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 98
... glass sticking out all over , so you can't lean against them . You have to stand more or less at attention all the time when you get locked up in there . It's terrible . " " Can't you lean against the door ? " Matilda asked . " Don't be ...
... glass sticking out all over , so you can't lean against them . You have to stand more or less at attention all the time when you get locked up in there . It's terrible . " " Can't you lean against the door ? " Matilda asked . " Don't be ...
Page 162
... glass of water to tip and spill its contents over the horrible Headmistress , and anybody who could do that could do anything . " Speak up , you clotted carbuncle ! " roared the Trunchbull . " Admit that you did it ! " Matilda looked ...
... glass of water to tip and spill its contents over the horrible Headmistress , and anybody who could do that could do anything . " Speak up , you clotted carbuncle ! " roared the Trunchbull . " Admit that you did it ! " Matilda looked ...
Page 166
... glass tip over . " " I still don't quite understand what you mean , " Miss Honey said gently . " I did it with my eyes , " Matilda said . " I was staring at it and wishing it to tip and then my eyes went all hot and funny and some sort ...
... glass tip over . " " I still don't quite understand what you mean , " Miss Honey said gently . " I did it with my eyes , " Matilda said . " I was staring at it and wishing it to tip and then my eyes went all hot and funny and some sort ...
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The Reader of Books | 1 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 16 |
The Ghost | 32 |
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