Matilda, Volume 1Matilda is a genius, but her parents treat her like a dolt, so she applies her untapped mental powers to get revenge on her parents and rid her school of the evil headmistress. "Dahl has written another fun and funny book with a child's perspective on an adult world. As usual, Blake's comical sketches are the perfect complement to the satirical humor".--School Library Journal. |
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... Superglue in the other , proceeded to squeeze a line of glue very neatly all round the inside rim of the hat . Then ... Superglue is very powerful stuff , so powerful it will take your skin off if you pull too hard . Mr Wormwood didn't ...
... Superglue in the other , proceeded to squeeze a line of glue very neatly all round the inside rim of the hat . Then ... Superglue is very powerful stuff , so powerful it will take your skin off if you pull too hard . Mr Wormwood didn't ...
Page 34
... Superglue on his finger without knowing it and then he put his finger to his nose . " Mr Wormwood jumped . " What ... Super- glue put on their fingers they'd soon stop doing it . Matilda said , " Grown - ups do it too , mummy . I saw you ...
... Superglue on his finger without knowing it and then he put his finger to his nose . " Mr Wormwood jumped . " What ... Super- glue put on their fingers they'd soon stop doing it . Matilda said , " Grown - ups do it too , mummy . I saw you ...
Page 38
... Superglue episode . The experience had clearly chastened Mr Wormwood and he seemed temporarily to have lost his taste for boasting and bullying . Then suddenly he struck again . Perhaps he had had a bad day at the garage and had not ...
... Superglue episode . The experience had clearly chastened Mr Wormwood and he seemed temporarily to have lost his taste for boasting and bullying . Then suddenly he struck again . Perhaps he had had a bad day at the garage and had not ...
Contents
The Reader of Books | 7 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 22 |
The Ghost | 38 |
Copyright | |
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