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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... hundred miles . " " But that's dishonest , Daddy , " Matilda said . " It's cheating . " " No one ever got rich being honest , " the father said . " Customers are there to be diddled . " Mr. Wormwood was a small ratty - looking man whose ...
... hundred miles . " " But that's dishonest , Daddy , " Matilda said . " It's cheating . " " No one ever got rich being honest , " the father said . " Customers are there to be diddled . " Mr. Wormwood was a small ratty - looking man whose ...
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... hundred and seventy - eight pounds and sold for one thousand four hundred and twenty - five . Got that ? " The ten - year - old boy wrote the two separate amounts down slowly and carefully . " Car number two , " the father went on ...
... hundred and seventy - eight pounds and sold for one thousand four hundred and twenty - five . Got that ? " The ten - year - old boy wrote the two separate amounts down slowly and carefully . " Car number two , " the father went on ...
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Roald Dahl. " Car number three cost one hundred and eleven pounds and sold for nine hundred and ninety - nine pounds and fifty pence . " " Say that again , " the son said . " How much did it sell for ? " " Nine hundred and ninety - nine ...
Roald Dahl. " Car number three cost one hundred and eleven pounds and sold for nine hundred and ninety - nine pounds and fifty pence . " " Say that again , " the son said . " How much did it sell for ? " " Nine hundred and ninety - nine ...
Contents
The Reader of Books | 1 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 16 |
The Ghost | 32 |
Copyright | |
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