Matilda said . “ Amanda will do it herself . You see if she doesn't . " " Do you think she's mad ? " Lavender asked . " Who ? " " The Trunchbull . " " 111 Bruce Bogtrotter and the Cake.
Page 118
... cake on a china platter . The cake was fully eighteen inches in diameter and it was covered with dark - brown chocolate icing . " Put it on the table , " the Trunchbull said . There was a small table centre stage with a chair behind it ...
... cake on a china platter . The cake was fully eighteen inches in diameter and it was covered with dark - brown chocolate icing . " Put it on the table , " the Trunchbull said . There was a small table centre stage with a chair behind it ...
Page 120
... cake when he stopped . He stared at the cake . Then he looked up at the Trunchbull , then at the tall stringy cook with her lemon - juice mouth . All the children in the hall were watching tensely , waiting for something to happen ...
... cake when he stopped . He stared at the cake . Then he looked up at the Trunchbull , then at the tall stringy cook with her lemon - juice mouth . All the children in the hall were watching tensely , waiting for something to happen ...
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The Reader of Books | 1 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 16 |
The Ghost | 32 |
Copyright | |
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