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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... leaves school because he sure as heck won't get a job anywhere else . " Or if I were feeling lyrical that day , I might write , " It is a curious truth that grasshoppers have their hearing - organs in the sides of the abdomen . Your ...
... leaves school because he sure as heck won't get a job anywhere else . " Or if I were feeling lyrical that day , I might write , " It is a curious truth that grasshoppers have their hearing - organs in the sides of the abdomen . Your ...
Page 184
... Loping and bleating roughly and blithely shall leap , my dear , my dear , Out of a lair in the flocked leaves in the dew dipped year To eat your heart in the house in the rosy wood . " 只་ ་ There was a moment of silence , 184.
... Loping and bleating roughly and blithely shall leap , my dear , my dear , Out of a lair in the flocked leaves in the dew dipped year To eat your heart in the house in the rosy wood . " 只་ ་ There was a moment of silence , 184.
Page 189
... leaves into it . She also found half a small loaf of brown bread . She cut two thin slices and then , from a plastic container , she took some margarine and spread it on the bread . Margarine , Matilda thought . She really must be poor ...
... leaves into it . She also found half a small loaf of brown bread . She cut two thin slices and then , from a plastic container , she took some margarine and spread it on the bread . Margarine , Matilda thought . She really must be poor ...
Contents
The Reader of Books | 7 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 22 |
The Ghost | 38 |
Copyright | |
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