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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... kitchen . Matilda kept her face bent low over her corn- flakes . She didn't dare look up . In the first place she wasn't at all sure what she was going to see . And secondly , if she did see what she thought she was going to see , she ...
... kitchen . Matilda kept her face bent low over her corn- flakes . She didn't dare look up . In the first place she wasn't at all sure what she was going to see . And secondly , if she did see what she thought she was going to see , she ...
Page 136
... kitchen and get the jug and fill it with water and put it on the table here with a clean empty glass just before the lesson starts . " " What if the jug's not in the kitchen ? " Lavender asked . " There are a dozen Headmistress's jugs ...
... kitchen and get the jug and fill it with water and put it on the table here with a clean empty glass just before the lesson starts . " " What if the jug's not in the kitchen ? " Lavender asked . " There are a dozen Headmistress's jugs ...
Page 186
... kitchen and help me make the tea , ” Miss Honey said , and she led the way along the tunnel into the kitchen – that is if you could call it a kitchen . It was not much bigger than a good - sized clothes cupboard and there was one small ...
... kitchen and help me make the tea , ” Miss Honey said , and she led the way along the tunnel into the kitchen – that is if you could call it a kitchen . It was not much bigger than a good - sized clothes cupboard and there was one small ...
Contents
The Reader of Books | 7 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 22 |
The Ghost | 38 |
Copyright | |
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